Commission Highlights
The Board of Bar Commissioners received the following reports and took the actions indicated during their regularly scheduled April 27, 2007 Commission meeting held in Vernal, Utah.
1. The Commission awarded Judge of the Year to Judges Gregory K. Orme and Sandra N. Peuler. Oscar W. McConkie, Jr. was selected as Lawyer of the Year. Committee of the Year was awarded to the Bar Journal Committee and the Paralegal Division was selected as Section of the Year.
2. Brent Bullock was reappointed as the Bar’s representative to Governor Huntsman’s Deception Detection Examiner’s Board.
3. The Commission voted not to take a position on proposed legislation but to allow the Family Law Section to take a position and represent that it is taking a position as long as Commission guidelines are followed.
4. The Commission deferred a final decision on adopting proposed language for Ethics Advisory Opinion Rules until the June meeting. Steve Owens was selected to develop proposed language for consideration to amend Ethics Advisory Opinion Rules and Procedures for June meeting.
5. Pending additional information, the Commission approved Lawyers Helping Lawyers’ request for funds ($30,848).
A full text of this and other meetings of the Bar Commission are available at the office of the Executive Director.