Lawyer Assistance Program Oversight Committee
Notice and Agenda
Friday, March 15, 2024
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Teleconference


Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator, Matt Adams at 213-765-1148 or Chair, Justin Delacruz at 415-538-2300. 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: Heather Benton, James Heiting, Lisa Johnson, Tracy LeSage, Diedre Nguyen, Philip Spiegel, Elise Yenne.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

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Open Session

- -CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT--
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I. Chair's Report
A. Oral Report
II. Staff Report
A. Oral Report
III. MINUTES
A Approval of Open Session Minutes: December 8, 2023
IV. Business
A. Update on Financial Assistance Working Group Re: Recommendations for Rule Changes
B. Reports From the Stakeholder Working Groups:

  1. State Bar Court (Delacruz and Spiegel)
  2. Association of Discipline Defense Counsel (Heiting and LeSage)
  3. Office of Chief Trial Counsel (Benton and Heiting)
C. Next steps for the Ad Hoc Commission on the Discipline System regarding the Alternative Discipline Program Project
Closed Session

None




ADJOURN


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