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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy (18-BK-H) | 11/29/2018 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3002.1 | Pending consideration |
| Kathleen Crosser (09-BK-G) | 10/07/2009 | Bankruptcy | Chapter 15 Rules and Forms | Considered |
| Forty-Five Professors (21-BK-B) | 01/29/2021 | Bankruptcy | Proposed amendment to Rule 7001 and new rule for certain turnover actions | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Barry S. Schermer (12-BK-C) | 02/21/2012 | Bankruptcy | Official Form B10A | Considered |
| Hon. Samuel L. Bufford (89-BK-A) | 01/12/1990 | Bankruptcy | Rules 2002, 2003, 2013, 3002, 3004, 3005, 3007, 3015 | Considered |
| Alane A. Becket (18-BK-A) | 01/25/2018 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 113 and Rule 3015.1 | Considered |
| Commercial Law League of America (01-BK-A) | 01/10/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2014, Rule 9014, 7026 | Considered |
| Baker & Hostetler LLP (06-BK-E) | 08/25/2006 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Rule Allowing Increased Yield on Bankruptcy Estate Funds | Considered |
| Mark A. Redmiles, Esq. (08-BK-G) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Interim Rule 1017, Interim Rule 4004© | Considered |
| Aaron R. Cahn, Esq. (10-BK-I) | 12/17/2010 | Bankruptcy | Official Form 7 - SOFA | Considered |
| Giuseppe Ippolito (22-BK-F) | 07/04/2022 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7012(b) | Pending consideration |
| Hon. James S. Sledge (98-BK-E) | 12/07/1998 | Bankruptcy | Rule 3015 | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (16-BK-B) | 03/14/2016 | Bankruptcy | Form 101 | Considered |
| Honorable Barry S. Schermer (13-BK-F) | 05/20/2013 | Bankruptcy | Various (Chapter 15 Provisions) | Considered |
| National Bankruptcy Conference (23-BK-C) | 02/27/2023 | Bankruptcy | Rules 9014, 9017, and proposed new Rule 7043 | |
| Hon. Geraldine Mund (03-BK-F) | 10/21/2003 | Bankruptcy | Incorporation of Civil Procedure Rule 5.1 | Considered |
| Sandra Milburn (18-BK-I) | 12/05/2018 | Bankruptcy | Statement of Intention | Considered |
| Bankruptcy Judges Advisory Group (Hon. Margaret Dee McGarity) (09-BK-H) | 11/17/2009 | Bankruptcy | Individual Chapter 11 Cases, Rule 3007(a) Hearings Following Objections to Claims | Considered |
| Hon. Kathy Surratt-States (21-BK-A) | 01/28/2021 | Bankruptcy | Form 101 and Form 309 | Considered |
| National Association of Chapter 13 Trustees (15-BK-D) | 06/05/2015 | Bankruptcy | Notice of Change of Address Form | Considered |
| Hon. S. Martin Teel, Jr. (12-BK-D) | 02/27/2012 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7001 | Considered |
| John R. Getsinger (96-BK--) | 03/28/1996 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9009 | Considered |
| Judy B. Calton | 01/12/2001 | Bankruptcy | Rule 7026 & 9014 | Considered |
| American Bar Association (06-BK-F) | 08/24/2006 | Bankruptcy | Proposed Attorney Discipline Amendments | Considered |
| Hon. Vincent Zurzolo (08-BK-H) | 08/22/2008 | Bankruptcy | Rule 9014(b) | Considered |
| Richard Levin (19-BK-E) | 03/26/2019 | Bankruptcy | Rule 2002 | Pending consideration |
| Hon. Linda Riegle (10-BK-J) | 01/14/2011 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1014 | Considered |
| Hon. Paul Mannes (99-BK-A) | 03/10/1999 | Bankruptcy | Rule 8014 | Considered |
| Gary Streeting, Esq. (13-BK-G) | 06/27/2013 | Bankruptcy | Rule 1015 | Considered |
| Glen K. Palman (04-BK-A) | 02/19/2004 | Bankruptcy | Form B-10 and Directors Form for Transfer of Claim | Considered |