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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
Mary P. Sharon, Esq. (12-BK-036) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy 8001, 8002, 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8008, 8009, 8011, 8013, 8014, 8016, 8017, 8019, 8022, 8023
William T. Hangley, Esq. (12-EV-006) 02/15/2013 Evidence Rule 801
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (12-EV-005) 02/15/2013 Evidence Rule 801 and 803
Liesa L. Richter (12-EV-004) 02/15/2013 Evidence Rule 801
National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys (12-BK-046) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
David S. Yen, Esq. (12-BK-045) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Forms 3B, 6I and 6J
Louis M. Bubala, Esq. (12-BK-044) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Rules 7008, 7054 and Form 6I
American Legal and Financial Network (12-BK-043) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Forms 6I and 6J
Joseph I. Wittman, Esq. (12-BK-042) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
Daniel M. Press, Esq. (12-BK-041) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Rule 7004 and Official Forms
Bankruptcy Clerks Advisory Group (12-BK-040) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Rule 8003, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007, 8009, 8010, 8015, 8022, 8024, 9027, 9033 and Official Forms
John P. Gustafson, Esq. (12-BK-038) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Forms 6I, 6J, 22C-1, 22C-2
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (12-CR-003) 02/15/2013 Criminal Rules 5 and 58
National Bankruptcy Conference (12-BK-037) 02/15/2013 Bankruptcy Various Rules
Loraine P. Troyer, Esq. (12-BK-032) 02/14/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
Norma Hammes, Esq. (12-BK-035) 02/14/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
Honorable Christopher M. Klein (12-BK-033) 02/14/2013 Bankruptcy 1014, 7004, 7008, 7012, 7016, 9027, 9033, 8002, 8004, 8005, 8006, 8007, 8008, 8009, 8010, 8011, 8013, 8014, 8015, 8016, 8019, 8020
Oregon State Bar Debtor-Creditor Section Local Rules and Forms Committee (12-BK-034) 02/14/2013 Bankruptcy 8003, 8004, 8009, 8010, 8015
Jim F. Spencer, Jr. (12-BK-029) 02/13/2013 Bankruptcy 9027
Nathan Horowitz, Esq. (12-BK-028) 02/13/2013 Bankruptcy Form 6J
William Andrew McNeal, Esq. and Gilbert B. Weisman, Esq. (12-BK-027) 02/13/2013 Bankruptcy 8019
Jeanne E. Hovenden, Esq. (12-BK-030) 02/13/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
Insolvency Law Committee, State Bar of California Business Law Section (12-BK-031) 02/13/2013 Bankruptcy Rules 7004, 8004, 9027 and Form 22A-2
Judge S. Martin Teel, Jr. (12-AP-001) 02/09/2013 Appellate 6(b)(2)(B)(iii)
Honorable S. Martin Teel, Jr. (12-BK-026) 02/09/2013 Bankruptcy 8003, 8004, 8005, 8009, 8010, 8011, 8013, 8016, 8018
Stuart A. Gold, Esq. (12-BK-025) 02/08/2013 Bankruptcy Form 6I
John A. Flynn, Esq. (12-BK-024) 02/08/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
Robert R. Weed, Esq. (12-BK-021) 02/07/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
Penny Souhrada, Esq. (12-BK-019) 02/07/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms
Mathew Alden (12-BK-022) 02/07/2013 Bankruptcy Official Forms