New Disciplinary Committee Members Appointed by SCOTX and State Bar
The new year has brought a new procedure for changing attorney disciplinary rules and the referendum process that gives lawyers the vote on rule changes.The…
January 09, 2018 at 03:43 PM
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The new year has brought a new procedure for changing attorney disciplinary rules and the referendum process that gives lawyers the vote on rule changes.
The Texas Supreme Court and State Bar of Texas have appointed members to the new Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda, which the Texas Legislature created last year in Senate Bill 302. That legislation—the bar's sunset review bill—also spelled out a new way for the committee to draft rule changes, take feedback from lawyers and seek approval from the state bar and supreme court.
The chairman of the committee, appointed by the state bar, is M. Lewis Kinard, the executive vice president, general counsel and assistant corporate secretary of the American Heart Association in Dallas. Next year, the supreme court will appoint the chairperson. The high court and state bar each appoint half of the remaining eight committee members.
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