Committee on Mandatory Fee Arbitration
Notice and Agenda
Friday, May 3, 2019
The State Bar of California
845 South Figueroa Street
Board Room, 2nd Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Isabel Liou at 415-538-2573 or Chair, Lorraine Walsh at 415-538-2020. 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: Anahid Agemian, Kenneth Bacon, George Duesdieker, Jobi Halper, Patrick Maloney, Joel Mark, John McDougall, Sharron McLawyer, Nick Migliaccio, Clark Stone, Lee Straus, Roy Zukerman.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.
Open Session

A. Remarks From the Chair
1. Roll Call (Staff)
2. Call for Public Comment (Straus)
3. Announcements (Straus)
4. Approval of February 1, 2019 Meeting Minutes (All)
B. Presiding Arbitrator's Report
1. Presiding Arbitrator's Report (Bacon)
C. Staff Report
1. Office Statistics
2. Schedule of Events
3. Recent Developments
D. Business
1. Discuss Public Comment Regarding Sample Fee Agreement Form Documents
2. Finalize Updates to Arbitration Advisories (Bacon, Mark)
3. Review and Update Program Handbook (Stone)
4. Review and Discuss Proposed Program Advisory XXVII (Straus)
5. Review and Update Model Rules for Fee Arbitration and Fee Mediation
6. Discuss Other MFA Program Materials Requiring Updates
7. Discuss Updates Regarding Issue of Arbitrator Compensation and Whether to Revise Corresponding State Bar and Model Rules
8. Discuss New Developments in Soni v. Simplelayers, Inc. et al. Appeal (Straus)
Closed Session

NONE

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