Nominations and Appointments
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 15, 2012
3:30 - 4:30 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), Karen Hagelund at (415) 538-2299 or Chair, Gretchen Nelson at (213) 622-6469. 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: Alec Chang, Nancy Fineman, Karen Goodman, Craig Holden, Pearl Mann, Luis Rodriguez, Heather Rosing.
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. Call for Public Comment
II. Consent
None
III. Action
None
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Overview of the Appointment Review Process (Karen Hagelund)
V. Reports
A. Reports from Outreach and Discussion of Recruitment Efforts (if any)
B. Appointments Staff Report (Karen Hagelund)
Closed Session

I. Consent
A. California Commission on Access to Justice, Annual Appointment of Officers (NOV 6011) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
B. Committee on Group Insurance Programs, Interim Appointment of Member
(NOV 6012) (Laila Bartlett) ***
C. Appellate Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Public Member
(NOV 6013) (Natalie Leonard, Scott Kiddy) ***
D. Criminal Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Public Member
(NOV 6014) (Natalie Leonard, Kelly Tran) ***
E. Taxation Law Advisory Commission, Interim Appointment of Member
(NOV 6015) (Natalie Leonard, Scott Kiddy) ***
F. Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission, Reappointment of Public Member
(NOV 6016) (Natalie Leonard, Scott Kiddy) ***
G. Trusts and Estates Section Executive Committee, Interim Appointment of Member
(NOV 6017) (Pam Wilson, John Buelter) ***
H. California Rural Legal Assistance (CRLA), Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (NOV 6018A) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
I. Legal Aid Society of Orange County (LASOC), Annual Appointment of Attorney Members to the Board of Directors (NOV 6018B) (Mary Lavery Flynn) ***
II. Action
A. Harry B. Sondheim California Professional Responsibility Award, Selection of 2013 Recipient (NOV 6021) (Randal Difuntorum) ***
B. California Bar Foundation Board of Directors, Annual Appointment of Members (NOV 6022) (Sonia Gonzales) ***
C. Fee Arbitration Department, Annual Reappointment and Appointment of Arbitrators and Presiding Arbitrator (NOV 6023) (Doug Hull) ***
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 6.55(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 Board of Trustees' agenda for November 16, 2012.