Rule 4-402. The Formal Advisory Opinion Board

(a) The Formal Advisory Opinion Board shall consistonly of active members of the State Bar of Georgia who shall be appointed by the President of theState 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 Boardshall be 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 Investigative Panel of the  State Disciplinary Board; and

(9) One member of the Review Panel of the State  Disciplinary Board.

(c) All members shall be appointed for terms of twoyears subject to the following exceptions:

(1) Any person appointed to fill a vacancy occasioned  by resignation, death, disqualification, or disability shall serve only for the unexpired term of  the member replaced unless reappointed;

(2) The members appointed from the Investigative  Panel and Review Panel of the State Disciplinary Board shall serve for a term of one year;

(3) The terms of the current members of the Formal  Advisory Opinion Board will terminate at the Annual Meeting of the State Bar following the  amendment of this Rule regardless of the length of each member's current term; thereafter all  appointments will be as follows to achieve staggered, two-year terms:

(i) Three of the initial Association members (including the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the Georgia Association of Defense Lawyers, the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, the Georgia District Attorneys Association and the Young Lawyers Division of the State Bar) shall be appointed to one-year terms; two of the initial Association members shall be appointed to two-year terms. As each initial term    expires, the successor appointee shall be appointed for a term of two years;

(ii) Two of the initial members appointed from the    State Bar of Georgia at-large (the "At-Large Members") shall be appointed to one-year    terms; three of the initial At-Large members shall be appointed to two-year terms. As each initial term expires, the successor appointee shall be appointed for a term of two years;

(iii) Two of the initial Representatives from the American Bar Association Accredited Law Schools shall be appointed to one year terms; two of the initial law school representatives shall be appointed to two-year terms. As each initial term expires, the successor appointee shall be appointed for a term of two years;
 

(4) All members shall be eligible for immediate  reappointment to one additional two-year term, unless the President of the State Bar of Georgia,  with approval of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia, deems it appropriate to  reappoint a member for one or more additional terms.

(d) The Formal Advisory Opinion Board shall have theauthority to prescribe its own rules of conduct and procedure.