Members

A. The Committee shall consist of seven (7) members of the Alabama State Bar and two (2) layperson members. B. The members of the Alabama State Bar shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar at the time and in a manner similar to the appointment of members of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar as provided in Rule 4(a), Alabama Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. The members of the Alabama State Bar shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years. The president-elect of the Alabama State Bar shall be an ex-officio member of the Committee and shall have no vote. No member of the Alabama State Bar who has served two (2) full three-year terms in succession shall be eligible for reappointment to the Committee until one (1) year after the end of the most recent term. C. The layperson members shall be appointed for terms of one (1) year and may be reappointed to unlimited successive terms. Layperson members shall be nominated by members of the Executive Committee of the Alabama State Bar and shall be appointed by the president of the Alabama State Bar from those nominations. D. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the president of the Alabama State Bar for the unexpired term. E. The Committee shall select a secretary. F. The Chairman and the members of the Committee shall serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of all their expenses reasonably incurred in the performance of their duties. G. Members of the Committee shall attend a training session relating to lawyer disciplinary rules and procedures conducted by the Office of General Counsel within 12 months after their appointment to the Committee. Lawyer members of the Committee shall receive continuing legal education credit for this training. [Amended 7-1-98; Amended eff. 1-14-2011.] Court Comment to Amendment to Rule IV, Effective July 1, 1998 The Alabama State Bar has indicated that it does not intend the amendment to Rule IV.A. to eliminate the staggered terms the committee members now serve. The Bar anticipates that the three-year appointment provided in Rule IV.A. will be made upon the expiration of the present terms. Note from the reporter of decisions: The order amending the Alabama State Bar Client Security Fund Rules, effective January 14, 2011, is published in that volume of the Alabama Reporter that contains Alabama cases from So. 3d.