Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Friday, May 13, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
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), 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.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
A. Revisions to Santa Monica Bar association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Hull)
B. Revisions to Marin County Bar association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations (Hull)
III. Action
A. Amendments to Rule of Court 9.21 re Resignations with Charges Pending (Towery) [BACK-TO-BACK ITEM MAY 121]
B. Posting of Consumer Alert of Major Misappropriation Charges on Member’s Profile Page and Section 6007(c) Petitions—Request for Approval following return from Public Comment (BACK-TO-BACK ITEM MAY 122) (Towery)
C. Online Posting of Consumer Alert of Significant Loan Misconduct Charges on Member’s Profile Page-Request for Release for Public Comment (Towery)
D. Chief Trial Counsel Annual Performance Evaluation (BACK-TO-BACK ITEM MAY 123) (Streeter)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Request by Association of Disciplinary Defense Counsel to Consider Rule of Court for Expungement of Private Reprovals (Hull)
B. Oral Report re: Submission of Annual Discipline Report
C. Reporting of New Discipline Cases Filed (Towery)
D. Imposition of Monetary Sanctions on Disciplined Lawyers in Certain Cases (Towery/Babcock)
E. Assistance to OCTC with Reducing Notice Open Inventory (Hawley)
F. Publication of Opinions of the State Bar Court (Review Department) on the State Bar Website (Wong)
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
B. Status Report from Office of Professional Competence (Difuntorum)
C. Oral Update from Professional Competence Unit on the status of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Streeter/Difuntorum)
D. Status Report from Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Towery)
E. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
F. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull)
G. Status Report from Client Security Fund (Wong)
H. Status Report From the Office of Probation (Wong)
Closed Session

I. Action
A. Rule 2201: Report of Special Deputy Trial Counsel (Hawley)
II. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
III. Discussion
A. Re: Chief Trial Counsel Annual Performance Evaluation (BACK-TO-BACK ITEM MAY 123)**
* 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.