Committee on Professional Responsibility & Conduct
Notice and Agenda
Friday, February 22, 2019
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), Andrew Tuft at (415) 538-2172 or Chair, Amy Bomse at 415-538-2116. 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: .
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

A. Remarks From the Chair
1. Roll Call
2. Public Comment
3. Announcements
4. Staff Report
5. Approval of Open Session Action Summary from the January 11, 2019 Meeting
B. Discussion of Draft Opinions Previously Circulated for Public Comment
1. 12-0003 [re Attorney Directory and Rating Websites]
C. Discussion and Possible Approval for Public Comment of Draft Opinions Not Yet Released for Public Comment
1. 13-0002 [re Attorney with a Vulnerable Client]
2. 13-0003 [re Ethical Obligations When Departing Firm]
3. 13-0004 [re Collecting Unpaid Fees]
4. 14-0001 [re Colleague Impairment]
5. 14-0002 [re Alternative Litigation Funding]
6. 16-0002 [re Lost or Stolen Laptop or Briefcase]
7. 16-0003 [re Ancillary Business]
8. 17-0001 [re Advising a Marijuana Business]
9. 17-0003 [re Duty of Confidentiality to Prospective Client]
D. Oral Report on Opinions Currently Circulating for Public Comment
1. 14-0004 [re Witness Perjury]
E. Discussion of Staff’s Request for Committee Input on Recommended Committee Size Following Board of Trustees’ Review of All State Bar Sub-Entities
F. Special Projects
1. Outreach Working Group Report
2. 2019 Ethics Symposium Working Group Report
3. AB 1987 Working Group Report
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
III. Discussion/Information
IV. Reports