The State Bar of California, 180 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105 The State Bar of California The State Bar of California
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Regulation, Admissions & Discipline Oversight
Notice and Agenda
Thursday, November 20, 2008
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The State Bar of California
180 Howard Street
Board Room, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
(415) 538-2000

Questions regarding any agenda item should be directed to the Committee Coordinator(s), Doug Hull at (415) 538-2015 or Chair, Richard Frankel at (925) 355-9800. 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: Michael Marcus, William Hebert, George Davis, John Dutton, Jeannine English, William Gailey, Rex Heinke, Jim Hussey, Angela Davis.
The rules of the State Bar permit Board members who are not committee members to participate but not vote in the committee meeting. If a majority of Board members is present, the meeting is a meeting of the Board as a whole but no formal action by the full Board will take place.

* = WILL COMMENCE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING.

Open Session

I. Chair's Report
Oral Report
II. Consent
III. Action
A. Request for Approval of Proposed Revisions to Fee Arbitration and Mediation Local Rules of the San Diego County Bar Association [Back-to-back item 54-121] (Sperber) (Heinke)
B. Request for Approval of Rules of Procedure for Fee Arbitrations by the San Bernardino County Bar Association [Back-to-back item 54-122] (Sperber) (Heinke)
C. Request for Board approval of Local bar revisions adopting the Model Rule amendments of July 2008 (back-to-back item 54-123) (Sperber) (Heinke)
D. Proposed changes to Rules of Procedure of the State Bar of California re: conviction proceedings. Request for adoption following public comment [Back-to-back item 124] (Wong) (Hebert)
E. Resignations without charges pending. Request for release for further public comment (Drexel) (Davis)
F. Resignations with charges pending. Request for release for public comment. (Drexel) (Davis)
G. Permanent Disbarment proposal. Request for release for public comment. (Drexel) (Davis)
H. Proposed Amendment to Client Security Fund Rules of Procedure. Request for release for public comment (Drexel) (English)
I. Proposal For Modifications to the California State Bar Alternative Discipline Program (ADP)
IV. Discussion/Information
A. Chief Trial Counsel 2009-2013 term (Hawley)
B. Proposed Law School Fees (Murphy)
V. Reports
A. Status Report from the Client Security Fund (S. Drexel)
B. Oral Report re: Client Security Fund (English)
C. Status Report from Competence (Difuntorum)
D. Status Report from Admissions (Murphy)
E. Status Report from the State Bar Court (Wong)
F. Status Report from the Office of the Chief Trial Counsel (S. Drexel)
G. Status Report from the Office of Probation (S. Drexel)
H. Status Report from Mandatory Fee Arbitration (S. Drexel)
Closed Session

I. Consent
II. Action
A. Resignation of Attorney Johnson with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-1] (Drexel) ***
B. Resignation of Attorney Brutus with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-2] (Drexel) ***
C. Resignation of Attorney Rockefeller with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-3] (Drexel) ***
D. Resignation of Attorney Nicholson with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-4] (Drexel) ***
E. Resignation of Attorney Todaro with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-5] (Drexel) ***
F. Resignation of Attorney Robinson with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-6] (Drexel) ***
G. Resignation of Attorney Grasberger with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-7] (Drexel) ***
H. Resignation of Attorney Borgerson with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-8] (Drexel) ***
I. Resignation of Attorney Davis with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-9] (Drexel) ***
J. Resignation of Attorney Soukup with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-10] (Drexel) ***
K. Resignation of Attorney Rabinowitz with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-11] (Drexel) ***
L. Resignation of Attorney Selzer with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-12] (Drexel) ***
M. Resignation of Attorney Harvey with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-13] (Drexel) ***
N. Resignation of Attorney Young with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-14] (Drexel) ***
O. Resignation of Attorney Kissinger with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-15] (Drexel) ***
P. Resignation of Attorney Newman with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-16] (Drexel) ***
Q. Resignation of Attorney Barrick with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-17] (Drexel) ***
R. Resignation of Attorney Silver with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-18] (Drexel) ***
S. Resignation of Attorney Osoffsky with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-19] (Drexel) ***
T. Resignation of Attorney Rothschild with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-20] (Drexel) ***
U. Resignation of Attorney Peterlin with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-21] (Drexel) ***
V. Resignation of Attorney Jarblum with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-22] (Drexel) ***
W. Resignation of Attorney Bardach with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-23] (Drexel) ***
X. Resignation of Attorney Kelly with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-24] (Drexel) ***
Y. Resignation of Attorney Woods with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-25] (Drexel) ***
Z. Resignation of Attorney Buzo with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-26] (Drexel) ***
AA. Resignation of Attorney Meeker with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-27] (Drexel) ***
BB. Resignation of Attorney Kanter with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-28] (Drexel) ***
CC. Resignation of Attorney Dandridge with Disciplinary Charges Pending. [Back-to-back item 3125-29] (Drexel) ***
III. Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
Advice of counsel pertaining to matters on the open agenda
IV. Discussion/Information
V. Reports
A. Report from Admissions regarding Bar Examination (Murphy)*
* 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.