Effective: October 1, 2013 

Committee Chairs and Reporters Page 1 

Revised: October 11, 2013

COMMITTEES ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

CHAIRS and REPORTERS

Chair, Committee on Rules of Practice

 and Procedure

(Standing Committee)

Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton

United States Court of Appeals

260 Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse 

85 Marconi Boulevard 

Columbus, OH 43215

Reporter, Committee on Rules of Practice 

 and Procedure

(Standing Committee)

Professor Daniel R. Coquillette

Boston College Law School 

885 Centre Street 

Newton Centre, MA 02459

Chair, Advisory Committee on Appellate 

 Rules

Honorable Steven M. Colloton

United States Court of Appeals

U.S. Courthouse Annex, Suite 461 

110 East Court Avenue 

Des Moines, IA 50309-2044

Reporter, Advisory Committee on Appellate 

 Rules

Professor Catherine T. Struve

University of Pennsylvania Law School

3501 Sansom Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Chair, Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy 

 Rules

Honorable Eugene R. Wedoff

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse

219 South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60604

Reporter, Advisory Committee on 

 Bankruptcy Rules

Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson

5073 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

C.B. #3380

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380

Professor Troy A. McKenzie

New York University School of Law 

40 Washington Square South 

New York, NY 10012
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Committee Chairs and Reporters Page 2 

Revised: October 11, 2013

Chair, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Honorable David G. Campbell

United States District Court

623 Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse 

401 West Washington Street 

Phoenix, AZ 85003-2146

Reporter, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Professor Edward H. Cooper

University of Michigan Law School 

312 Hutchins Hall 

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

Professor Richard L. Marcus

University of California

Hastings College of the Law

200 McAllister Street

San Francisco, CA 94102-4978

Chair, Advisory Committee on Criminal 

 Rules

Honorable Reena Raggi

United States Court of Appeals

704S United States Courthouse 

225 Cadman Plaza East 

Brooklyn, NY 11201-1818

Reporter, Advisory Committee on Criminal 

 Rules

Professor Sara Sun Beale

Charles L. B. Lowndes Professor

Duke Law School

210 Science Drive

Durham, NC 27708-0360

Professor Nancy J. King

Vanderbilt University Law School

131 21st Avenue South, Room 248 

Nashville, TN 37203-1181

Chair, Advisory Committee on Evidence 

 Rules

Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater

Chief Judge

United States District Court

Earle Cabell Federal Bldg. U.S. Courthouse 

1100 Commerce Street, Room 1528 

Dallas, TX 75242-1310

Reporter, Advisory Committee on Evidence 

 Rules

Professor Daniel J. Capra

Fordham University 

School of Law

140 West 62nd Street

New York, NY 10023
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Committee Chairs and Reporters Page 3 

Revised: October 11, 2013

Secretary, Standing Committee

 and Rules Committee Officer

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice & 

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel to the Rules Committees 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Standing Committee Page 1 

Revised: January 2, 2014

COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

(Standing Committee)

Chair, Standing Committee Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton

United States Court of Appeals

260 Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse 

85 Marconi Boulevard 

Columbus, OH 43215

Reporter, Standing Committee Professor Daniel R. Coquillette

Boston College Law School 

885 Centre Street 

Newton Centre, MA 02459

Members, Standing Committee Honorable James M. Cole

Deputy Attorney General (ex officio)

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - Room 4111 

Washington, DC 20530

Dean C. Colson, Esq.

Colson Hicks Eidson 

255 Alhambra Circle 

Penthouse 

Coral Gables, FL 33134

Honorable Brent E. Dickson

Indiana Supreme Court

306 Indiana State House

200 West Washington Street

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Roy T. Englert, Jr., Esq.

Robbins Russell Englert Orseck

Untereiner & Sauber, LLP

801 K Street, N.W. - Suite 411-L 

Washington, DC 20006

Gregory G. Garre, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

555 Eleventh Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004-1304

Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch

United States Court of Appeals

Byron White United States Courthouse 

1823 Stout Street, 4th Floor 

Denver, CO 80257-1823
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Standing Committee Page 2 

Revised: January 2, 2014

Members, Standing Committee (cont’d.) Honorable Susan P. Graber

United States Court of Appeals

Pioneer Courthouse

700 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 211

Portland, OR 97204

Dean David F. Levi

Duke Law School 

Science Drive and Towerview Road

Room 2012 

Durham, NC 27708

Honorable Patrick J. Schiltz

United States District Court

United States Courthouse 

300 South Fourth Street – Suite 14E 

Minneapolis, MN 55415

Honorable Amy J. St. Eve

United States District Court

Everett McKinley Dirksen

 United States Courthouse

219 South Dearborn Street, Room 1260

Chicago, IL 60604

Larry D. Thompson, Esq.

PepsiCo

700 Anderson Hill Road

Purchase, NY 10577

Honorable Richard C. Wesley

United States Court of Appeals

Livingston County Government Center 

Six Court Street 

Geneseo, NY 14454-1043

Honorable Jack Zouhary

United States District Court

James M. Ashley and Thomas W.L. Ashley

 United States Courthouse 

1716 Spielbusch Avenue, Room 203 

Toledo, OH 43604 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Standing Committee Page 3 

Revised: January 2, 2014

Advisors and Consultants, Standing 

 Committee

Professor Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr.

Hastings College of the Law

200 McAllister Street

San Francisco, CA 94102

Professor R. Joseph Kimble

Thomas M. Cooley Law School 

300 South Capitol Avenue 

Lansing, MI 48933

Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr., Esq.

5602 Ontario Circle 

Bethesda, MD 20816-2461

Secretary, Standing Committee

 and Rules Committee Officer

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice & 

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer

 and Counsel to the Rules Committees 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Page 1

Revised: October 11, 2013

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APPELLATE RULES

Chair, Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Honorable Steven M. Colloton

United States Court of Appeals

U.S. Courthouse Annex, Suite 461 

110 East Court Avenue 

Des Moines, IA 50309-2044

Reporter, Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules

Professor Catherine T. Struve

University of Pennsylvania Law School

3501 Sansom Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules

Professor Amy Coney Barrett

University of Notre Dame Law School

3165 Eck Hall of Law 

Notre Dame, IN 46556

Honorable Michael A. Chagares

United States Court of Appeals

United States Post Office and Courthouse 

Two Federal Square, Room 357 

Newark, NJ 07102-3513

Honorable Allison H. Eid

Supreme Court Justice

Colorado Supreme Court 

2 East 14th Avenue 

Denver, CO 80203

Honorable Peter T. Fay

United States Court of Appeals

James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building

99 Northeast Fourth Street, Room 1255 

Miami, FL 33132

Gregory G. Katsas

Jones Day

51 Louisiana Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20001-2113

Neal Katyal, Esq.

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Columbia Square 

555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Page 2

Revised: October 11, 2013

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules (cont’d.)

Kevin C. Newsom, Esq.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 

One Federal Place

1819 Fifth Avenue North 

Birmingham, AL 35203

Honorable Richard G. Taranto

United States Court of Appeals

Howard T. Markey National Courts Building

717 Madison Place, N.W., Suite 802

Washington, DC 20439

Honorable Donald Verrilli

Solicitor General (ex officio) 

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20530

Clerk of Court Representative, 

 Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules

Michael Ellis Gans

United States Court of Appeals

Thomas F. Eagleton United States 

 Courthouse 

111 South Tenth Street, Room 24.329 

St. Louis, MO 6312-1116

Liaison Member, Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules 

Gregory G. Garre, Esq. (Standing)

Latham & Watkins LLP

555 Eleventh Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004-1304

Honorable Adalberto Jordan (Bankruptcy)

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 

Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse 

400 North Miami Avenue, Room 10-4 

Miami, FL 33128 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Page 3

Revised: October 11, 2013

Secretary, Standing Committee

 and Rules Committee Officer

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice & 

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer

 and Counsel to the Rules Committees 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 1 

Revised: September 12, 2014

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BANKRUPTCY RULES

Chair, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules

Honorable Eugene R. Wedoff

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Everett McKinley Dirksen United States 

Courthouse 

219 South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60604

Reporter, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules

Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson

5073 Van Hecke-Wettach Hall

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

C.B. #3380

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3380

Professor Troy A. McKenzie

New York University School of Law 

40 Washington Square South 

New York, NY 10012

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules

Michael St. Patrick Baxter, Esq.

Covington & Burling LLP 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004-2401

Honorable Stuart M. Bernstein

United States Bankruptcy Court

Alexander Hamilton Custom House

One Bowling Green, Room 729

New York, NY 10004-1408

Honorable Jean C. Hamilton

United States District Court

Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse 

111 South Tenth Street, Room 16N 

St. Louis, MO 63102-1116

Honorable Arthur I. Harris

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse 

201 Superior Avenue, Room 148 

Cleveland, OH 44114-1238

Honorable Sandra Segal Ikuta

United States Court of Appeals

Richard H. Chambers Court of Appeals Building 

125 South Grand Avenue, Room 305 

Pasadena, CA 91105-1621
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 2 

Revised: September 12, 2014

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable Robert James Jonker

United States District Court

Gerald R. Ford Federal Building 

110 Michigan Street, N.W., Room 685 

Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Honorable Adalberto Jordan

Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 

Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. U.S. Courthouse 

400 North Miami Avenue, Room 10-4 

Miami, FL 33128 

Richardo I. Kilpatrick, Esq.

Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C.

903 N. Opdyke Road, Suite C 

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

Matthew J. Troy, Esq.

Civil Division

United States Department of Justice 

PO Box 875, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044-0875

Street Address:

1100 L St., N.W, Room 10030

Washington DC 20530 

David A. Lander, Esq.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.

10 South Broadway 

Suite 2000 

St. Louis, MO 63102

Jill A. Michaux, Esq.

Neis & Michaux, P.A. 

534 S. Kansas Avenue, Suite 825 

Topeka, KS 66603-3446

Professor Edward R. Morrison

Columbia Law School

Room 926, 435 W. 116th Street

New York, NY 10025
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 3 

Revised: September 12, 2014

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable Elizabeth L. Perris

United States Bankruptcy Court 

700 Congress Center 

1001 Southwest Fifth Avenue 

Portland, OR 97204-1145

Honorable Amul R. Thapar

United States District Court

United States Courthouse

35 West Fifth Street, Suite 473

Covington, KY 41011

Clerk of Court Representative, Advisory

 Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

James J. Waldron

Clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court 

Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building 

 and United States Courthouse 

Third Floor, 50 Walnut Street 

Newark, NJ 07102-3550

Consultant, Advisory Committee on

 Bankruptcy Rules

Patricia S. Ketchum, Esq.

113 Richdale Avenue #35 

Cambridge, MA 02140

Liaison Member, United States Department

 of Justice, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

Ramona D. Elliott, Esq.

Deputy Director/General Counsel 

Executive Office for the U.S. Trustees

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. - Suite 8100 

Washington, DC 20530

Liaison Member, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules 

Roy T. Englert, Jr., Esq. (Standing)

Robbins Russell Englert Orseck

Untereiner & Sauber, LLP

801 K Street, N.W. - Suite 411-L 

Washington, DC 20006

Liaison Member, Committee on the 

Administration of the Bankruptcy System

Honorable Erithe A. Smith

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Ronald Reagan Federal Building 

 and United States Courthouse 

411 West Fourth Street, Room 5040 

Santa Ana, CA 92701
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 4 

Revised: September 12, 2014

Secretary, Standing Committee

 and Rules Committee Officer

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice & 

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer

 and Counsel to the Rules Committees 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 1 

Revised: October 11, 2013

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RULES

Chair, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Honorable David G. Campbell

United States District Court

623 Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse 

401 West Washington Street 

Phoenix, AZ 85003-2146

Reporter, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Professor Edward H. Cooper

University of Michigan Law School 

312 Hutchins Hall 

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

Professor Richard L. Marcus

University of California

Hastings College of the Law

200 McAllister Street

San Francisco, CA 94102-4978

Members, Advisory Committee on Civil Rules John M. Barkett, Esq.

Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 

3200 Miami Center 

201 S. Biscayne Blvd. 

Miami, Florida 33131

Elizabeth Cabraser, Esq.

Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

Embarcadero Center West

275 Battery Street - Suite 3000 

San Francisco, CA 94111-3339

Honorable Stuart F. Delery

Acting Assistant Attorney General

Civil Division

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - Room 3141 

Washington, DC 20530

Honorable Paul S. Diamond

United States District Court

James A. Byrne United States Courthouse 

601 Market Street, Room 6613 

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Honorable Robert Michael Dow, Jr.

United States District Court

Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse

219 South Dearborn Street, Room 1978 

Chicago, IL 60604
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 2 

Revised: October 11, 2013

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules (cont’d.)

Parker C. Folse, Esq.

Susman Godfrey LLP 

1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800 

Seattle, WA 98101

Honorable Paul W. Grimm

United States District Court

United States Courthouse 

6500 Cherrywood Lane 

Greenbelt, MD 20770

Peter D. Keisler, Esq.

Sidley Austin, LLP 

1501 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20005

Dean Robert H. Klonoff

Dean & Professor of Law

Lewis & Clark Law School

10015 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd. 

Portland, OR 97219-7799

Honorable John G. Koeltl

United States District Court

1030 Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse 

500 Pearl Street 

New York, NY 10007-1312

Honorable Scott M. Matheson, Jr.

United States Court of Appeals 

Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building

125 South State Street, Room 5402 

Salt Lake City, UT 84138

Honorable David E. Nahmias

Supreme Court of Georgia 

Room 512, State Judicial Building

Atlanta, GA 30334

Honorable Solomon Oliver, Jr.

Chief Judge

United States District Court

Carl B. Stokes United States Courthouse 

801 West Superior Avenue, Room 19A 

Cleveland, OH 44113
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 3 

Revised: October 11, 2013

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable Gene E. K. Pratter

United States District Court

James A. Byrne United States Courthouse 

601 Market Street, Room 10613 

Philadelphia, PA 19106-1797

Liaison Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules

Honorable Arthur I. Harris (Bankruptcy)

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Howard M. Metzenbaum U.S. Courthouse 

201 Superior Avenue, Room 148 

Cleveland, OH 44114-1238

Honorable Neil M. Gorsuch (Standing)

United States Court of Appeals

Byron White United States Courthouse 

1823 Stout Street, 4th Floor

Denver, CO 80257-1823

Clerk of Court Representative,

 Advisory Committee on Civil Rules

Laura A. Briggs

Clerk of Court

United States District Court

105 Birch Bayh Federal Building and U.S. 

 Courthouse 

46 East Ohio Street 

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Secretary, Standing Committee

 and Rules Committee Officer

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice & 

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 4 

Revised: October 11, 2013

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer

 and Counsel to the Rules Committees 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules Page 1 

Revised: October 11, 2013

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL RULES

Chair, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules

Honorable Reena Raggi

United States Court of Appeals

704S United States Courthouse 

225 Cadman Plaza East 

Brooklyn, NY 11201-1818

Reporter, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules

Professor Sara Sun Beale

Charles L. B. Lowndes Professor

Duke Law School

210 Science Drive

Durham, NC 27708-0360

Professor Nancy J. King

Vanderbilt University Law School

131 21st Avenue South, Room 248 

Nashville, TN 37203-1181

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules

Carol A. Brook, Esq.

Executive Director

Federal Defender Program 

 for the Northern District of Illinois

55 East Monroe Street, Suite 2800 

Chicago, IL 60603

Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr.

United States District Court

501 I Street – Suite 14-230 

Sacramento, CA 95814-7300

Mark Filip, Esq.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

300 North LaSalle 

Chicago, IL 60654

Honorable David E. Gilbertson

Chief Justice

Supreme Court of South Dakota 

500 E. Capitol 

Pierre, SD 57501

Honorable John F. Keenan

United States District Court

1930 Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse 

500 Pearl Street 

New York, NY 10007-1312
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules Page 2 

Revised: October 11, 2013

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules (cont’d.)

Professor Orin S. Kerr

The George Washington University Law School 

2000 H Street, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20052

Honorable Raymond M. Kethledge

United States Court of Appeals

Federal Building

200 East Liberty Street, Suite 224 

Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Honorable David M. Lawson

United States District Court

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse 

231 West Lafayette Boulevard, Room 802 

Detroit, MI 48226

Honorable Donald W. Molloy

United States District Court

Russell E. Smith Federal Building

201 East Broadway Street 

Missoula, MT 59802

Honorable Leslie R. Caldwell

Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division 

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20530-0001

Honorable Timothy R. Rice

United States District Court

James A. Byrne United States Courthouse 

601 Market Street, Room 3041 

Philadelphia, PA 19106
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules Page 3 

Revised: October 11, 2013

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules (cont’d.)

John S. Siffert, Esq.

Lankler, Siffert & Wohl LLP

500 Fifth Avenue, 33rd Floor 

New York, NY 10110

Clerk of Court Representative, 

 Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules

James N. Hatten

Clerk

United States District Court

Richard B. Russell Federal Building 

 and United States Courthouse 

75 Spring Street, S. W., Room 2217 

Atlanta, GA 30303-3309

Secretary, Standing Committee

 and Rules Committee Officer

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice &

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer and Counsel to 

 the Rules Committees

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules Page 1 

Revised: March 12, 2014

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EVIDENCE RULES

Chair, Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules

Honorable Sidney A. Fitzwater

Chief Judge

United States District Court

Earle Cabell Federal Bldg. and U.S. Courthouse 

1100 Commerce Street, Room 1528 

Dallas, TX 75242-1310

Reporter, Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules

Professor Daniel J. Capra

Fordham University School of Law 

140 West 62nd Street

New York, NY 10023

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules

Honorable Brent R. Appel

Iowa Supreme Court 

Iowa Judicial Branch Building

1111 East Court Avenue 

Des Moines, IA 50319

Edward C. DuMont, Esq.

Solicitor General

California Department of Justice

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102

Honorable Stuart M. Goldberg

Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General

(ex officio) 

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. – Room 4208 

Washington, DC 20530

A.J. Kramer, Esq.

Federal Public Defender

Indiana Plaza 

625 Indiana Avenue, N.W. – Suite 550 

Washington, DC 20004

Honorable Debra Ann Livingston

United States Court of Appeals

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse

40 Centre Street, Room 2303 

New York, NY 10007-1501
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules Page 2 

Revised: March 12, 2014

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable William K. Sessions III

United States District Court

Federal Building

11 Elmwood Avenue, 5th Floor 

Burlington, VT 05401

Paul Shechtman, Esq.

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

1185 Avenue of the Americas, 31st Floor 

New York, NY 10036

Honorable John A. Woodcock, Jr. 

Chief Judge

United States District Court

Margaret Chase Smith Federal Building

202 Harlow Street, 3rd Floor 

Bangor, ME 04401-4901

Consultant, Advisory Committee on 

 Evidence Rules

Professor Kenneth S. Broun

University of North Carolina School of Law 

CB #3380, Van Hecke-Wettach Hall

Chapel Hill, NC 27599

Liaison Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules 

Honorable Paul S. Diamond (Civil)

United States District Court

James A. Byrne United States Courthouse 

601 Market Street, Room 6613 

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Honorable John F. Keenan (Criminal)

United States District Court

1930 Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse 

500 Pearl Street 

New York, NY 10007-1312

Honorable Richard C. Wesley (Standing)

United States Court of Appeals

Livingston County Government Center 

Six Court Street 

Geneseo, NY 14454-1043
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules Page 3 

Revised: March 12, 2014

Liaison Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable Judith H. Wizmur (Bankruptcy)

Chief Judge

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Mitchell H. Cohen U.S. Courthouse 

2nd Floor – 400 Cooper Street 

Camden, NJ 08102-1570

Secretary, Standing Committee

 and Rules Committee Officer

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice & 

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Deputy Rules Committee Officer 

 and Counsel

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer

 and Counsel to the Rules Committees 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Liaison Members Page 1 

Revised: March 21, 2014

LIAISON MEMBERS

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules 

Gregory G. Garre, Esq. (Standing)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules

Judge Adalberto Jordan (Bankruptcy)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules 

Roy T. Englert, Jr., Esq. (Standing)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules 

Judge Arthur I. Harris (Bankruptcy)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules 

Judge Neil M. Gorsuch (Standing)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules 

Judge Amy J. St. Eve (Standing)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules 

Judge Judith H. Wizmur (Bankruptcy)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee

on Evidence Rules 

Judge Paul S. Diamond (Civil)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules 

Judge John F. Keenan (Criminal)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Evidence Rules 

Judge Richard C. Wesley (Standing)
Effective: October 1, 2013 

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Page 1 

Revised: March 12, 2014

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

Jonathan C. Rose

Secretary, Committee on Rules of Practice & 

 Procedure and Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Benjamin J. Robinson

Deputy Rules Committee Officer

 and Counsel to the Rules Committees 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Julie Wilson 

Attorney Advisor 

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 

Scott Myers

Attorney Advisor 

Bankruptcy Judges Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-250 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013 

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Revised: March 12, 2014

Bridget M. Healy

Attorney Advisor 

Bankruptcy Judges Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-273 

Washington, DC 20544 

Frances F. Skillman

Paralegal Specialist

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 7-240 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2013

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Revised: October 11, 2013

FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Tim Reagan

(Rules of Practice & Procedure)

Senior Research Associate

Federal Judicial Center

Thurgood Marshall Federal

 Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 6-436 

Washington, DC 20002 

Marie Leary

(Appellate Rules Committee)

Research Associate

Research Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E. 

Washington, DC 20002-8003 

Molly T. Johnson

(Bankruptcy Rules Committee)

Senior Research Associate

Research Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E. 

Washington, DC 20002-8003 

Emery G. Lee

(Civil Rules Committee)

Senior Research Associate

Research Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E. 

Washington, DC 20002-8003 

Laural L. Hooper

(Criminal Rules Committee)

Senior Research Associate

Research Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E. 

Washington, DC 20002-8003 

Catherine Borden

(Evidence Rules Committee)

Research Associate

Research Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E. 

Washington, DC 20002-8003