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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hon. Eugene R. Wedoff (04-BK-B) | 02/27/2004 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4003(b) | Considered |
| Geoffrey L. Berman (11-BK-G) | 09/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | National Bankruptcy Bar | Considered |
| Hon. James F. McClure, Jr. (05-CR-C) | 12/16/2004 | Criminal | Rule 10 Arraignment Procedures | Considered |
| Thomas H. Padgett, Jr. (17-CV-CCC) | 07/21/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Hon. Lee H. Rosenthal for Professor A. Benjamin Spencer (06-EV-A) | Evidence | Civil Rule 26 | Considered | |
| Amy M. Smith, Esq. (10-CV-A) | 03/10/2010 | Civil | Rule 37 | Considered |
| Professor Timothy Tarvin (14-BK-C) | 03/31/2014 | Bankruptcy | Form B201A | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (20-EV-CC) | 11/09/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Adam Steinman (15-CV-D) | 02/24/2015 | Civil | Rule 23 | Considered |
| National Employment Lawyers Association - Illinois (17-CV-UUUU) | 08/01/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Patricia L. Meravi (01-BK-C) | 01/23/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rules 3017.1, 7023.1, and 7023.2 | Considered |
| Scooter LeMay (10-BK-E) | 06/30/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms | Considered |
| Hon. D. Brock Hornby (02-CR-A) | 03/15/2002 | Criminal | Rule 32 | Considered |
| Amy Reverdy (15-CV-HH) | 10/14/2015 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Neal K. Katyal and Sean Marotta (16-AP-D) | 10/15/2016 | Appellate | Rule 3 | Considered |
| Honorable Thomas Parker (20-CR-G) | 05/20/2020 | Criminal | Videoconferencing | Considered |
| J. Gordon Cooney Jr. and William Peterson (20-EV-S) | 09/30/2020 | Evidence | Rule 702 | Considered |
| Hon. Clay D. Land (13-CR-A) | 10/07/2013 | Criminal | Rule 53 | Considered |
| Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart LLP (17-CV-FFFF) | 07/31/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Wayne R. Bodow (99-BK-C) | 03/30/1999 | Bankruptcy | Attorney Fees in Chapter 13 Cases | Considered |
| U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform American Insurance Association American Tort Reform Association Lawyers for Civil Justice National Association of Manufacturers (14-CV-B) | 04/09/2014 | Civil | Rule 26 | Considered |
| Hon. David Thuma (15-BK-G) | 08/14/2015 | Bankruptcy | Form 341 | Considered |
| Honorable Eric L. Frank (13-BK-B) | 02/11/2013 | Bankruptcy | Form B1 | Considered |
| Baker & Hostetler LLP (06-BK-E) | 08/25/2006 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rule Allowing Increased Yield on Bankruptcy Estate Funds | Considered |
| Kathleen Crosser (09-BK-G) | 10/07/2009 | Bankruptcy | Chapter 15 Rules and Forms | Considered |
| Kelly D. Warfield (07-CR-C) | 10/29/2007 | Criminal | AEDPA Statute of Limitations | Considered |
| McGinn, Carpenter, Montoya & Love (17-CV-AA) | 07/13/2017 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Jonathan H. Stanwood (16-BK-G) | 05/02/2016 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7004 | Considered |
| Koji Fukumura, et al (18-CV-N) | 05/24/2018 | Civil | Rule 30(b)(6) | Considered |
| Thomas Mayer (20-BK-D) | 03/16/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7007 | Considered |