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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Council of Defense Lawyers (14-CR-E) | 10/17/2014 | Criminal | Rule 35 | Considered |
| Troy J. Doucet (15-CV-X) | 08/21/2015 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| National Employment Lawyers Association, Georgia Affiliate (17-CV-HHHH) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Robert J. Kressel (03-BK-B) | 07/09/2003 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3007, 5005(c), 7004(b)(3) | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (Hon. Margaret Dee McGarity) (09-BK-H) | 11/17/2009 | Bankruptcy | Individual Chapter 11 Cases, Rule 3007(a) Hearings Following Objections to Claims | Considered |
| Congressman Jim Gibbons for Thomas Krummer (00-CR-B) | 03/21/2000 | Criminal | Rule 7 | Considered |
| Amy M. Smith, Esq. (11-AP-F) | 12/07/2011 | Appellate | Consider amendment authorizing discretionary interlocutory appeals from attorney-client privilege rulings | Considered |
| Geoffrey L. Berman (11-BK-G) | 09/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | National Bankruptcy Bar | Considered |
| Mark Bennett (19-CV-S) | 07/16/2019 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Unitel (William P. Callahan, Esq.) (07-CV-A) | 03/08/2007 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Department of Justice (Hon. Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General) (10-CR-A) | 02/26/2010 | Criminal | Rules 5 and 58 | Considered |
| Public Citizen Litigation Group (15-CV-T) | 04/09/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| James J. Ream (17-CV-CC) | 07/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Ali Elahinejad (00-BK-E) | 03/03/2000 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Form B9C | Considered |
| Victor Schwartz (18-CV-P) | 06/07/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Vincent Zurzolo (08-BK-H) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9014(b) | Considered |
| Bell & Shivas PC (21-CR-F) | 04/30/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| Professor Sam Stonefield (10-EV-A) | 09/09/2010 | Evidence | Rule 801(d) | Considered |
| Benjamin C. Mizer (15-CV-PP) | 12/04/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Jeffrey T. Jones (17-CV-UUU) | 07/29/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Scooter LeMay (10-BK-E) | 06/30/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms | Considered |
| National Consumer Law Center, Inc. and National Association of Consumer Advocates (19-CV-L) | 03/29/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Paul D. Borman (04-CV-J) | 12/27/2004 | Civil | High-Low Agreements | Considered |
| Henry J. Kelston (17-CV-NNNNN) | 08/04/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Joseph Myer Sanderson (17-CV-P) | 06/06/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| National Employment Lawyers Association (17-CV-OOOOO) | 08/08/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (14-BK-F) | 08/22/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004(a)(1) | Considered |
| John Vail, Esq. (11-CV-I) | 11/03/2011 | Civil | Preservation Rules | Considered |
| Hon. Anthony J. Battaglia (06-CR-F) | 08/15/2006 | Criminal | Rule 32.1 & 46 | Considered |
| Heather Leonard (17-CV-GGG) | 07/24/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |