The Ethcis 2000 Commission held a public hearing on February 4, 1999, in Los Angeles, California, in conjunction with the ABA Mid Year Meeting. The full text of the written testimony provided by the hearing speakers appears below.

• David Bell, State Bar of California Office of Professional Competence, Planning and Development
  Topic discussed: California Coordinating Committee on the ABA Ethics 2000 Commission
• Hon. Samuel L. Bufford, Los Angeles County Bar Association
  Rule discussed: 1.7
• Benjamin Bycel
  Rule discussed: 8.4
• Demitrious Dimitriou, Richard Flamm and Mark L. Tuft, Bar Association of San Francisco
  Rules discussed: 1.6 - 1.8
• Phillip Feldman
  Rules discussed: 1.4, 1.7 and 1.9
• Robert J. Jossen and Robert Hill Schwartz, New York Council of Defense Lawyers
  Rule discussed: 4.2
• Gerald B. Lefcourt, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  Rule discussed: 4.2
• Carrie Menkel-Meadow, Georgetown University
  Rule discussed: 2.4
• Robert E. O'Malley, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society
  Rules discussed: 1.6, 1.7, 1.10, 2.2

• George W. Overton, Chicago Bar Association
  Rule discussed: 5.5
• David L. Praver, Ventura County Bar Association
  Rule discussed: 1.6
• Nancy Rapoport, University of Nebraska
  Rules discussed: 1.7 and 1.13
• Brian J. Redding, Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society
  Rules discussed: 1.7 and 1.10
• Sean M. SeLegue and Harry B. Sondheim, State Bar of California Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct
  Rules discussed: 1.6, 1.7 and 4.2
• John Skilton, ABA Standing Committee on the Delivery of Legal Services
  Rule discussed: 1.2