Member Involvement Relations & Services
Notice and Agenda
Friday, November 13, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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), Francisco Gomez at , Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, Paul Kramer, Jr. at (916) 654-5103. 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: Angela Davis, Cheryl Hicks, Patrick Kelly, Micha Liberty, Wells Lyman, Richard Rubin, Jon Streeter.
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
A. Oral Report
B. Appointment of Subcommittees for 2009-2010 to: 
1.  Member Request for Adjustment to Fees and/or Penalties/Waivers 
2.  Committee of Bar Examiners Officer Interviews 
3.  Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, Officer Interviews 
4.  LAP Oversight Committee, Officer Interviews
II. Consent
None
III. Action
A. Proposed Lawyer Assistance Program Rules: Request for Public Comment
(Richard Carlton, Janis Thibault)
B. Law Corporation Rules – Request for Public Comment (Dina DiLoreto, Starr Babcock)
C. Limited Liability Partnership Rules – Request for Public Comment
(Dina DiLoreto, Starr Babcock)
IV. Discussion/Information
None
V. Reports
A. Outreach Reports regarding Contacts with Committees and Encouraging
Applications (if any)
B. Bar Leaders Conference Report (Carol Madeja) (Oral report)
C. CYLA Status Report (Micha Liberty) (Oral report)
D. Staff Report on Appointments Office: Appointment Review Process for 2010
(Karen Hagelund)
Closed Session

I. Consent
A. Fee Arbitration Department, Annual Reappointment and Appointment of Arbitrators and Presiding Arbitrator (NOV 6011) (Jill Sperber)  ***
B. Client Security Fund Commission, Interim Appointment of Member
(NOV 6012) (Martha Gonzales) ***
C. California Commission on Access to Justice, Annual Appointment of Officer (NOV 6013) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
D. Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Annual Appointment of Members (NOV 6014) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
E. CaliforniaALL Board of Directors, Reappointment of Member (NOV 6015) (Patricia Lee) ***
II. Action
A. Committee of Bar Examiners, Interim Appointment of Member (NOV 6016) (Gayle Murphy) ***
B. California Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Annual Appointment of Members (NOV 6021) (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 Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar 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 the Board of Governors agenda for November 14, 2009.