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


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/95349363899

Webinar ID:  953-4936-3899
Call-In Number: 669-900-9128
Members of the public may also access this meeting as follows:
845 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017

Open Session

Call for Public Comment
Members of the public are encouraged to use this form for public comment. Completing this form is not required; however, those that sign up in advance will be called first. Public comment typically occurs at the beginning of each meeting; the chair has the discretion to move the public comment period or allow for additional public comment periods during the meeting. Members of the public wishing to submit written comments may email them to coprac@calbar.ca.gov. Deadline to sign up and submit written comments is 24 hours before the start of the meeting. View the State Bar’s Public Comment Policy.

A. Remarks From the Chair
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Call for Public Comment
4. Approval of Open Session Minutes: March 1, 2024
5. Report of the Chair
6. Report of the Committee Coordinator
B. Proposed Extension of Public Comment Period
1. Discussion of Proposed Opinion 20-0003 [re Ethics of In-House Counsel], and Possible Extension of Public Comment Period
C. Update on Opinion with Recently Closed Public Comment Period
1. Discussion of Proposed Arbitration Advisory Interim No. 2022-0XA, and Update on Public Comments Received during Comment Period
D. Update on Opinions Circulating for Public Comment
1. Discussion of Draft Opinion 20-0002 [Succession Planning], and Update on Public Comments Received to date during Comment Period
2. Discussion of Draft Opinion 20-0003 [Flat Fees and Termination], and Update on Public Comments Received to date during Comment Period
3. Discussion of Proposed Revised Formal Opinion 2021-206 [Colleague Impairment], and Update on Public Comments Received to date during Comment Period
E. Draft Opinions Previously Circulated for Public Comment
1. Discussion of Draft Opinion 19-0004 [re Client File Release and Retention Duties], and Possible Approval for Circulation for Public Comment
2. Discussion of Draft Opinion 20-0001 [re Lawyer as Expert Witness], and Possible Approval for Circulation for Public Comment
3. Discussion of Draft Opinion 20-0005 [re Conversion Clauses in Contingency Fee Agreements], and Possible Approval for Circulation for Public Comment
F. Draft Opinions Not Yet Circulated for Public Comment
1. Discussion of Draft Opinion 21-0007 [re Cryptocurrency], and Possible Approval for Circulation for Public Comment
G. Draft Advisories Not Yet Circulated for Public Comment
1. Discussion of Draft Arbitration Advisory 2022-0XB (formerly 1998-03) [re Determination of a ‘Reasonable’ Fee], and Possible Approval for Circulation for Public Comment
H. New Topics
1. Consideration of ABA Model Rule 1.16, and Possible Approval of Submission to Board of Trustee Chair
2. Request to Amend Rules of Professional Conduct, Rules 3.6 and 4.1
Closed Session

None

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