Board of Trustees
and
Regulation and Discipline Committee
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, May 7, 2015
9:45 a.m. - 11:15 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, Dennis Mangers at (415) 538-2015. 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: Glenda Corcoran, Miriam Krinsky, Danette Meyers, David Pasternak, Heather Rosing, Hernán Vera.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

I. Chair's Report
A. Oral Report (5 minutes)
B. Call for Public Comment (1 minute)
II. Consent
A. Proposed Amendments to the State Bar Rules Re: Legal Specialization and the Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California Concerning Handling of Certification (1 minute)
III. Action
A. Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct, Proposed Modifications.  Request for Adoption after public comment.  (Grunberg) [Back-to-Back Item May 121] (20 minutes)
B. Updates to Sample Fee Agreement Forms.  Request for Adoption Following Public Comment. (Hull)  [Back-to-Back item May 122] (15 minutes)
IV. Discussion/Information
No items

V. Reports
A. Report from Office of Chief Trial Counsel (Kim) (10 minutes)
B. Report from Client Security Fund (Meloch) (10 minutes)
C. Report from Competence Unit (Difuntorum) (7 minutes)
D. Report from State Bar Court (Wong) (4 minutes)
E. Report from Probation Department (Wong) (1 minute)
F. Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Hull) (1 minute)
Closed Session

I. Consent
No items

II. Action
A. Rule 2201 Report(s) from Special Deputy Trial Counsel (Hawley) (15 minutes) (materials to be distributed separately)
III. Discussion/Information
No items

IV. Reports
No items

* 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.
   
 
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V. Reports:

Attachments:
None