Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.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), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Joseph Chairez at (714) 754-6600. 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: Gwen Moore, Angela Davis, William Gailey, James Aguirre, Alec Chang, Clark Gehlbach, Luis Rodriguez, Michael Tenenbaum, 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.

And via Conference Call
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
A. Santa Clara County Bar Association new Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Sperber)
B. Beverly Hills Bar Association Fee Arbitration Rule Change (Sperber)
C. Desert Bar Association New Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Sperber)
D. Orange County Bar Association Fee Arbitration Rule Changes (Sperber)
III. Action
A. Amendments to Rule 9.30 re: Unaccredited Law Schools.  Request for Adoption Following Public Comment and submission to Supreme Court (Murphy) [Back-to-Back Item 121]
B. State Bar Sample Fee Agreements - Request for Approval Following Return from Public Comment (Sperber) [Back-to-back item 122]
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Reconsideration Malpractice Insurance Disclosure Proposal (Towery)
B. Chief Trial Counsel Review Process (Hawley)
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
B. Status Report from Office of Professional Competence (Difuntorum)
C. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Towery)
D. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
E. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Wong)
F. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (Wong)
G. Status Report from the Office of Probation (Wong)
Closed Session

I. Discussion
A. Chief Trial Counsel Review Criteria
II. Action
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 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 a personnel matter.

*** Closed under Bus. & Prof. Code § 6026.5(e) to consider a matter involving a disciplinary investigation or proceeding.