Rule 4-402 The Formal Advisory Opinion Board
Rule Text
(a) The Formal Advisory Opinion Board will consist only of active members of the State Bar of Georgia who are initially appointed by the President of the State Bar of Georgia, with the approval of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia.
(b) The members of the Formal Advisory Opinion Board are selected as follows:
(1) Five members of the State Bar of Georgia at-large;
(2) One member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association;
(3) One member of the Georgia Defense Lawyers Association;
(4) One member of the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers;
(5) One member of the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar of Georgia;
(6) One member of the Georgia District Attorneys Association;
(7) One member of the faculty of each American Bar Association Accredited Law School operating within the State of Georgia;
(8) One member of the State Disciplinary Board;
(9) One member of the State Disciplinary Review Board; and
(10) One member of the Executive Committee of the State Bar of Georgia.
(c) All appointments will maintain staggered terms. All members are appointed for terms of two years, subject to the following exceptions:
(1) Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occasioned by resignation, death, disqualification, or disability will serve only for the unexpired term of the member replaced unless reappointed;
(2) The members appointed from the State Disciplinary Board, State Disciplinary Review Board, and the Executive Committee will serve for a term of one year;
(d) When a Formal Advisory Opinion Board member’s term expires, it does so at the conclusion of the Bar year.
(e) All members are eligible for immediate reappointment by the President of the State Bar of Georgia to one additional term. Thereafter, the President of the State Bar of Georgia, with approval of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia, may reappoint a member for one or more additional terms.
(f) The Formal Advisory Opinion Board will annually elect a chairperson and other officers as it may deem proper at the first meeting of the Formal Advisory Opinion Board after July 1 of each year.
(g) The Formal Advisory Opinion Board has the authority to prescribe its own rules of conduct and procedure.