February, 1999
The Ethcis 2000 Commission held a public hearing on February 4, 1999, in Los Angeles, California, in conjunction with the ABA Mid Year Meeting. The full text of the written testimony provided by the hearing speakers appears below.-
David Bell, State Bar of California Office of Professional Competence, Planning and Development
Topic discussed: California Coordinating Committee on the ABA Ethics 2000 Commission -
Hon. Samuel L. Bufford, Los Angeles County Bar Association
Rule discussed: 1.7 -
Benjamin Bycel
Rule discussed: 8.4 -
Demitrious Dimitriou, Richard Flamm and Mark L. Tuft, Bar Association of San Francisco
Rules discussed: 1.6 - 1.8 -
Phillip Feldman
Rules discussed: 1.4, 1.7 and 1.9 -
Robert J. Jossen and Robert Hill Schwartz, New York Council of Defense Lawyers
Rule discussed: 4.2 -
Gerald B. Lefcourt, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Rule discussed: 4.2 -
Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University
Rule discussed: 2.4 -
Robert E. O'Malley, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society
Rules discussed: 1.6, 1.7, 1.10, 2.2
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George W. Overton, Chicago Bar Association
Rule discussed: 5.5 -
David L. Praver, Ventura County Bar Association
Rule discussed: 1.6 -
Nancy Rapoport, University of Nebraska
Rules discussed: 1.7 and 1.13 -
Brian J. Redding, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society
Rules discussed: 1.7 and 1.10 -
Sean M. SeLegue and Harry B. Sondheim, State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct
Rules discussed: 1.6, 1.7 and 4.2 -
John Skilton, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services
Rule discussed: 1.2