The State Bar of California, 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 The State Bar of California The State Bar of California
Thursday, September 02, 2010
  
Board of Governors Meeting
Agenda

The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000
Friday, November 21, 2008


Open Session

(Fujie) 1 Guest Section
1 State Bar Court—presentation by Presiding Judge JoAnn Remke
[SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS:  2:00 PM]

10 Minutes
(Fujie) 10-1 July 11, 2008 [Special Meeting for the Election of the 2008-09 President]
10-2 July 11, 2008 [Regular Meeting]
10-3 September 24, 2008 [Special Meeting]
10-4 September 28, 2008 [Organization Meeting]
30 President's Report
40 Staff Reports
41 Executive Director

42 Secretary

50 Consent Agenda
51, 52, 53 Financial Statements, Investment Reports, and Client Security Fund Reports for Quarters Ended June 30 and September 30, 2008 
54-121 San Diego County Bar Association Fee Arbitration  and Mediation Local Rules—proposed amendments
54-122 San Bernardino County Bar Association Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitration—proposed amendments
54-123 Local Bar Revisions to Model Rule—proposed approval
54-131 Member Request for Adjustments to Fees and/or Penalties/Waivers—none received for review at this meeting [number reserved as a placeholder]
54-132 Section Rule re Associate Membership on Section Executive Committees—proposed approval following public comment period
55 Financial Resolution—proposed amendment
100 Reports of Board Committees
110 Board Committee on Operations

111 MOU Negotiations—written status report
112 Gong v. RFG Oil—request for amicus curiae participation (Withdrawn)
(Frankel)
120 Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight

124 Rules of Procedure of The State Bar of California, Rules 600-608 re conviction proceedings—proposed amendments following public comment period
(Peterson)
130 Member Oversight

133 Proposed Rule 9.6 Board Policy on Removal of One-time Only Fee Suspension from the Bar's Web Site (formerly Expansion of Rule 9.6 Expungement or Fee Suspensions or Removal of Non-disciplinary, Quasi-Regulatory Suspensions from the Web Site)—proposed approval
134 Standards for Certification and Recertification in Admiralty and Maritime Law—proposed approval following public comment period
135 Standards for a New Specialty in Legal Malpractice Law within the Legal Specialization Program—proposed approval following public comment period
(Miller)
140 Planning, Program Development & Budget

141 Schedule of Charges and Deadlines for Accredited Law Schools—proposed approval
142 Information Technology Project Budgets—proposed adoption
(Dutton)
150 Volunteer Involvement

(Dumanis)
160 Stakeholder Relations

161 Report on Government Affairs
162 Immediate Action Items
163 Consideration / Approval of Proposed  State Bar Sponsored Legislation
164 Consideration / Approval of State Bar Section Sponsored Affirmative Legislative Proposals
165 Education Pipeline Award (Council on Access & Fairness)—proposed approval
170 Task Force on Sections

180 Audit Committee

(Fujie) 700 Miscellaneous
701 Find a Lawyer—proposed adoption of program recommendations [SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS: 12 NOON]
Closed Session

(Fujie) 1000 Minutes
July 11, 2008
(Closed pursuant to Rules Governing Open Meetings, Closed Sessions and Records of the Board of Governors, article 5, section 3(a))
3000 Reports of Board Committes
(Fujie)
3110 Board Committee on Operations

3114 Tenenbaum v. State Bar
(Frankel)
3120 Regulation, Admissions and Discipline Oversight

3125-1 Resignation of Allen Edward Johnson (SBN 195207) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-2 Resignation of Kenneth Robert Brutus (SBN 190876) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-3 Resignation of Devin Grant Rockefeller (SBN 174528) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-4 Resignation of Douglas Lee Nicholson (SBN 129508) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-5 Resignation of Michael Henry Todaro (SBN 170248) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-6 Resignation of Von Wallace Robinson (SBN 176184) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-7 Resignation of John Edward Grasberger (SBN 89774) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-8 Resignation of Eric Michael Borgerson (SBN 177943) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-9 Resignation of George William Davis (SBN 73611) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-10 Resignation of William Wayne Soukup (SBN 75068) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-11 Resignation of Victor Chaim Rabinowitz (SBN 112287) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-12 Resignation of Paul Tranel Selzer (SBN 38228) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-13 Resignation of Dennis Stewart Harvey (SBN 61440) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-14 Resignation of Anthony Orin Young (SBN 68094) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-15 Resignation of Kurt Arthur Kissinger (SBN 144984) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-16 Resignation of Jonathan Daniel Newman (SBN 47353) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-17 Resignation of Gerald Ruch Barrick (SBN 29772) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval

3125-18 Resignation of Barry Scott Silver (SBN 87520) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-19 Resignation of Anthony Bruce Osoffsky (SBN 67051) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-20 Resignation of John David Rothschild (SBN 51950) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-21 Resignation of Tracy Kay Peterlin (SBN 187604) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-22 Resignation of William Jarblum (SBN 190424) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-23 Resignation of Sheldon Gilbert Bardach (SBN 32057) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-24 Resignation of Edward Patrick Kelly (SBN 53878) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-25 Resignation of Anthony Todd Woods (SBN 176154) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-26 Resignation of Alfred Joseph Buzo (SBN 177377) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-27 Resignation of John Ingraham Meeker (SBN 95878) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-28 Resignation of Anne E. H. Kanter (SBN 220805) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval
3125-29 Resignation of Emma Lillian Dandridge (SBN 70286) With Disciplinary Charges Pending—proposed approval

(Closed pursuant to B & P Code section 6026.5(e).

4000 Staff Reports
(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(a))
5000 Closed Consent
(Fujie)
5110 Board Committee on Operations

5113 Real Property Investigation - Disclosure of Privileged Documents
[Report of action taken by the Board Committee on Operations via conference call on behalf of the Board, in between regularly scheduled Board meetings.]

(Closed under B&P Code Section 6026.5(a) to consult with counsel re pending and prospective litigation, and under Rules of the State Bar, Rule 6.53(A)(1) to receive advice of counsel.)
5120 Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight

(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(a))
6000 Appointments
(Dutton)
6010 Closed Consent

6011 Fee Arbitration Department—annual reappointment and appointment of arbitrators and Presiding Arbitrator
6012 Solo and Small Firm Section Executive Committee—interim appointment of member
6013 California Indian legal Services (CILS)—appointment of attorney members to the Board of Directors
6014 Real Property Law Section Executive Committee—interim appointment of officer
6015 Law School Council—interim appointment of member
6116 Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission—appointment of officers and members
6017 California ALL Board—reappointment of member
6018 California Commission on Access to Justice—annual appointment of officer
6019 Admiralty and Maritime Law Advisory Commission—appointment of officers and members
6020 Closed Appointments

6021 LAP Oversight Committee—annual appointment of members and officers
6022 California Bar Foundation—annual appointment of members to the Board of Directors
(Closed pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6026.5(g))
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