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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
Hon. Laura Myerson Isicoff (07-BK-F) 11/26/2007 Bankruptcy Official Form 1 Considered
Peter A. Chapman (07-BK-E) 09/12/2007 Bankruptcy Official Form 1 Considered
Rena M. Myers (10-BK-B) 02/18/2010 Bankruptcy Official Form 10 Considered
National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees and Wells Fargo Corporation (George W. Stevenson, Esq.) (09-BK-K) 12/16/2009 Bankruptcy Official Form 10 Considered
Therese Buthod (10-BK-C) 02/26/2010 Bankruptcy Official Form 10 Considered
Alane A. Becket (18-BK-A) 01/25/2018 Bankruptcy Official Form 113 and Rule 3015.1 Considered
Christian Cooper (18-BK-F) 08/15/2018 Bankruptcy Official Form 122A-1 Considered
Michael Mikikian (16-BK-A) 01/28/2016 Bankruptcy Official Form 201 Considered
Hon. Susan Pierson Sonderby (99-BK-B) 01/13/1999 Bankruptcy Official Form 20B Considered
Wendell J. Sherk, Esq. (11-BK-C) 06/08/2011 Bankruptcy Official Form 22 Considered
Hon. Michael J. Kaplan (12-BK-A) 02/01/2012 Bankruptcy Official Form 3B Considered
UCF Expert Panel (22-BK-C) 05/19/2022 Bankruptcy Official Form 410 Pending consideration
Aaron R. Cahn, Esq. (10-BK-I) 12/17/2010 Bankruptcy Official Form 7 - SOFA Considered
Marcy J.K. Tiffany/DOJ (97-BK-B) 03/06/1997 Bankruptcy Official Form 9 Considered
Sabrina L. McKinney (11-BK-D) 06/24/2011 Bankruptcy Official Form B10 Considered
Hon. Barry S. Schermer (12-BK-C) 02/21/2012 Bankruptcy Official Form B10A Considered
City of Chicago (21-BK-K) 06/04/2021 Bankruptcy Official Form B113 Considered
Scooter LeMay (10-BK-E) 06/30/2010 Bankruptcy Official Forms Considered
Debbie Lewis (18-BK-E) 07/31/2018 Bankruptcy Official Forms 101A and 101B Considered
Hon. Morton Denlow (00-CV-F) 08/08/2000 Civil Option for Summary Bench Trials Considered
Scott W. Dales (99-BK-D) 04/27/1999 Bankruptcy Part IX of Bankruptcy Rules Considered
Carl E. Person (03-CR-C) 04/01/2003 Criminal Plea Bargaining Considered
Dean Michael Moffit (08-CV-B) 08/19/2008 Civil Pleadings Standards Considered
John Vail, Esq. (11-CV-I) 11/03/2011 Civil Preservation Rules Considered
Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (18-CV-L) 05/01/2018 Civil Privacy Concern Regarding Social Security and Immigration Opinions Pending consideration
Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (18-AP-C) 05/01/2018 Appellate Privacy Concern Regarding Social Security and Immigration Opinions Considered
Public.Resource.org (Carl Malamud) (08-CV-D) 10/30/2008 Civil Privacy Rules Pending consideration
Sai (21-BK-H) 04/09/2021 Bankruptcy Pro se electronic signatures and CM/ECF Considered
Ralph Brubaker, Robert Lawless, and Bruce Markell (21-BK-C) 02/04/2021 Bankruptcy Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions Considered
Forty-Five Professors (21-BK-B) 01/29/2021 Bankruptcy Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions Considered