Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Friday, March 2, 2012
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 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, Lowell Carruth at (559) 433-1300. 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: Clark Gehlbach, Karen Goodman, Gretchen Nelson, Patrick Kelly, Wells Lyman, Dennis Mangers, Loren Kieve, George Davis.
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 (Goodman)
B. Call for Public Comment (Goodman)
II. Consent
A. Proposed modification to the Rule 31 of the State Bar Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations re: subpoenas.  Request for Release for Public Comment. (Hull)
B. Proposed modification to the Rule 30 of the State Bar Model Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations re: subpoenas.  Request for Release for Public Comment. (Hull)
III. Action
A. Request for Approval of Modifications to Santa Barbara County Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations. (Hull)
B. Request for Approval of Modifications to Los Angeles County Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations. (Hull)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Discussion re: ABA Resolution for Military Spouse Attorneys (Murphy)
V. Reports
A. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
B. Advisory Committee Year End Report: Committee of Bar Examiners (Murphy)
C. Status Report from Office of Professional Competence (Difuntorum)
D. Advisory Committee Year End Report: Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (Difuntorum)
E. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Kim)
F. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
G. Status Report from Client Security Fund (Wong)
H. Status Report from Office of Probation (Wong)
I. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull)
K. Advisory Committee Year End Report: Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull)
Closed Session

I. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
* Closed under Rule 6.55(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.