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. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (15-BK-B) | 02/23/2015 | Bankruptcy | Form 263, Bill of Costs | Considered |
| Richard G. Heltzel (97-BK-E) | 07/22/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9022 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-O) | 12/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | New rule to Part VIII | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (09-BK-B) | 03/02/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1004.2(b), Rule 5009(c), Rule 5012 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-D) | 03/16/2000 | Bankruptcy | Establishment of a Small Claims Procedure | Considered |
| Hon. Peter W. Bowie (11-BK-F) | 07/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7012, 7004(e), and 9006(f) | Considered |
| American Bankruptcy Institute's Task Force on National Ethics Standards (13-BK-C) | 03/14/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert D. Martin (05-BK-D) | 11/01/2005 | Bankruptcy | Addressing Notices Pursuant to Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-B) | 03/11/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6003 | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (16-BK-E) | 04/07/2016 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Appellate Rules | Considered |
| Hon. Raymond Lyons (10-BK-D) | 03/29/2010 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9006(d) | Considered |
| Hon. Keith M. Lundin (03-BK-A) | 03/04/2003 | Bankruptcy | Development of a Chapter 13 Plan Form | Considered |
| Committee on the Administration of the Bankruptcy System (20-BK-G) | 06/12/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (07-BK-C) | 05/30/2007 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1019(2), Rule 4003(b) | Considered |
| Prof. Kenneth N. Klee (15-BK-C) | 03/13/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8018 | Considered |
| Mediation Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute (17-BK-D) | 09/06/2017 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9019 | Considered |
| Sai (21-BK-I) | 04/14/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 5005 | Pending consideration |
| National Association of Attorneys General (97-BK-F) | 08/18/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007, 5003 and Offical Form 7 | Considered |
| Walter C. Oney, Jr. (15-BK-J) | 12/14/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9009 and Official Forms | Considered |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (09-BK-C) | 03/11/2009 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Forms and Rules | Considered |
| Ali Elahinejad (00-BK-E) | 03/03/2000 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Form B9C | Considered |
| Geoffrey L. Berman (11-BK-G) | 09/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | National Bankruptcy Bar | Considered |
| David A. Tilem, Esq. (13-BK-D) | 03/21/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B14 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (06-BK-A) | 03/16/2006 | Bankruptcy | Authorization of Corporations and Entities Involving Less Than $5000 Without Representation | Considered |
| Stephen Brown (21-BK-L) | 08/24/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3011 and proposed rulemaking on unclaimed funds | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-C) | 04/08/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3003(c)(2) | Considered |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (16-BK-F) | 05/02/2016 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8006 | Considered |
| Scooter LeMay (10-BK-E) | 06/30/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms | Considered |
| Hon. Michael J. Kaplan (12-BK-A) | 02/01/2012 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 3B | Considered |
| Hon. Robert J. Kressel (03-BK-B) | 07/09/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3007, 5005(c), 7004(b)(3) | Considered |