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Notice and Agenda
Friday, November 9, 2007
10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
The State Bar Of California
1149 South Hill Street
Board Room, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2299
(213) 765-1000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, John McNicholas at (310) 474-1582. 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, Paul Kramer, Jr., Matthew Butler, Bonnie Dumanis, John Dutton, Richard Frankel.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Appointment of Interview Subcommittees  (John McNicholas)  (Oral Report)

1.  Committee of Bar Examiners

2.  Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation

II. Consent
None
III. Action
A. Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, Extension of Terms  (NOV 54-151)  (Biljanna Sivanov, William Kopeny)  ***
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Appointments Process for 2008 (John McNicholas, Karen Hagelund)
V. Reports
A. Outreach Reports regarding Contacts with Committees and Encouraging Applications (John McNicholas)  (Oral Report)
B. Staff Report on Appointments Office (Karen Hagelund)  (Oral Report)
*** On Board of Governor's agenda November 9, 2007
Closed Session

I. Consent
None
II. Action **
A. Fee Arbitration Department, Annual Reappointment and Appointment of Arbitrators and Presiding Arbitrator (NOV 6011) (Jill Sperber) ***
B. Business Law Section Executive Committee, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV 6012)  (Pam Wilson) ***
C. Family Law Section Executive Committee, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV 6013) (Pam Wilson) ***
D. Committee on Professional Responsibility and Coduct, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV  6014) (Randall Difuntorum, Mark Taxy) ***
E. Legal Services Trust Fund Commission, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV 6015) (Stephanie Choy) ***
F. Taxation Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV 6016) (Phyllis Culp) ***
G. Workers Compensation Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Officer (NOV 6017)  (Phyllis Culp) ***
H. California Commission on Access to Justice, Annual Appointment of Officers (NOV 6018) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
I. Lawyer Assistance Program (LAP) Oversight Committee, Annual Appointment of Officers and Members (NOV 6019A)  (Richard Carlton) ***
J. California Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Annual Appointment of Members  (NOV 6019B)  (Holly Fujie, Scott Wylie, Leslie Hatamiya) ***
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda*
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
None
* Closed under the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel.

** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(g) to consider appointments to State Bar committees, boards or other entities.

*** On Board of Governors agenda November 9, 2007