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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
House Committee on the Judiciary (Honorable John Conyers, Jr. and Honorable Steve Cohen) (09-BK-159) 03/12/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Honorable Paul Mannes (10-BK-001) 09/03/2010 Bankruptcy Form B-10
Linda Spaight (10-BK-002) 10/19/2010 Bankruptcy 300(c)(1)
American Bankers Association (Request to Testify) (10-BK-003) 12/01/2010 Bankruptcy
Erin B. Shank (10-BK-004) 12/03/2010 Bankruptcy Chapter 13
Honorable Martin Isgur (Request to Testify) (10-BK-005) 12/07/2010 Bankruptcy 3002.1
Raymond Bell (Request to Testify) (10-BK-006) 12/15/2010 Bankruptcy 3001
James Shulman (Request to Testify) (10-BK-007) 01/10/2011 Bankruptcy
Christopher Lagow (Request to Testify) (10-BK-008) 01/10/2011 Bankruptcy 3001
Judge William Sawyer (10-BK-010) 01/12/2011 Bankruptcy 3001
Honorable Elizabeth Magner (Request to Testify) (10-BK-009) 01/19/2011 Bankruptcy Form B10
Judge Paul Mannes (10-BK-011) 02/07/2011 Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Forms and Rules, published in 8/2010
Honorable Barry M. Kurren (Federal Magistrate Judges Association) (10-CR-002) 02/08/2011 Criminal 5(c), 5(d), 58(b), and 37
David R. Badger (10-BK-016) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Daniel Greenbaum, Esq. (10-BK-013) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Forms and Rules, published in 8/2010
Fred Welch (10-BK-017) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
D. Nathan Davis (10-BK-029) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Neal R. Allen  (10-BK-033) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Keith Rodriguez (10-BK-034) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Yvonne V. Valdez, Esq.  (10-BK-035) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Peter A. Ryan, Esq. (10-BK-036) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Forms and Rules, published in 8/2010
Harvey E. Rousch, Esq. (10-BK-037) 02/11/2011 Bankruptcy Bankruptcy Forms and Rules, published in 8/2010
Penny Souhrada (10-BK-018) 02/13/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Ellen C. Carlson, Esq.  (10-BK-032) 02/13/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Ebony R. Huddleston (10-BK-015) 02/14/2011 Bankruptcy Form B10
Linh K. Tran, Associate General Counsel (B-Line, LLC) (10-BK-014) 02/14/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Ellen Holland Keller, Esq.  (10-BK-012) 02/15/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Peter Goldberger (National Association for Criminal Defense Lawyers) (10-CR-001) 02/15/2011 Criminal 5(c), 5(d), 58(b), and 37
Margaret Grammer Gay  (10-BK-030) 02/15/2011 Bankruptcy Form B10
Michael Bahner, Esq.  (Resurgent Capitol Services, LP) (10-BK-024) 02/16/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 3001