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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
Aaron Caplan (20-CV-A) 01/13/2020 Civil Rule 7; Rule 10 Considered
Hon. Ralph Erickson (22-CV-H) 06/30/2022 Civil Rule 7.1 Pending consideration
Judge Patricia Barksdale (22-CV-F) 06/08/2022 Civil Rule 7.1 Pending consideration
Hon. Thomas S. Zilly (18-CV-S) 05/31/2018 Civil Rule 7.1 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform (24-CV-D) 03/14/2024 Civil Rule 7.1 Pending consideration
Hon. Larry Baerman (04-CV-I) 11/29/2004 Civil Rule 7.1 & CM/ECF Considered
Hon. Patricia Barksdale (20-CV-CC) 10/06/2020 Civil Rule 7.1 and Rule 73 Pending consideration
Hon. Thomas W. Waldrep, Jr. (10-BK-N) 12/27/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 7.3 Considered
National Bankruptcy Conference (21-BK-J) 05/17/2021 Bankruptcy Rule 7001 Considered
Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (12-BK-D) 02/27/2012 Bankruptcy Rule 7001 Considered
George Weiss (19-BK-D) 03/23/2019 Bankruptcy Rule 7004 Considered
Jonathan H. Stanwood (16-BK-G) 05/02/2016 Bankruptcy Rule 7004 Considered
George Weiss (19-BK-J) 09/10/2019 Bankruptcy Rule 7004 Considered
A. Lysa Simon (Docket Number 17-BK-E) 12/13/2017 Bankruptcy Rule 7004 Considered
James C. Jacobsen, Esq. (10-BK-M) 02/15/2011 Bankruptcy Rule 7004  & Form Chapter 13 Plan Considered
Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (14-BK-F) 08/22/2014 Bankruptcy Rule 7004(a)(1) Considered
Hon. Colleen A. Brown and Hon. Robert E. Littlefield, Jr. (09-BK-M) 11/03/2009 Bankruptcy Rule 7004(h) Considered
Thomas Mayer (20-BK-D) 03/16/2020 Bankruptcy Rule 7007 Considered
Hon. Neil P. Olack (12-BK-L) 08/07/2012 Bankruptcy Rule 7008(b) Considered
Hon. Catherine McEwen (24-BK-O) 09/12/2024 Bankruptcy Rule 7012 Pending consideration
Giuseppe Ippolito (22-BK-F) 07/04/2022 Bankruptcy Rule 7012(b) Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-EV-A) 10/10/2018 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (19-EV-A) 09/06/2019 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Altec, Inc. (20-EV-A) 01/31/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Jeffrey Gross and Robert LaCroix (24-EV-I) 08/01/2024 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Beveridge & Diamond (20-EV-DD) 11/10/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Robert Scott and Marquel Jordan (20-EV-R) 10/05/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Covington & Burling LLP (20-EV-Z) 10/23/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-EV-Y) 10/20/2020 Evidence Rule 702 Considered
Lawyers for Civil Justice (21-EV-A) 02/08/2021 Evidence Rule 702 Considered