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

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.
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)
B. Approval of the proposed rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations of the Nevada County Bar Association (Sperber) (back-to-back item 54-122)
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)
B. Insurance Disclosure Proposal- Return from Public Comment (Bercovitch/Sperber) (back-to-back item May 124)
C. On-Line Publication of Notices of Disciplinary Charges. Request for release for public comment. (Drexel)
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
B. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
C. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (S. Drexel)
D. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (S. Drexel)
E. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (S. Drexel)
F. Status Report from the Office of Probation (S. Drexel)
G. Status Report from Competence (Difuntorum)
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 the Open and Closed Meeting Rules, art. 3, § 2(b)(1) to receive advice of counsel.

** 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.