Board of Trustees
and
Regulation and Discipline Committee
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, July 23, 2015
9:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
The State Bar of California
845 South Figueroa Street
Board Room, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017-2515
(213) 765-1000

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. Call For Public Comment
B. Oral Report (5 minutes)
II. Consent
No Items

III. Business
A. Updates to Sample Fee Agreement Forms - Request for Adoption Following Public Comment (Hull) (5 minutes) [Back-to-Back Item July 121]
B. 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.  Request for Adoption Following Public Comment (Murphy). (5 minutes) [Back-to-Back July 122]
C. Audit Follow Up (Hawley) (22 minutes)
D. Status Report from Office of Chief Trial Counsel (Kim) (10 minutes)
E. Status Report from Professional Competence (Difuntorum) (5 minutes)
F. Status Report from Client Security Fund (Meloch) (5 minutes)
G. Status Report from State Bar Court (Wong) (1 minute)
H. Status Report from Office of Probation (Wong) (1 minute)
I. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (1 minute) (Hull)
Closed Session

I. Consent
No items

II. Business
A. Chief Trial Counsel Evaluation (Hawley) (30 minutes) [Back-to-Back Item July 123]