Board shaped
by election, new appointment
The
composition of the State Bar Board of Trustees continues to shift with an upcoming election and the
first of five appointments to the board by the California Supreme Court.
The Supreme
Court is accepting applications through June 1 from lawyers interested
in serving as the court’s first-ever appointee to the board. The individual
selected will take office at the State Bar Annual Meeting in October 2012.
The court
will choose four more board members over the next three years as a result of
legislation (SB 163) changing the board’s makeup and shrinking its size from 23 to 19
members.
Meanwhile, five
lawyers are running for two seats on the board in the first election since the
legislation took effect. The districts are being redrawn to align with the six
appellate districts in the state.
Ballots were mailed April 30 to bar members who live in District 4 (Imperial, Inyo, Orange,
Riverside, San Bernardino and San Diego counties) and District 5 (Fresno, Kern,
Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties).
Lawyers in
those districts have until July 2 to cast their votes, either by mail or
online. Instructions for electronic voting are on the ballots.
The candidates are:
- District 4 (Imperial, Inyo, Orange, Riverside, San
Bernardino and San Diego counties): Nikki Presley Miliband of Newport Beach, Michael A. Scafiddi of San
Bernardino and Christopher W. Todd of San Diego.
- District 5 (Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced,
Stanislaus, Tulare and Tuolumne counties): R. Konrad Moore of Bakersfield and David A. Torres of Bakersfield.
Winners will
be announced in July and sworn in at the annual meeting.