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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Judge Lawrence L. Piersol (07-CR-001) 08/30/2007 Criminal Rule 32.2
State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts (Joan Jacobs Levie) (09-CR-007) 02/16/2010 Criminal Rule 4.1
George W. Kamen (06-BK-006) 10/30/2006 Bankruptcy Rule 4003(b)(2)
Judge Wesley Steen (09-BK-001) 09/14/2009 Bankruptcy Rule 4004
Robert Harris (Insolvency Law Committee of the State Bar of California) (09-BK-021) 01/11/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 4004
Jenner and Block (Sharmila Sohoni) (09-CR-008) 02/16/2010 Criminal Rule 43
Honorable Donald C. Ashmanskas (09-CR-004) 12/15/2009 Criminal Rule 6
Honorable Janice M. Stewart (09-CR-003) 12/14/2009 Criminal Rule 6
Professor Elliot B. Glicksman   (09-EV-001) 08/14/2009 Evidence Rule 606(a)
Jeffrey Bellin (09-EV-010) 01/07/2010 Evidence Rule 609
Daniel M. Press, Esq. (12-BK-041) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Rule 7004 and Official Forms
Norman H. Meyer (10-BK-026) 02/16/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 7054-1
Matt McKee on behalf of Kellam & Pettit, P.A. (07-BR-001) 11/29/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Robert Kressel (07-BR-013) 12/10/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Judith Fitzgerald (07-BR-012) 12/10/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Raymond Lyons (07-BR-011) 12/10/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Christopher Sontchi (07-BR-010) 12/07/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Henry Boroff (07-BR-009) 12/10/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge G. Harvey Boswell (07-BR-008) 12/10/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Max Tucker (07-BR-007) 12/10/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Terry Myers (07-BR-006) 12/07/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Douglas Dodd (07-BR-014) 12/11/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Judith Wizmur (07-BR-002) 11/30/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Roger Efremsky (07-BR-005) 12/07/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Niki Heller (07-BR-004) 12/07/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Judge Margaret D. McGarity (07-BR-003) 11/30/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 8002
Bankruptcy Clerks Advisory Group (12-BK-040) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Rule 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007, 8009, 8010, 8015, 8022, 8024, 9027, 9033 and Official Forms
William T. Hangley, Esq. (12-EV-006) 02/15/2013 Evidence Rule 801
Hon. Joan N. Ericksen (12-EV-001) 12/28/2012 Evidence Rule 801
Michael S. Nachmanoff (12-EV-002) 01/03/2013 Evidence Rule 801