RULES COMMITTEES — CHAIRS AND REPORTERS

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure 

(Standing Committee)

Chair

Honorable John D. Bates 

United States District Court

Washington, DC 

Reporter

Professor Catherine T. Struve

University of Pennsylvania Law School 

Philadelphia, PA 

Secretary to the Standing Committee

H. Thomas Byron III, Esq.

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Washington, DC 

Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules 

Chair

Honorable Jay S. Bybee 

United States Court of Appeals

Las Vegas, NV 

Reporter

Professor Edward Hartnett

Seton Hall University School of Law 

Newark, NJ 

Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

Chair

Honorable Rebecca B. Connelly 

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Harrisonburg, VA 

Reporter

Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 

Associate Reporter

Professor Laura B. Bartell

Wayne State University Law School 

Detroit, MI 
RULES COMMITTEES — CHAIRS AND REPORTERS

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 2 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules 

Chair

Honorable Robin L. Rosenberg 

United States District Court

West Palm Beach, FL 

Reporter

Professor Richard L. Marcus

University of California

Hastings College of the Law

San Francisco, CA 

Associate Reporter

Professor Andrew Bradt

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules 

Chair

Honorable James C. Dever III

United States District Court

Raleigh, NC 

Reporter

Professor Sara Sun Beale 

Duke University School of Law 

Durham, NC 

Associate Reporter

Professor Nancy J. King

Vanderbilt University Law School 

Nashville, TN 

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules 

Chair

Honorable Patrick J. Schiltz 

United States District Court

Minneapolis, MN 

Reporter

Professor Daniel J. Capra

Fordham University School of Law 

New York, NY 
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

(Standing Committee)

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 2 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Chair Reporter

Honorable John D. Bates

United States District Court

Washington, DC 

Professor Catherine T. Struve

University of Pennsylvania Law School 

Philadelphia, PA 

Members

Honorable Paul J. Barbadoro

United States District Court

Concord, NH 

Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Esq. 

Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP

San Francisco, CA 

Louis A. Chaiten, Esq.

Jones Day

Cleveland, OH 

Honorable William J. Kayatta, Jr.

United States Court of Appeals

Portland, ME 

Honorable Edward M. Mansfield 

Iowa Supreme Court 

Des Moines, IA

Dean Troy A. McKenzie

New York University School of Law 

New York, NY 

Honorable Patricia A. Millett

United States Court of Appeals

Washington, DC 

Honorable Lisa O. Monaco 

Deputy Attorney General (ex officio) 

United States Department of Justice

Washington, DC 

Andrew J. Pincus, Esq.

Mayer Brown LLP 

Washington, DC 

Honorable Gene E.K. Pratter

United States District Court

Philadelphia, PA 

Honorable D. Brooks Smith

United States Court of Appeals

Duncansville, PA 

Kosta Stojilkovic, Esq.

Wilkinson Stekloff LLP

Washington, DC 

Honorable Jennifer G. Zipps

United States District Court

Tucson, AZ 

Consultants

Professor Daniel R. Coquillette

Boston College Law School 

Newton Centre, MA 

Professor Bryan A. Garner

LawProse, Inc.

Dallas, TX 
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

(Standing Committee)

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 3 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Consultants (continued)

Professor Joseph Kimble

Thomas M. Cooley Law School 

Lansing, MI 

Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr., Esq.

Bethesda, MD 

Secretary to the Standing Committee

H. Thomas Byron III, Esq.

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Washington, DC 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APPELLATE RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Chair Reporter

Honorable Jay S. Bybee

United States Court of Appeals

Las Vegas, NV

Professor Edward Hartnett

Seton Hall University School of Law 

Newark, NJ

Members

Linda Coberly, Esq. 

Winston & Strawn LLP

Chicago, IL 

George W. Hicks, Jr., Esq.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Washington, DC 

Professor Bert Huang

Columbia Law School 

New York, NY 

Honorable Leondra R. Kruger

Supreme Court of California

San Francisco, CA 

Honorable Carl J. Nichols

United States District Court

Washington, DC 

Honorable Elizabeth B. Prelogar

Solicitor General (ex officio)

United States Department of Justice

Washington, DC 

Honorable Sidney R. Thomas

United States Court of Appeals 

Billings, MT

Honorable Richard C. Wesley

United States Court of Appeals

Geneseo, NY

Lisa B. Wright, Esq.

Office of the Federal Public Defender 

Washington, DC 

Liaisons

Honorable Daniel A. Bress

(Bankruptcy) 

United States Court of Appeals 

San Francisco, CA 

Andrew J. Pincus, Esq.

(Standing) 

Mayer Brown LLP 

Washington, DC 

Clerk of Court Representative

Molly Dwyer, Esq.

Clerk

United States Court of Appeals

San Francisco, CA 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BANKRUPTCY RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Chair Reporter

Honorable Rebecca B. Connelly

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Harrisonburg, VA 

Professor S. Elizabeth Gibson

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Chapel Hill, NC

Associate Reporter

Professor Laura B. Bartell

Wayne State University Law School 

Detroit, MI 

Members

Honorable Daniel A. Bress

United States Court of Appeals

San Francisco, CA 

Jenny L. Doling, Esq.

J. Doling Law PC 

Palm Desert, CA 

Honorable Michelle M. Harner

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Baltimore, MD 

Honorable Jeffery P. Hopkins

United States District Court

Cincinnati, OH 

Honorable David A. Hubbert

Deputy Assistant Attorney General (ex 

officio)

United States Department of Justice

Washington, DC 

Honorable Ben Kahn

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Greensboro, NC 

Honorable Joan H. Lefkow

United States District Court

Chicago, IL 

Honorable Catherine P. McEwen

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Tampa, FL 

Professor Scott F. Norberg

Florida International University 

College of Law 

Miami, FL

Honorable J. Paul Oetken

United States District Court

New York, NY 

Jeremy L. Retherford, Esq.

Balch & Bingham LLP

Birmingham, AL

Damian S. Schaible, Esq.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

New York, NY

Nancy J. Whaley, Esq.

The Offices of Nancy J. Whaley

Atlanta, GA 

Honorable George H. Wu

United States District Court

Los Angeles, CA 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON BANKRUPTCY RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 2 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Liaisons

Ramona D. Elliott, Esq. 

(U.S. Trustees)

Executive Office for U.S. Trustees

Washington, DC 

Honorable Laurel M. Isicoff

(Committee on the Administration of the 

Bankruptcy System) 

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Miami, FL 

Liaisons

Honorable William J. Kayatta, Jr. 

(Standing) 

United States Court of Appeals

Portland, ME 

Clerk of Court Representative

Kenneth S. Gardner 

Clerk

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Denver, CO 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Chair Reporter

Honorable Robin L. Rosenberg

United States District Court

West Palm Beach, FL 

Professor Richard L. Marcus

University of California

Hastings College of the Law

San Francisco, CA 

Associate Reporter

Professor Andrew Bradt

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, CA 

Members

Honorable Cathy Bissoon

United States District Court

Pittsburgh, PA 

Honorable Jane Bland

Supreme Court of Texas

Austin, Texas 

Honorable Jennifer C. Boal

United States District Court

Boston, MA 

Honorable Brian M. Boynton

Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

(ex officio)

United States Department of Justice 

Washington, DC 

David J. Burman, Esq.

Perkins Coie LLP

Seattle, WA 

Professor Zachary Clopton

Northwestern University 

Pritzker School of Law

Chicago, IL 

Honorable David C. Godbey

United States District Court

Dallas, TX 

Honorable Kent A. Jordan

United States Court of Appeals

Wilmington, DE 

Honorable M. Hannah Lauck

United States District Court

Richmond, VA

Honorable R. David Proctor

United States District Court

Birmingham, AL 

Joseph M. Sellers, Esq.

Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC

Washington, DC 

Honorable Manish S. Shah

United States District Court

Chicago, IL 

Ariana J. Tadler, Esq.

Tadler Law LLP

Manhasset, NY 

Helen E. Witt, Esq.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Chicago, IL 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CIVIL RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 2 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Liaisons

Honorable D. Brooks Smith

(Standing) 

United States Court of Appeals

Duncansville, PA 

Honorable Catherine P. McEwen

(Bankruptcy) 

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Tampa, FL 

Consultant

Professor Edward H. Cooper

University of Michigan Law School 

Ann Arbor, MI 

Clerk of Court Representative

Carmelita Reeder Shinn, Esq.

Clerk

United States District Court

Oklahoma City, OK 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Chair Reporter

Honorable James C. Dever III

United States District Court

Raleigh, NC 

Professor Sara Sun Beale

Duke Law School 

Durham, NC 

Associate Reporter

Professor Nancy J. King

Vanderbilt University Law School 

Nashville, TN 

Members

Honorable Nicole M. Argentieri

Acting Assistant Attorney General (ex 

officio)

United States Department of Justice

Washington, DC 

Honorable Andre Birotte, Jr.

United States District Court

Los Angeles, CA 

Honorable Jane Boyle

United States District Court

Dallas, TX 

Honorable Timothy Burgess

United States District Court

Anchorage, AK

Honorable Robert J. Conrad, Jr.

United States District Court

Charlotte, NC 

Dean Roger A. Fairfax, Jr.

American University 

Washington College of Law 

Washington, DC 

Honorable Michael J. Garcia

New York State Court of Appeals 

Albany, NY 

Honorable Michael Harvey

United States District Court

Washington, DC 

Marianne Mariano, Esq.

Office of the Federal Public Defender

Buffalo, NY 

Honorable Jacqueline H. Nguyen

United States Court of Appeals

Pasadena, CA

Catherine M. Recker, Esq.

Welsh & Recker PC

Philadelphia, PA 

Susan M. Robinson, Esq.

Thomas Combs & Spann PLLC 

Charleston, WV 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 2 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Liaison

Honorable Paul J. Barbadoro

(Standing) 

United States District Court

Concord, NH 

Clerk of Court Representative

Angela E. Noble, Esq.

Clerk

United States District Court

Miami, FL 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EVIDENCE RULES

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Chair Reporter

Honorable Patrick J. Schiltz

United States District Court

Minneapolis, MN 

Professor Daniel J. Capra

Fordham University School of Law 

New York, NY 

Members

Honorable Valerie E. Caproni

United States District Court

New York, NY 

James P. Cooney III, Esq.

Womble Bond Dickinson LLP 

Charlotte, NC 

Honorable Mark S. Massa

Indiana Supreme Court 

Indianapolis, IN 

Honorable Marshall L. Miller

Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General

(ex officio)

United States Department of Justice

Washington, DC 

Honorable Edmund A. Sargus, Jr.

United States District Court

Columbus, OH

John S. Siffert, Esq.

Lankler Siffert & Wohl LLP

New York, NY 

Honorable Richard J. Sullivan

United States Court of Appeals

New York, NY 

Rene L. Valladares, Esq.

Office of the Federal Public Defender

Las Vegas, NV 

Consultant

Professor Liesa Richter

University of Oklahoma School of Law 

Norman, OK 

Liaisons

Honorable Robert J. Conrad, Jr.

(Criminal) 

United States District Court

Charlotte, NC 

Honorable Edward M. Mansfield 

(Standing) 

Iowa Supreme Court 

Des Moines, IA 

Honorable M. Hannah Lauck

(Civil) 

United States District Court

Richmond, VA 
RULES COMMITTEE LIAISON MEMBERS

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1 

Revised: October 1, 2023

Liaisons for the Advisory Committee on 

Appellate Rules 

Andrew J. Pincus, Esq.

(Standing) 

Hon. Daniel A. Bress

(Bankruptcy) 

Liaison for the Advisory Committee on 

Bankruptcy Rules 

Hon. William J. Kayatta, Jr.

(Standing)

Liaisons for the Advisory Committee on 

Civil Rules 

Hon. D. Brooks Smith

(Standing) 

Hon. Catherine P. McEwen

(Bankruptcy) 

Liaison for the Advisory Committee on 

Criminal Rules 

Hon. Paul J. Barbadoro

(Standing) 

Liaisons for the Advisory Committee on 

Evidence Rules 

Hon. Robert J. Conrad, Jr.

(Criminal) 

Hon. Edward M. Mansfield 

(Standing) 

Hon. M. Hannah Lauck

(Civil) 
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

Staff

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1

Revised: October 1, 2023

H. Thomas Byron III, Esq.

Chief Counsel 

Office of the General Counsel – Rules Committee Staff

Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, NE

Washington, DC 20544

Main: 202-502-1820

Allison A. Bruff, Esq.

Counsel 

(Civil, Criminal)

Shelly Cox

Management Analyst 

Bridget M. Healy, Esq. 

Counsel 

(Appellate, Evidence)

S. Scott Myers, Esq.

Counsel

(Bankruptcy)
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Staff

Effective: October 1, 2023 to September 30, 2024 Page 1

Revised: October 1, 2023

Hon. John S. Cooke

Director

Federal Judicial Center

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, NE

Washington, DC 20544

Carly E. Giffin, Esq.

Research Associate

(Bankruptcy)

Laural L. Hooper, Esq.

Senior Research Associate

(Criminal)

Marie Leary, Esq.

Senior Research Associate

(Appellate)

Dr. Emery G. Lee

Senior Research Associate

(Civil)

Timothy T. Lau, Esq.

Research Associate

(Evidence)

Tim Reagan, Esq.

Senior Research Associate

(Standing)