CALL TO ORDER....................................................................................................Hon. Christopher Staring, Chair
- REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES…………..................................................Hon. Christopher Staring, Chair
1-A: Review, discussion, and possible action regarding the regular session minutes of the meeting held on March 28, 2024.
- APPOINTMENT OF A VICE CHAIR...................................................................Hon. Christopher Staring, Chair
2-A: Under Arizona Supreme Court Rule 42.1(d)(1), the Committee Chair appoints a vice chair.
- OPINIONS……………………………………………..........................................................................................Division Staff 3-A: Update or review, discussion, and possible action regarding status of EO-20-0010: communication with client’s family and friends.
3-B: Review, discussion, and possible action regarding status of EO-24-0001: lawyers’ use of generative
artificial intelligence.
3-C: Update or review, discussion, and possible action regarding EO-24-0002: advising clients about
communications with represented opponents.
3-D: Update or review, discussion, and possible action regarding status of EO-24-0003: May lawyers receive
referral fees or other compensation for selling legal practice management software; Would a vendor or attorney
be “at risk” entering into a variable and recurring compensation contract in exchange for use of legal practice
management software; and may lawyers and nonlawyers have equity ownership in a legal practice management
software corporation or its affiliates.
- RULE PETITIONS.......................................................................................................................Division Staff
4-A: Review, discussion, and possible action regarding rule petitions.
- 1. R-23-0051 Petition to amend Rule 42 (ER 1.8), Ariz. R. Sup. Ct.
2. R-23-0056 Petition to Amend Rule 42 (ER 4.2) Ariz. R. Sup. Ct.
- ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS..............................................................................................................Division Staff
5-A: Division updates.
CALL TO THE PUBLIC..........................................................................................Hon. Christopher Staring, Chair
Individual members of the Committee may take one or more of the following actions: (a) respond to criticism made in Public Comment; (b) ask staff to review a matter raised in public comment; or (c) ask that a matter raised in public comment be put on a future agenda. NOTE: Neither the Committee as a whole nor Staff are permitted to discuss a matter raised in public comment and the Committee is not permitted to vote on a matter raised during an open call to the public unless the matter was otherwise properly noticed on the meeting agenda for discussion and legal action.
ADJOURN.............................................................................................................Hon. Christopher Staring, Chair