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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Bankruptcy Conference (23-BK-C) | 02/27/2023 | Bankruptcy | Rules 9014, 9017, and proposed new Rule 7043 | |
| American Tort Reform Association (18-CV-O) | 06/08/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Jesse Furman (20-CR-C) | 03/15/2020 | Criminal | Rule 43 | Considered |
| Hon. Kathy Surratt-States (21-BK-A) | 01/28/2021 | Bankruptcy | Form 101 and Form 309 | Considered |
| Michael Mikikian (16-BK-A) | 01/28/2016 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 201 | Considered |
| Conan L. Hom (02-CV-I) | 10/02/2002 | Civil | Style/ Language Simplification | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (15-CV-S) | 04/07/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Michael E. Quiat (17-CV-TTT) | 07/28/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| National Employment Lawyers Association (19-CV-K) | 03/27/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| J. Michael Schaefer, Esq. (00-CV-A) | 01/24/2000 | Civil | Civil Rules | Considered |
| Hon. Christopher M. Klein (97-BK-C) | 05/20/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9027 | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (12-BK-D) | 02/27/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |
| Hon. Donald E. Walter (17-CR-A) | 05/26/2017 | Criminal | Rule 43 | Considered |
| William P. Callahan, Esq. (09-CV-C) | 06/25/2009 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA (17-CV-MMMMM) | 08/04/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Fred Wilcon (19-CV-II) | 12/24/2019 | Civil | Proposed Rulemaking Concerning Subpoenas | Considered |
| Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (04-BK-D) | 08/02/2004 | Bankruptcy | Rule 5005(a)(2) | Considered |
| Michael A. Fritz, Esq. (09-BK-A) | 02/13/2009 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Forms | Considered |
| Gregory G. Skordas (05-CR-E) | 06/22/2005 | Criminal | Rule 17 (Crime Victims Rights Act) | Considered |
| Nitin Sud (17-CV-EEE) | 07/21/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Michael Blasie (18-CR-B) | 03/10/2018 | Criminal | Rule 16 | Considered |
| Susan Ivancsis (10-BK-L) | 02/01/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007 | Considered |
| Jeffrey A. Parness (20-CV-GG) | 11/13/2020 | Civil | Rule 27(c) | Considered |
| Committee to Support Antitrust Laws (15-CV-F) | 03/13/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (01-BK-E) | 12/17/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4008 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-A) | 03/10/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A | Considered |
| Hon. David D. Dowd, Jr. (02-CR-C) | 06/05/2002 | Criminal | Rule 11 | Considered |
| Unitel (William P. Callahan, Esq.) (07-CV-A) | 03/08/2007 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
| Bryce Cook (17-CV-OO) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Gregory Sisk (15-AP-F) | 04/13/2015 | Appellate | Recovery of Appellate Docketing Fee after Reversal | Considered |