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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Susan Lew, Esq. (03-AP-257) 02/03/2004 Appellate 32.1
Susan Silveira, Esq. (12-BK-020) 02/07/2013 Bankruptcy Form 6J
Susan Thurston (06-BK-013) 01/08/2007 Bankruptcy Rule 1019
Sylvia Royce (03-AP-116) 01/14/2004 Appellate 32.1
Taysen Van Itallie (06-EV-035) 12/22/2006 Evidence EV Rule 502
Ted Kurt, Esq. (04-CV-019) 11/08/2004 Civil Electronic Discovery
Terence P. Noonan, Esq. (06-CR-013) 01/31/2007 Criminal Rule 29
Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Keith B. O’Connell) (08-CV-081) 12/12/2008 Civil 26 & 56
Texas Association of Defense Counsel (Keith B. O’Connell) (08-CV-116) 01/07/2009 Civil 26 & 56
Texas Employment Lawyers Association (Kenneth H. Molberg, President) (04-CV-238) 02/14/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
Texas Trial Lawyers Association (James E. Wren, Esq.) (04-CV-074) 01/05/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (Patrice Schiano, Thomas E. Hilton, and Teighlor Simon March) (08-CV-185) 02/20/2009 Civil 26
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Bettina B. Plevan, President) (04-CV-179) 02/15/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Thomas H. Moreland, Chair) (03-AP-464) 02/18/2004 Appellate 32.1
The Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey (Peter S. Pearlman) (08-CV-105) 01/06/2009 Civil 26
The Chicago Bar Association (Joy V. Cunningham, President) (04-BK-017) 02/08/2005 Bankruptcy 4002(b)
The Chicago Bar Association (Joy V. Cunningham, President) (04-CV-167) 02/08/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
The City of New York Law Department (Lawrence S. Kahn, Chief Litigating Assistant) (04-CV-220) 02/15/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
The Clearing House LLC (Joseph R. Alexander) (09-BK-116) 02/12/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 2019
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Coakley) (07-AP-013) 02/14/2008 Appellate 22(b), § 2254 and 2255 of Rule 11
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Coakley) (07-CR-012) 02/14/2008 Criminal 22(b), § 2254 and 2255 of Rule 11
The Council of the Section of Litigation, ABA (Robert L. Rothman) (08-CV-038) 11/03/2008 Civil 26
The Council of the Section of Litigation, ABA (Robert L. Rothman) (08-CV-128) 01/23/2009 Civil 26
The Federal Magistrate Judges Association (Honorable Thomas C. Mummert, III) (09-CR-005) 01/11/2010 Criminal 1, 3, 4, 4.1, 6, 9, 32.1, 40, 41, 43, 49
The Federal Magistrate Judges Association (Honorable Thomas C. Mummert, III) (09-EV-011) 01/11/2010 Evidence Rules 801, 803, 902
The Housing Policy Council, The Financial Services Roundtable, The American Bankers Association, The Mortgage Bankers Association (John McMickle) (09-BK-140) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
The Impact Fund (Darren Summerville, Esq.) (04-CV-090) 01/11/2005 Civil Electronic Discovery
The Impact Fund (Jocelyn D. Larkin) (04-CV-029) 12/06/2004 Civil Electronic Discovery
The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (Elliot Ganz) (09-BK-015) 01/06/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 2019
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (05-CR-020) 02/15/2006 Criminal BK 9037, CV 5.2, CR 49.1