Utah Sup. Ct. R. Prof'l Prac. 1-510

(a) Composition. The Supreme Court appoints the Committee members. The Committee consists of a minimum of four to a maximum of eight public members and a minimum of 21 to a maximum of 25 Lawyers who have demonstrated a high standard of professional conduct. All appointments are for a term of three years with no Committee member serving more than two consecutive terms unless appointed as a chair or vice-chair of the Committee. The Supreme Court designates three to four Lawyer members as Committee vice-chairs.

(b) Committee chair. The Supreme Court will appoint a lawyer licensed to practice in Utah to serve as the chair. The chair may not engage in the private practice of law for payment. The chair is an employee of the Bar and subject to its personnel policies. The chair serves at the pleasure of the Supreme Court and has the following responsibilities:

(1) supervise the Committee;

(2) maintain adequate checks on the screening panels’ work to ensure that matters move forward expeditiously;

(3) ensure that screening panels have a uniform basis for the judgments rendered;

(4) provide the screening panels with information concerning ethics and judicial decisions necessary to their activities; and

(5) make recommendations to the Supreme Court concerning appointments to and removals from the screening panels and reports concerning screening panel activities and the overall work of the Committee.

(c) Vice-chairs. The Committee vice-chairs will act as chair temporarily if the chair is absent or resigns. The chair may call upon any vice chair to assist in any of the Committee chair’s duties.

(d) Removal. The Committee chair may recommend removal of a Committee member by notifying the Supreme Court of the recommendation of removal and reasons for the recommendation. The removal is effective when the Supreme Court accepts the recommendation.