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Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct
Notice and Agenda
Friday, January 12, 2024
10:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Conference Call

The State Bar of California

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Erika Doherty at 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 or Chair, Brandon Krueger at 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. 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: Sarah Banola, Elizabeth Bradley , Raquel Brown, Cassidy Chivers, Mary Grace Guzman, Joel Mark, Eleanor Mercado, William Munoz, Daniel O'Rielly, Vikita Poindexter, Deepika Ravi, Hunter Starr.
The order of business is approximate and subject to change.

Members of the public may access this meeting as follows:
Zoom Link: https://calbar.zoom.us/j/91331110911
Webinar ID:  913 3111 0911
Call-In Number: 669-900-9128


Members of the public may also access this meeting as follows:
180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 95105

Open Session

Call for Public Comment

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A. Remarks From the Chair
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Call for Public Comment
4. Approval of Open Session Minutes: December 1, 2023
5. Report of the Chair
6. Report of the Committee Coordinator
B. Draft Revisions to Existing Formal Opinions
1. 2021-206 [Colleague Impairment]
C. Draft Opinions Previously Circulated for Public Comment
1. 19-0004 [re Client File Release and Retention Duties]
D. Draft Opinions Not Yet Circulated for Public Comment
1. 20-0003 [re Flat Fees and Termination]
2. 21-0003 [re Ethics of In-House Counsel]
3. 21-0007 [re Cryptocurrency]
E. Draft Advisories Not Yet Circulated for Public Comment
1. 2022-0XA (formerly 1993-02) [re Standard of Review in Fee Disputes Where There Is a Written Fee Agreement]
2. 2022-0XB (formerly 1998-03) [re Determination of a ‘Reasonable’ Fee]
F. Draft Amendments to Rules of Professional Conduct
1. Consideration of Amendments to California Rule of Professional Conduct 1.16 based on recent amendments to ABA Model Rule 1.16
G. Special Projects
1. Ethics Quarterly
2. Ethics Symposium
3. Discussion and Possible Action on Attorney Use and Regulation of Artificial Intelligence
Closed Session

None

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E. Draft Advisories Not Yet Circulated for Public Comment:
acrobat image1. 2022-0XA (formerly 1993-02) [re Standard of Review in Fee Disputes Where There Is a Written Fee Agreement]

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