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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Hon. Keith M. Lundin (03-BK-A) | 03/04/2003 | Bankruptcy | Development of a Chapter 13 Plan Form | Considered |
| Prof. Rhonda Wasserman (15-CV-U) | 04/12/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Dan Dooley (13-BK-H) | 07/16/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2016 | Considered |
| Hon. Morton Denlow (00-CV-F) | 08/08/2000 | Civil | Option for Summary Bench Trials | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (14-BK-E) | 07/18/2014 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3001, 5003 and 9036 | Considered |
| Lawyers for Civil Justice (20-EV-Y) | 10/20/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Hon. Julie A. Robinson (12-CV-E) | 08/20/2012 | Civil | New rule(s) regarding electronic signatures and the retention of paper documents containing original signatures | 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 |
| Bryce Cook (17-CV-OO) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Stephen E. Sachs (17-AP-F) | 11/14/2017 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (00-BK-D) | 03/16/2000 | Bankruptcy | Establishment of a Small Claims Procedure | Considered |
| Sai (21-BK-I) | 04/14/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 5005 | Considered |
| United States Department of Justice (Benton J. Campbell) (06-CR-A) | 01/05/2006 | Criminal | Rule Consistency with AEDPA; Rule 11 | Considered |
| DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar (17-CV-GGGG) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (19-BK-I) | 08/21/2019 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking regarding DSO certification. | Considered |
| Hon. Richard S. Schmidt (12-BK-E) | 03/05/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rules 7008, 7012, 9014 and 9027 | Considered |
| Wendell J. Sherk, Esq. (11-BK-C) | 06/08/2011 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 22 | Considered |
| Ballard Spahr (20-EV-M) | 09/30/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Carol Dalenko (10-CV-E) | 01/14/2011 | Civil | Rule 15(a)(1)(B) | Considered |
| Todd B. Hilsee (16-CV-E) | 05/24/2016 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Prof. Alexandra D. Lahav, et al. (15-CV-H) | 03/17/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (18-BK-D) | 06/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
| Mediation Committee, American Bankruptcy Institute (17-BK-D) | 09/06/2017 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9019 | Considered |
| Hon. Robert B. Collings (03-CR-A) | 01/24/2003 | Criminal | Rule 40 | Considered |
| Chris Beckstrom (17-CV-BB) | 07/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Steven M. Colloton (13-AP-C) | 03/20/2013 | Appellate | Consider possible rules for expediting proceedings under Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. | Considered |
| Roger I. Roots, J.D., Ph.D. (13-AP-A) | 03/15/2013 | Appellate | Rule 29 | Considered |
| Kilpatrick & Associates (Richardo I. Kilpatrick, Esq.) (10-BK-A) | 01/13/2010 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A inconsistent with Bankruptcy Code | Considered |