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 |
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Peter Geraci (23-BK-H) | 05/19/2023 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
Peter Geraci (23-CR-D) | 05/19/2023 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
Peter Geraci (23-CV-P) | 05/19/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
In House Counsel (19-CV-D) | 01/31/2019 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
National Bankruptcy Conference (23-BK-F) | 05/18/2023 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3018 | Pending consideration |
Bankruptcy Clerks Advisory Group (23-BK-J) | 06/15/2023 | Bankruptcy | Rules 1005 and 2002(n) | Pending consideration |
Alan Morrison (19-CV-B) | 01/22/2019 | Civil | Special Procedural Rules for Social Security Litigation in District Court | Pending consideration |
Bob Goodlatte, House Judiciary Committee (17-CV-FFFFFF) | 11/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, et al. (17-CV-GGGGGG) | 11/03/2017 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
DRI Center for Law and Public Policy (23-CV-R) | 08/29/2023 | Civil | Rule 26 (third party litigation funding) | Pending consideration |
17 Organizations (23-CV-S) | 08/31/2023 | Civil | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
19 Organizations (23-CV-T) | 08/31/2023 | Civil | Rule 77 | Pending consideration |
Prof. Amanda Shanor and the Brennan Center for Justice (23-CV-U) | 09/01/2023 | Civil | Proposed rulemaking on civil case assignments | Pending consideration |
Thomas Sykes (25-BK-G) | 04/05/2025 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in district courts | Pending consideration |
National Women's Law Center (25-AP-B) | 03/07/2025 | Appellate | Proposed rulemaking on unified bar admission in appellate and district courts | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (25-CV-F) | 03/07/2025 | Civil | Rule 45 | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (25-AP-C) | 03/11/2025 | Appellate | Rule 25(a)(5) | Pending consideration |
Sai (24-CR-H) | 08/22/2024 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on standardizing page equivalents for words and lines | Pending consideration |
Sai (24-CR-G) | 08/22/2024 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on new federal common rules | Pending consideration |
Sai (24-CR-F) | 08/22/2024 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on adopting common local rules into federal rules | Pending consideration |
Sai (24-CR-E) | 08/22/2024 | Criminal | Proposed rulemaking on name styling | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (25-BK-F) | 03/11/2025 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9037 | Pending consideration |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-X) | 09/14/2018 | Civil | 7, 20, 23.3 (new), 26(a) | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (25-CR-D) | 03/11/2025 | Criminal | Rule 49.1 | Pending consideration |
Maggie Molloy (18-CV-H) | 02/15/2018 | Civil | Rule 73 | Pending consideration |
American Association for Justice (25-CV-H) | 03/11/2025 | Civil | Rule 5.2(a) | Pending consideration |
Larry Krantz (25-CR-E) | 03/26/2025 | Criminal | Rule 15 | Pending consideration |
Prof. Rebecca Delfino (25-EV-A) | 03/28/2025 | Evidence | Rule 901 | Pending consideration |
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (24-EV-H) | 06/18/2024 | Evidence | Rule 609 | Pending consideration |
Magistrate Judges Advisory Group (24-CR-D) | 05/14/2024 | Criminal | Rule 40 | Pending consideration |