Board Operations
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 14, 2009
12:00 noon* -
The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Cathy Torney at (415) 538-2337 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: Jeannine English, Judy Johnson, Richard Rubin, Bonnie Dumanis, John Dutton, Richard Frankel, John Peterson, Howard Miller.
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.

* Meeting will begin immediately after Audit Committee
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
None

III. Action
A. Referrals to Other Committees
B. State Bar Rules Revision Project, New Title 6, Division 2, Chapter 2, Open Meetings, Closed Sessions and Records of Regulatory and Special Committees, Return from Public Comment (May 111)
C. Chief Trial Counsel Reappointment Process (May 125)
D. Memorandum of Understanding (May 113)
E. Executive Director Performance Evaluation (May 112)
IV. Discussion/Information
None

V. Reports
None

Closed Session

I. Consent
None

II. Action
A. Claim of Loftus (May 3115) *
B. Memorandum of Understanding ***
C. Evaluation of Executive Director ***
D. Western Allied Mechanical Corp - Insurance Claim and Release  (May 3116) *
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
A. Claim of Neusom, Report of Action taken by Board Committee on Operations March 19, 2009, on Behalf of the Board Between Meetings (May 5117) *
B. Konig v State Bar, Report of Action taken by Board Committee on Operations by e-mail poll conducted April 14, 2009 (May 5118) *
C. Final Report of Internal Investigation (oral report) (May 3114) *
* Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(a) to consult with counsel concerning pending or prospective litigation.

** Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

*** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(d) to consider personnel matters.

**** Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(2) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding union or labor matters.

***** Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(3) of the Rules of the State Bar to confer regarding the negotiation of the purchase, sale, exchange or lease of real property.