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. Neil P. Olack (12-BK-L) | 08/07/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7008(b) | Considered |
| Kelly Sweeney (06-BK-B) | 05/05/2006 | Bankruptcy | Modification to the Reaffirmation Agreement Form | Considered |
| Hon. Frank Easterbrook (08-BK-E) | 06/16/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4004(d), Rule 7001(4) | Considered |
| Hon. Margaret Mahoney (10-BK-G) | 11/14/2010 | Bankruptcy | Form Chapter 13 Plan | Considered |
| Travis A. Gagnier (18-BK-B) | 01/24/2018 | Bankruptcy | Form 3180W | Considered |
| Robert R. Barnes (03-BK-C) | 07/07/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9001 | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (14-BK-E) | 07/18/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3001, 5003 and 9036 | Considered |
| Hon. David S. Kennedy (09-BK-E) | 04/13/2009 | Bankruptcy | Special Masters | Considered |
| Hon. Erik P. Kimball (11-BK-I) | 10/13/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rules 7008 and 7012 | Considered |
| Tom Scherer (00-BK-G) | 06/26/2000 | Bankruptcy | Manipulation of Bar Codes in Mailings Containing Federal Court Documents | Considered |
| Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (18-BK-D) | 06/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
| Hon. Scott W. Dales (12-BK-M) | 10/23/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002(h) | Considered |
| Hon. Wesley Steen (06-BK-C) | 06/26/2006 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3019 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-F) | 08/11/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240 | Considered |
| George Weiss (19-BK-D) | 03/23/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (19-BK-I) | 08/21/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking regarding DSO certification. | Considered |
| Harold Kim (10-BK-H) | 11/22/2010 | Bankruptcy | Greater Transparency for 524(g) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-M) | 09/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8006(g) | Pending consideration |
| U.S. Trustee Program (03-BK-D) | 08/15/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2003, 2016, 4002, 4004, 7001 and Schedule I | Considered |
| National Association of Chapter Thirteen Trustees (18-BK-G) | 11/15/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (14-BK-F) | 08/22/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004(a)(1) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (09-BK-F) | 06/25/2009 | Bankruptcy | New Bankruptcy Form, B261C | Considered |
| Hon. James A. Pusateri (00-BK-H) | 08/14/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Hon. Pamela S. Hollis (17-BK-C) | 06/20/2017 | Bankruptcy | Form 423 | Considered |
| David W. Ostrander, Esq. (13-BK-A) | 01/10/2013 | Bankruptcy | Individual Debtor Cases | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) Working Group (06-BK-D) | 08/18/2006 | Bankruptcy | Rules 8006, 8007 | Considered |
| Mark A. Redmiles, Esq. (08-BK-G) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Interim Rule 1017, Interim Rule 4004© | Considered |
| Aaron R. Cahn, Esq. (10-BK-I) | 12/17/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 7 - SOFA | Considered |
| Sai (21-BK-H) | 04/09/2021 | Bankruptcy | Pro se electronic signatures and CM/ECF | Pending consideration |
| Hon. David H. Adams (98-BK-D) | 10/15/1998 | Bankruptcy | Service of Motions and Pleadings on Corporations, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations | Considered |