Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 15, 2008
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Meeting of the State Bar of California at
San Jose State University
150 E. San Fernando Street
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 2nd Floor, Rm. 255
San Jose, CA 95112
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 15, 2008
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Meeting of the State Bar of California at
San Jose State University
150 E. San Fernando Street
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 2nd Floor, Rm. 255
San Jose, CA 95112
Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Holly Fujie at (213) 891-5085. Committee members are requested to notify the Committee Coordinator as early as possible in advance of the meeting if they wish to remove any item/s from the consent agenda.
Committee Members: Michael Marcus, William Hebert, George Davis, John Dutton, Jeannine English, William Gailey, John Peterson, Rex Heinke, Jim Hussey.
Committee Members: Michael Marcus, William Hebert, George Davis, John Dutton, Jeannine English, William Gailey, John Peterson, Rex Heinke, Jim Hussey.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session
| I. Chair's Report |
| Oral Report |
| II. Consent |
| A. | Approval of proposed rules of procedure for Fee Arbitrations of the Sacramento County Bar Association (Sperber) (back-to-back item 54-121) II. Consent Sacramento County Bar Fee Arb RulesAttachments: Sacramento County Bar Fee Arbu Rules Attachment |
| B. | Approval of the proposed rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations of the Nevada County Bar Association (Sperber) (back-to-back item 54-122) II. Consent Nevada County Bar Association Fee Arb rulesAttachments: Nevada County Bar Fee Arb Rules |
| III. Action |
| A. | Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California regarding the State Bar Court’s Alternative Discipline Program (request for adoption following public comment) (Drexel) (back-to-back item May 123) III. Action Alternative Discipline Program ModificationsAttachments: Alternative Discipline Program Rule changes |
| B. | Insurance Disclosure Proposal- Return from Public Comment (Bercovitch/Sperber) (back-to-back item May 124) III. Action Insurance Disclosure ProposalAttachments: Insurance Disclosure Public CommentInsurance Disclosure Public Comment Chart |
| C. | On-Line Publication of Notices of Disciplinary Charges. Request for release for public comment. (Drexel) III. Action Online Publication of Notices of Disciplinary ChargesAttachments: Proposed Policy for Online Publication of Notices of Disciplinary Charges |
| IV. Discussion/Information |
| V. Reports |
| A. | Status Report from Admissions (Murphy) V. Reports Admissions status report May 2008 |
| B. | Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong) V. Reports State Bar Court status report May 2008 |
| C. | Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (S. Drexel) V. Reports OCTC Status Report May 2008 |
| D. | Status Report from the Client Security Fund (S. Drexel) V. Reports Client Security Fund Report May 2008 |
| E. | Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (S. Drexel) V. Reports Fee Arbitration Report for March 2008 |
| F. | Status Report from the Office of Probation (S. Drexel) V. Reports Probation status report May 2008 |
| G. | Status Report from Competence (Difuntorum) V. Reports Competence Status Report May 2008 |
Closed Session
| I. Consent |
| II. Action |
| A. | Resignation of Attorney Agajanian with Disciplinary Charges Pending – proposed recommendation (Back-to-Back item May 3125-A) (Drexel)*** |
| B. | Resignation of Attorney Goldberg with Disciplinary Charges Pending – proposed recommendation (Back-to-back item May 3125-B) (Drexel)*** |
| C. | Resignation of Attorney Jacobson with Disciplinary Charges Pending – proposed recommendation (Back-to-back item May 3125-C) (Drexel)*** |
| D. | Resignation of Attorney Lazar with Disciplinary Charges Pending – proposed recommendation (Back-to-back item May 3125-D) (Drexel)*** |
| E. | Resignation of Attorney Lockhart with Disciplinary Charges Pending – proposed recommendation (Back-to-back item May 3125-E) (Drexel)*** |
| F. | Chief Trial Counsel Evaluation (Hawley)** (written materials to be distributed separately) |
| III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda |
| Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda |
| IV. Discussion/Information |
| V. Reports |
** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider a personnel matter. *** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider a matter involving a disciplinary investigation or proceeding. | |