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. A. Thomas Small (11-BK-E) | 07/24/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7016 and 8001 | Considered |
| Hon. Arthur J. Spector (97-BK-G) | 09/22/1997 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Michael Gieseke (23-BK-A) | 01/31/2023 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Considered |
| Dr. and Mrs. Glen Dupree (02-BK-B) | 02/14/2002 | Bankruptcy | Creditor Protection from Fraudulent Claims and Mishandling of Cases by Trustees | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-A) | 03/10/2008 | Bankruptcy | Director's Form 240A | Considered |
| Hon. Robert Kressel (08-BK-B) | 03/11/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 6003 | Considered |
| Robert B. Katz, Esq. (12-BK-F) | 04/17/2012 | Bankruptcy | Schedules I and J | Considered |
| Hon. Raymond Lyons (10-BK-D) | 03/29/2010 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9006(d) | Considered |
| Hon. Christopher M. Klein (15-BK-E) | 07/10/2015 | Bankruptcy | Rule 4003 | Considered |
| Raymond P. Bell (00-BK-A) | 01/18/2000 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2002(g), 3002(a) | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (05-BK-B) | 09/15/2005 | Bankruptcy | 4003(b) | Considered |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (21-BK-F) | 02/18/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1007(c) | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (09-BK-B) | 03/02/2009 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1004.2(b), Rule 5009(c), Rule 5012 | Considered |
| Wes Scott (20-BK-B) | 02/03/2020 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9036 | Considered |
| Honorable Stuart Bernstein (13-BK-I) | 08/02/2013 | Bankruptcy | Forms 9F and 9F(Alt.) | Considered |
| Hon. Peter W. Bowie (11-BK-F) | 07/22/2011 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Rules 7012, 7004(e), and 9006(f) | Considered |
| Hon. Catherine McEwen (22-BK-G) | 07/12/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9016 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (98-BK-A) | 01/16/1998 | Bankruptcy | Small Claims Procedure for Certain Adversary Proceedings | Considered |
| Gregory B. Jones (02-BK-D) | 03/08/2002 | Bankruptcy | Exhibit C to the Voluntary Bankruptcy Petition | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (08-BK-C) | 04/08/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3003(c)(2) | Considered |
| Hon. Thomas L. Saladino (12-BK-G) | 05/04/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Considered |
| Scooter LeMay (10-BK-E) | 06/30/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Forms | Considered |
| Judge Julie A. Robinson, on behalf of the Judicial Conference's Committee on Court Administration and Case Management (14-BK-B) | 02/05/2014 | Bankruptcy | Various Rules | Considered |
| Hon. A. Benjamin Goldgar (21-BK-O) | 12/20/2021 | Bankruptcy | New rule to Part VIII | Considered |
| Kenneth J. Hirz (00-BK-C) | 02/04/2000 | Bankruptcy | Official Bankruptcy Form 10 | Considered |
| Joshua Carback (23-BK-E) | 03/25/2023 | Bankruptcy | Proposed rulemaking regarding contempt proceedings | Pending consideration |
| Nichlas P. Spallas (05-BK-C) | 10/03/2005 | Bankruptcy | Form for Reaffirmations, Surrender of Collateral under Chapter 13, and Lifting of Stay Upon Plan Confirmation | Considered |
| Pascal (19-BK-C) | 02/13/2019 | Bankruptcy | Form 309A | Considered |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (09-BK-C) | 03/11/2009 | Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy Forms and Rules | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (21-BK-J) | 05/17/2021 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |