Discipline Oversight Committee
Notice and Agenda
Friday, July 23, 2010
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The State Bar Of California
1149 South Hill Street
Board Room, 7th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015-2299
(213) 765-1000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, William Hebert at (415) 374-8370. 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: William Gailey, Angela Davis, George Davis, Clark Gehlbach, Patrick Kelly, Gwen Moore, Michael Tenenbaum, Michael Marcus, Jeannine English.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

For meetings of the Board and Board Committees. Committee meetings and items scheduled for a particular day may be moved to an earlier or later day to facilitate business of the Board and Board Committees.

The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

*To Commence After the Audit Committee Adjourns

Open Session

(Hebert) I. Chair's Report
Report of Chair
II. Action
A. Proposed Revisions to the Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations and the Enforcement of Awards by the State Bar of California-Request for Adoption Following Public Comment (Wong) [Back-to-back item Jul 122]
B. Request for Approval of New Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations and Fee Mediation by the Mendocino County Bar Association (Wong)
C. Request for Approval of New Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations and Fee Mediation by the Ventura County Bar Association (Wong)
D. Proposed Revisions to the State Bar’s Sample Fee Agreement Forms–Request for Release for 45-day Public Comment Period  (Wong)
E. Request for Approval of Proposed Amendments to Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations by the Contra Costa County Bar Association (Wong)
F. Request for Approval of Proposed Amendment to Rule of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations by the Bar Association of San Francisco (Wong)
G. Proposed Changes to the Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct. Request for Adoption following Public Comment (Weiner) [Back-to-back item Jul 121]
H. Proposed Modifications to Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California. Request for Extension of Public Comment (Wong)
III. Reports
A. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (Weiner)
B. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
C. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (Wong)
D. Status Report from Client Security Fund (Wong)
E. Status Report from Office of Probation (Wong)
F. Report from the CTC Metrics Committee
Closed Session

I. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
* Closed under Rule 6.53(A)(1) of the Rules of the State Bar to receive advice of counsel.

** 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.