Regulation and Discipline Committee
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 15, 2018
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator, Hatem Khalek at (213) 765-1013 or Chair, Sean SeLegue at (415) 538-2000, Alan Steinbrecher at (415) 538-2000. 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: Mark Broughton, Sonia Delen, Ruben Duran, Renee LaBran, Jason Lee, Joanna Mendoza, Joshua Perttula, Brandon Stallings.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Business
A. Rule of Procedure 2201: Case Status Update (McIntyre) (20 mins.)

(Closed pursuant to Government Code, § 11126(c)(2).)

Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Call For Public Comment
Oral Report
II. Consent
A. State Bar Court (SBC) Proposed Changes to Rules of Procedure 5.340, 5.341, 5.342, 5.343 and 5.344 (Conviction proceedings): Request to Circulate for Public comment
B. Proposed State Bar Court Rule 5.137: Return from Public Comment and Request for Submission to California Supreme Court for Approval [NOV 54-123]
C. Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP) Proposed Rule Change: Return from Public Comment and Request for Approval: [NOV 54-122]

  1. Proposed Rule Amendment Reflecting Elimination of Evaluation Committees
  2. Participant Eligibility for Financial Assistance
D. Revision to Confidentiality Rule, Rule 2302, Rules of Procedures of the State Bar: Return from Public Comment and Request for Approval [NOV 54-124]
E. Attorney Regulation and Consumer Resources - Request for Approval: Recommendations from the Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration:

  1. Tulare County Bar Association’s Proposed MFA Rules of Procedure
  2. San Mateo County Bar Association’s Proposed MFA Rules of Procedure - Changes to Filing Fee Schedule
III. Business
A. Office of the General Counsel (OGC) - Appreciation for Outgoing Special Deputy Trial Counsel Administrator Ed McIntyre (Steinbrecher/SeLegue) (10 mins)
B. Client Security Fund Update on 2018 Payments - Informational (Meloch) (5mins.)
C. Office of Chief Trial Counsel (OCTC) State Bar Rule Change: Return from Public Comment and Request for Approval - Consumer Notices and Alerts (Moawad) (35 mins.) [NOV 54-121]
D. Discipline System Metrics - Office of Chief Trial Counsel Update on Case Prioritization and Non-Attorney Unauthorized Practice of Law Work (Lawrence) (15 mins.)



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