Rules Suggestions
The Advisory Committees evaluate in the first instance suggestions to amend the Federal Rules.
Name of Individual and/or Organization | Date Received | Committee | Rule or Form | Status |
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Sai (24-EV-E) | 04/11/2024 | Evidence | Rules 106 & 612 | Pending consideration |
Center for Regulatory Effectiveness (04-EV-A) | 08/10/2004 | Evidence | Rule 803 (Trustworthy Proviso) | Considered |
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal for Professor A. Benjamin Spencer (06-EV-A) | Evidence | Civil Rule 26 | Considered | |
Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq. (08-EV-A) | 12/29/2008 | Evidence | Rules 407, 702, & 707 | Considered |
Professor Sam Stonefield (10-EV-A) | 09/09/2010 | Evidence | Rule 801(d) | Considered |
Maria Pearlmutter (11-EV-A) | 06/23/2011 | Evidence | Exclude physician apologies in medical malpractice cases | Pending consideration |
Washington Legal Foundation (20-EV-D) | 05/06/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
American Association for Justice (21-EV-B) | 03/12/2021 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (19-EV-A) | 09/06/2019 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Coalition for Litigation Justice, Inc (20-EV-G) | 07/29/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Peter Lushing (17-EV-C) | 09/26/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d) | Considered |
Shook Hardy & Bacon (20-EV-BB) | 11/09/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Hon. Susan P. Graber (16-EV-A) | 01/21/2016 | Evidence | Rule 803 | Considered |
Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo (20-EV-Q) | 10/02/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
State Farm (20-EV-T) | 10/09/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Altec, Inc. (20-EV-A) | 01/31/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
J. Gordon Cooney Jr. and William Peterson (20-EV-S) | 09/30/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
American Association for Justice (17-EV-A) | 08/30/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
International Association of Defense Counsel (20-EV-H) | 07/31/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Washington Legal Foundation (20-EV-C) | 03/12/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
David Bernstein and Eric Lasker (20-EV-J) | 08/31/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Pending consideration |
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (17-EV-D) | 10/12/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
Joshua Carback (23-EV-A) | 03/25/2023 | Evidence | Proposed rulemaking regarding contempt proceedings | Pending consideration |
Beveridge & Diamond (20-EV-DD) | 11/10/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Christopher Frey (24-EV-A) | 03/08/2024 | Evidence | Rule 609 | Pending consideration |
Daniel Capra (21-EV-D) | 04/01/2021 | Evidence | Rule 611; regulations for the use of illustrative aids | Pending consideration |
Georgia Ainsworth (20-EV-W) | 10/15/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Jeffrey Bellin (24-EV-F) | 04/19/2024 | Evidence | Rule 609 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-EV-A) | 10/10/2018 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Hon. Robert E. Jones (11-CR-B) | 07/06/2011 | Criminal | Rule 24(b) | Considered |