The following members of the Board of Governors were in attendance for all or a part of the meeting:
John H. Mowbray . . . . . President
Gloria J. Sturman . . . . . President-Elect
N. Patrick Flanagan III . . . . . Vice President
Bruce T. Beesley
Vincent A. Consul
Michael D. Davidson
Kathleen J. England
Dara J. Goldsmith
Rew R. Goodenow
Ann Price McCarthy
Richard Morgan
William C. Turner
Steven B. Wolfson
 

STATE BAR STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT:
Allen W. Kimbrough
Rob Bare

1. CALL TO ORDER
In the initial absence of the President, the meeting was called to order by the President-Elect.
 

2. CONSIDER APPOINTMENT TO THE COMMISSION ON JUDICIAL SELECTION
The Board having been requested to select an attorney resident in Clark County as a temporary member of the Commission on Judicial Selection and the Board having solicited applications, the following applicants were placed in nomination:
 

James Sylvestri Mark Ferrario
Candace Carlyon Michelle Morgando
Bernard Zadrowski Gerald Waite
Ralph Baker
 

Upon motion made and seconded, the nominations were closed.
 

Comments were given by various members of the Board regarding each nominee. Thereafter, Bernard Zadrowski was elected by a majority of the votes cast. Mr. Turner, as a potential applicant for the vacant judgeships abstained from the discussion and consideration of this appointment and from the vote. Mr. Wolfson advised the Board that his wife was a judicial candidate in an unrelated department, but that he did not perceive a conflict of interest concerning this matter. Thereafter, Mr. Wolfson participated in the discussion and vote on the appointment.
 

The Executive Director was asked to advise the Commission and Mr. Zadrowski of his selection and to express the appreciation of the Board to those not selected.
 

3. CONSIDER REQUEST OF NEVADA LAW FOUNDATION TO PARTICIPATE IN BRIEF AMICUS CURIAE
The Board considered a request from the Nevada Law Foundation to join as amicus curiae in briefs being prepared for filing in the Ninth Circuit in Washington Legal Foundation v. Legal Foundation of Washington and in the Fifth Circuit in Washington Legal Foundation v. Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation, both concerning the constitutionality of mandatory interest on lawyers' trust accounts. The Board requested that further investigation regarding the scope of the proposed brief be undertaken and that this matter be reconsidered at a subsequent meeting of the Board.
 

4. REPORT OF BAR COUNSEL
Bar Counsel Rob Bare provided the Board with a report regarding the current status of Bradford v. State Bar of Nevada, et al., which concerns the provisions of Supreme Court Rule 121 (confidentiality of disciplinary proceedings) and in which all members of the Supreme Court of Nevada are named as defendants (in their official capacities).
 

Mr. Bare further responded to questions regarding other disciplinary matters.
 

Mr. Bare additionally reported on efforts to deal with an unauthorized "Lawyer Referral and Information Service" based in Reno.
 

6. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m.Respectfully submitted,

John H. Mowbray
President