2002 WI 10

 

 

 

Supreme Court of Wisconsin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice

This order is subject to further editing and modification.  The final version will appear in the bound volume of the official reports.

 

 


 

No.   01-10 

 

 

In the matter of amendment of

Supreme Court Rules 10.05 and 10.06

 

FILED

 

JAN 28, 2002

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court

Madison, WI

 

 

 

 

 


On January 16, 2002, the court held a public hearing on the petition filed on May 16, 2001, and amended on November 30, 2001, by the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

IT IS ORDERED that, effective the date of this order, Supreme Court Rules chapter 10 is amended as follows:

Section 1.  10.05 (1) of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:

10.05 (1)  Composition of Board.  The affairs of the association shall be managed and directed by a board of governors consisting of the 6 officers of the association, all of whom shall be ex officio members-at-large of the board, not fewer than 34 members elected from the state bar districts established under sub. (2), one member selected by the young lawyers division pursuant to its bylaws, one member selected by the government lawyers division pursuant to its bylaws, three governors selected by the nonresident lawyers division pursuant to its bylaws, one governor selected by the senior lawyers division pursuant to its bylaws, and three nonlawyers appointed by the supreme court for staggered two-year terms.  No person appointed by the supreme court shall serve more than two consecutive full terms.  The rights and powers of the ex officio members of the board are the same as those of elected members.  All past-presidents of the Wisconsin bar association or of the state bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin state delegate to the American Bar Association house of delegates and the deans of the Marquette university and university of Wisconsin law schools are entitled to floor privileges, but without voting privileges.

Section 2.   10.05 (4) (b) of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:

10.05 (4) (b)  The board of governors shall meet at least 4 times a year.  Twenty-three Twenty-four members present at any meeting constitutes a quorum.  Special meetings of the board of governors may be called in accordance with the bylaws.

Section 3.  10.05 (4) (f) of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:

10.05 (4) (f)  The members of the board of governors shall receive no compensation for services to the association, but they and also members of committees and the officers and directors of sections and of the young lawyers division, the government lawyers division, and the nonresident lawyers division, and the senior lawyers division may be reimbursed for necessary expenses in the performance of their duties.

Section 4.  10.05 (4) (k) of the Supreme Court Rules is created to read:

10.05 (4) (k)  The board of governors shall establish and maintain a senior lawyers division.  Membership in the division shall be voluntary.  Those eligible for membership in the senior lawyers division shall be any members of the state bar who are age 60 years or older.  The division shall be governed by bylaws not inconsistent with state bar rules and bylaws.  The division bylaws and amendments thereto become effective upon approval of the board of governors.  The senior lawyers division shall carry on projects that will stimulate the interest of the senior lawyers in the objectives and programs of the state bar and carry on activities which will be of assistance to senior lawyers in the practice of law.

Section 5.  10.06 (1) of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:

10.06 (1) Members; selection.  The executive committee consists of the president, the president-elect, the immediate past-president, the chairperson of the board of governors, one representative each from the nonresident lawyers division, government lawyers division, and young lawyers division, and senior lawyers division selected from their board of governors representatives and 6 additional members elected annually by the board of governors at its final meeting of the fiscal year.  The 6 additional members shall be elected from among the governors-elect and the current governors who will serve on the board of governors during the following fiscal year.  A vacancy occurring in the selected membership may be filled by action of the board of governors.

Section 6.  10.06 (3) of the Supreme Court Rules is amended to read:

10.06 (3) Meeting; quorum.  The executive committee shall meet at the call of the president, or at the call of the executive director upon the written demand of at least 5 6 of its members.  All members shall be given at least 48 hours’ notice by mail or telephone of the time and place of any meeting.  A majority of all members constitutes a quorum.  No action may be taken by the committee except upon the concurrence of at least a majority of all members.  The concurrence may be registered by mail, telephone, facsimile, or e-mail.

IT IS ORDERED that notice of this amendment of Supreme Court Rules chapter 10 be given by a single publication of a copy of this order in the official state newspaper and in an official publication of the State Bar of Wisconsin.

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this 28th day of January, 2002.

 

BY THE COURT:

 

 

 

Cornelia G. Clark

Clerk of Supreme Court