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 |
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Spencer J. Pahlke (17-CV-LLLLL) | 08/04/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
Hon. Christina Reiss (12-CR-A) | 02/14/2012 | Criminal | Rule 16(a) | Considered |
Honorable Thomas Parker (20-CR-G) | 05/20/2020 | Criminal | Videoconferencing | Considered |
American College of Trial Lawyers (17-CV-DDD) | 07/21/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
Hon. Donald Molloy (21-CR-A)(Rule 6) | 01/14/2021 | Criminal | Rule 6 | Considered |
Christian Cooper (18-BK-F) | 08/15/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 122A-1 | Considered |
Hon. Susan Pierson Sonderby (99-BK-B) | 01/13/1999 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 20B | 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 |
American Association for Justice (17-EV-A) | 08/30/2017 | Evidence | Rule 801(d)(1)(A) | Considered |
Hon. Loretta A. Preska (05-CV-D) | 05/31/2005 | Civil | Rule 45 | Considered |
Hon. Robert B. Collings (07-CR-A) | 04/24/2007 | Criminal | Rule 32 | Considered |
Sai (19-BK-G) | 07/09/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9006 | Considered |
Hon. Robert E. Gerber (08-BK-M) | 01/09/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2019 | Considered |
Risner and Graham (17-CV-NN) | 07/18/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
Lawyers for Civil Justice (18-CV-M) | 05/18/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
Washington Legal Foundation (20-EV-C) | 03/12/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal for Professor A. Benjamin Spencer (06-EV-A) | Evidence | Civil Rule 26 | Considered | |
Thomas Mayer (20-BK-D) | 03/16/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7007 | Considered |
Kenneth A. Lazarus, Esq. (08-EV-A) | 12/29/2008 | Evidence | Rules 407, 702, & 707 | Considered |
Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group, Bankruptcy Clerks Advisory Group, and Bankruptcy Noticing Working Group (15-BK-H) | 08/17/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
Shook Hardy & Bacon (20-EV-BB) | 11/09/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
William S. Karn (03-CV-D) | 07/31/2003 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar (17-CV-GGGG) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
American Association for Justice (19-CV-J) | 03/28/2019 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
Marcy J.K. Tiffany/DOJ (97-BK-B) | 03/06/1997 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 9 | Considered |
Peter A. Chapman (07-BK-E) | 09/12/2007 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 1 | Considered |
Todd B. Hilsee (16-CV-E) | 05/24/2016 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
Hon. James F. McClure, Jr. (05-CR-C) | 12/16/2004 | Criminal | Rule 10 Arraignment Procedures | Considered |
A. Bradford Leggett (04-BK-C) | 06/02/2004 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1019(5) | Considered |