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Rules Comments

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Name of Individual and/or Organization Date Received Committee Rule or Form
House Committee on the Judiciary (Honorable John Conyers, Jr. and Honorable Steve Cohen) (09-BK-159) 03/12/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Erin B. Shank (09-BK-158) 03/01/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
William L. Fava (09-BK-156) 02/22/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Joseph M. Romano (09-BK-154) 02/18/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Katherine Porter (09-BK-040) 02/18/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Alan Gover (09-BK-153) 02/17/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 2019
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (William J. Genego) (09-EV-019) 02/17/2010 Evidence Evidence Rules
Commerical Finance Association (Brian Cove) (09-BK-144) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 2019
K&L Gates (John H. Culver, III) (09-BK-143) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Professor John Scott (09-EV-016) 02/16/2010 Evidence Rules 801, 405, and 410
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Peter Goldberger) (09-CR-006) 02/16/2010 Criminal Rules 4.1, 32.1, 43, and 49
HSBC Bank USA (Kevin T. Peck) (09-BK-145) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
American Bankers Association, Financial Services Roundtable, Mortgage Bankers Association (Philip S. Corwin) (09-BK-146) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Commercial Law League of America (Ernest V. Thomas, III) (09-BK-147) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Professor Roger Park (09-EV-012) 02/16/2010 Evidence Rules 103, 104, and 401
The State Bar of California Committee on Federal Courts (Joan Jacobs Levie) (09-EV-015) 02/16/2010 Evidence Rules 104, 802, 901, 902, and 1005
American Bar Association's Section of Litigation (Landis Best) (09-EV-014) 02/16/2010 Evidence Evidence Rules
ACA International (Rozanne M. Anderson) (09-BK-142) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Resurgent Capital Services (Carol J. Moore) (09-BK-141) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
The Housing Policy Council, The Financial Services Roundtable, The American Bankers Association, The Mortgage Bankers Association (John McMickle) (09-BK-140) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Bernadette Bollas Genetin (09-BK-130) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Managed Funds Association (Staurt J. Kaswell) (09-BK-131) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 2019
Creditors Bankruptcy Service (Timothy D. Zeiger) (09-BK-132) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
California State Bar Committee on Federal Courts (Joan Jacobs Levie) (09-BK-133) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 2019
AT & T, Inc. (James W. Grudus) (09-BK-134) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Congressman Lamar Smith (09-BK-135) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Annabelle L. Patterson (09-BK-136) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
American Financial Services Association (Bill Himpler) (09-BK-137) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 3001
Rosemary Williams (09-BK-138) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rules 3001 and 3002.1
Internal Revenue Service (Deborah A. Butler) (09-BK-139) 02/16/2010 Bankruptcy Rule 2003