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. Christopher M. Klein (04-CV-E) | 04/07/2004 | Civil | Rule 8 | Considered |
| Hon. Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 6) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
| American College of Trial Lawyers (17-CV-DDD) | 07/21/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (89-BK-A) | 01/12/1990 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2002, 2003, 2013, 3002, 3004, 3005, 3007, 3015 | Considered |
| Therese Buthod (10-BK-C) | 02/26/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 10 | Considered |
| James Polt (11-CV-C) | 08/23/2011 | Civil | Civil Rule 26(f) | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (15-CV-II) | 10/15/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Lord & Heinlein (17-CV-IIIII) | 08/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (03-BK-F) | 10/21/2003 | Bankruptcy | Incorporation of Civil Procedure Rule 5.1 | Considered |
| Committee on Federal Procedure of the Commercial and Federal Litigation Section of the New York State Bar Association (Gregory K. Arenson, Esq.) (02-CV-D) | 05/07/2002 | Civil | Rule 68 | Considered |
| Risner and Graham (17-CV-NN) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Thomas Jones (18-CV-G) | 02/03/2018 | Civil | Rule 8 | Considered |
| United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell) (06-CR-D) | 01/05/2006 | Criminal | Rule 41(b) | Considered |
| Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq. and Professor Paul Rothstein (08-CV-C) | 10/27/2008 | Civil | Rules 8, 12, 16 & 37 | Considered |
| Hon. David Thuma (15-BK-G) | 08/14/2015 | Bankruptcy | Form 341 | Considered |
| The Gittes Law Group (17-CV-SSSS) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (09-BK-F) | 06/25/2009 | Bankruptcy | New Bankruptcy Form, B261C | Considered |
| Commercial Law League of America (01-BK-A) | 01/10/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014, Rule 9014, 7026 | Considered |
| Judy B. Calton | 01/12/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7026 & 9014 | Considered |
| Hon. Barry S. Schermer (12-BK-J) | 06/25/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Considered |
| Todd B. Hilsee (16-CV-E) | 05/24/2016 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Hon. Gregory W. Carman (03-CR-E) | 10/27/2003 | Criminal | Rule 32 | Considered |
| Professor Stephen D. Easton (00-CV-I) | 12/04/2000 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (15-CV-S) | 04/07/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Product Liability Advisory Council (17-CV-DDDD) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Mark A. Redmiles, Esq. (08-BK-G) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Interim Rule 1017, Interim Rule 4004© | Considered |
| Chris Beckstrom (17-CV-BB) | 07/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Stephen E. Sachs (18-AP-D) | 08/13/2018 | Appellate | Rule 36 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (99-BK-A) | 03/10/1999 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8014 | Considered |
| New York Council of Defense Lawyers (14-CR-E) | 10/17/2014 | Criminal | Rule 35 | Considered |