Effective: October 1, 2011 

Committee Chairs and Reporters Page 1

Revised: June 12, 2012

COMMITTEES ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

CHAIRS and REPORTERS

Chair, Committee on Rules of Practice

 and Procedure

(Standing Committee)

Honorable Mark R. Kravitz

United States District Court 

Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse

141 Church Street

New Haven, CT 06510

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 Jeffrey S. Sutton

United States Court of Appeals

260 Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse

85 Marconi Boulevard

Columbus, OH 43215

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, 2011 

Committee Chairs and Reporters Page 2

Revised: June 12, 2012

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

Duke University School of Law

Science Drive & Towerview Road

Box 90360

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, 2011 

Committee Chairs and Reporters Page 3 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Secretary, Standing Committee Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

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 

Rules Committee Officer Jonathan C. Rose

Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

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, 2011 

Standing Committee Page 1 

Revised: June 12, 2012

COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE

(Standing Committee)

Chair, Standing Committee Honorable Mark R. Kravitz

United States District Court

Richard C. Lee United States Courthouse 

141 Church Street 

New Haven, CT 06510

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

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, 2011 

Standing Committee Page 2 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Members, Standing Committee (cont’d.) Honorable Marilyn L. Huff

United States District Court

Edward J. Schwartz U.S. Courthouse 

Suite 5135 

940 Front Street 

San Diego, CA 92101

Honorable Wallace B. Jefferson

Supreme Court of Texas

Supreme Court Building 

201 W. 14th Street, Room 104 

Austin, Texas 78701

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 James A. Teilborg

United States District Court

523 Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse 

401 West Washington Street – Suite 523 

Phoenix, AZ 85003-2146

Larry D. Thompson, Esq.

University of Georgia School of Law

212 Hirsch Hall 

Athens, GA 30602

Honorable Richard C. Wesley

United States Court of Appeals

Livingston County Government Center 

Six Court Street 

Geneseo, NY 14454-1043

Honorable Diane P. Wood

United States Court of Appeals 

2688 Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse 

219 South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60604
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Standing Committee Page 3 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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 Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

Washington, DC 20544 

Phone 202-502-1800 

Fax 202-502-1766 

Peter_McCabe@ao.uscourts.gov

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave. 

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Rules Committee Officer Jonathan C. Rose

Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Standing Committee Page 4 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Page 1

Revised: June 12, 2012

ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APPELLATE RULES

Chair, Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton

United States Court of Appeals

260 Joseph P. Kinneary U.S. Courthouse 

85 Marconi Boulevard 

Columbus, OH 43215

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 Robert Michael Dow, Jr.

United States District Court

Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse

219 South Dearborn Street, Room 1978 

Chicago, IL 60604

Honorable Allison Eid

Supreme Court Justice

Colorado Supreme Court 

101 W. Colfax Avenue – Suite 800 

Denver, CO 80202

Honorable Peter T. Fay

United States Court of Appeals

James Lawrence King Federal Justice Building 

99 Northeast Fourth Street, Room 1255 

Miami, FL 33132

Neal Katyal, Esq.

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Columbia Square 

555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Page 2

Revised: June 12, 2012

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules (cont’d.)

Douglas Letter, Esq.

Appellate Litigation Counsel - Civil Division

United States Department of Justice 

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - Room 7513 

Washington, DC 20530

Kevin C. Newsom, Esq.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 

One Federal Place

1819 Fifth Avenue North 

Birmingham, AL 35203

Richard G. Taranto, Esq.

Farr & Taranto

1150 18th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-2435

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

Leonard Green

Clerk 

United States Court of Appeals

Potter Stewart United States Courthouse 

100 East Fifth Street – Room 540 

Cincinnati, OH 45202

Liaison Member, Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules 

Dean C. Colson, Esq. (Standing)

Colson Hicks Eidson 

255 Alhambra Circle 

Penthouse 

Coral Gables, FL 33134

Secretary, Standing Committee Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules Page 3

Revised: June 12, 2012

Chief Counsel Andrea L. Kuperman

Chief Counsel to the Rules Committees

11535 Bob Casey U.S. Courthouse 

515 Rusk Ave.

Houston, TX 77002-2600 

Rules Committee Officer Jonathan C. Rose

Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

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, 2011 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 1 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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 Karen K. Caldwell

United States District Court

United States Courthouse and Post Office 

101 Barr Street 

Lexington, KY 40507

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
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 2 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules (cont’d.)

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

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 10-1 

Miami, FL 33128 

Richardo I. Kilpatrick, Esq.

Kilpatrick & Associates, P.C.

903 N. Opdyke Road, Suite C 

Auburn Hills, MI 48326

J. Christopher Kohn, Esq.

Director, Commercial Litigation Branch

Civil Division (ex officio)

United States Department of Justice

P.O. Box 875, Ben Franklin Station

Washington, DC 20044-0875

(1100 L Street, N.W., 10th Flr., Rm. 10036

Washington, DC 20005)

David A. Lander, Esq.

Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale, P.C.

10 South Broadway 

Suite 2000 

St. Louis, MO 63102

Professor Edward R. Morrison

Columbia Law School 

Greene Hall, Room 819 

435 West 116th Street

New York, NY 10027
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 3 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable Elizabeth L. Perris

Chief Judge

United States Bankruptcy Court 

700 Congress Center

1001 Southwest Fifth Avenue 

Portland, OR 97204-1145

John Rao, Esq.

National Consumer Law Center

7 Winthrop Square, 4th Floor

Boston, MA 02110-1245

Honorable Judith H. Wizmur

Chief Judge

United States Bankruptcy Court 

Mitchell H. Cohen U.S. Courthouse 

2nd Floor – 400 Cooper Street 

Camden, NJ 08102-1570

Advisors and Consultants, 

 Advisory Committee on Bankruptcy Rules

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 

Patricia S. Ketchum, Esq.

113 Richdale Avenue #35 

Cambridge, MA 02140

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

Liaison Member, Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules 

Honorable James A. Teilborg (Standing)

United States District Court

523 Sandra Day O’Connor U.S. Courthouse 

401 West Washington Street – Suite 523 

Phoenix, AZ 85003-2146

Liaison from Committee on the Administration 

 of the Bankruptcy System

Honorable Joan Humphrey Lefkow

United States District Court

Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse

219 South Dearborn Street, Room 1956 

Chicago, IL 60604
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee Bankruptcy Rules Page 4 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Secretary, Standing Committee Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

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 

Rules Committee Officer Jonathan C. Rose

Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

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, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 1 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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 Steven M. Colloton

United States Court of Appeals

U.S. Courthouse Annex, Suite 461 

110 East Court Avenue 

Des Moines, IA 50309-2044

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
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 2 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable Paul S. Diamond

United States District Court

James A. Byrne United States Courthouse 

601 Market Street, Room 6613 

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Honorable Paul W. Grimm

United States District Court

Edward A. Garmatz Federal Bldg. U.S. 

 Courthouse 

101 West Lombard Street, Room 820 

Baltimore, MD 21201

Ted Hirt, Esq.

Office of Immigration Litigation

450 5th Street, N.W. – Room 5312 

Washington, DC 20530

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 Michael W. Mosman

United States District Court

Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse 

1000 Southwest Third Avenue, Room 1615 

Portland, OR 97204-2802

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, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 3 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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 7614 

Philadelphia, PA 19106-1797

Honorable Randall T. Shepard

Indiana Supreme Court 

200 West Washington Street

State House, Room 304 

Indianapolis, IN 46204

Anton R. Valukas, Esq.

Jenner & Block LLP 

One IBM Plaza

Chicago, IL 60611

Honorable Tony West

Acting Associate Attorney General

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20530

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 Diane P. Wood (Standing)

United States Court of Appeals

2688 Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse 

219 South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60604

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
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Civil Rules Page 4 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Secretary, Standing Committee Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

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 

Rules Committee Officer Jonathan C. Rose

Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

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, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules Page 1 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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

Duke University School of Law

Science Drive & Towerview Road – Box 90360 

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

Honorable Lanny A. Breuer

Assistant Attorney General

Criminal Division (ex officio)

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - Room 107 

Washington, DC 20530-0001

Rachel Brill, Esq.

263 Domenech Avenue 

San Juan, PR 00918

Carol A. Brook, Esq.

Executive Director

Federal Defender Program 

 for the Northern District of Illinois

55 East Monroe Street, Suite 2800 

Chicago, IL 60603

Leo P. Cunningham, Esq.

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050

Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr.

United States District Court

501 I Street – Suite 14-230 

Sacramento, CA 95814-7300
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules Page 2 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules (cont’d.)

Kathleen Felton, Esq.

Deputy Chief, Appellate Section – Criminal 

Division

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - Room 1264 

Washington, DC 20530-0001

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

Honorable David M. Lawson

United States District Court

Theodore Levin United States Courthouse 

231 West Lafayette Boulevard, Room 802 

Detroit, MI 48226

Professor Andrew D. Leipold

University of Illinois College of Law

504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue 

Champaign, IL 61820

Honorable Donald W. Molloy

United States District Court

Russell E. Smith Federal Building

201 East Broadway Street 

Missoula, MT 59802

Honorable Timothy R. Rice

United States District Court

James A. Byrne United States Courthouse 

601 Market Street, Room 3041 

Philadelphia, PA 19106

Jonathan Wroblewski, Esq.

Director, Office of Policy & Legislation

Criminal Division

United States Department of Justice

950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. - Room 7728 

Washington, DC 20530-0001
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules Page 3 

Revised: June 12, 2012

Members, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules (cont’d.)

Honorable James B. Zagel

United States District Court

2588 Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse 

219 South Dearborn Street 

Chicago, IL 60604

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

Liaison Member, Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules 

Honorable Marilyn L. Huff (Standing)

United States District Court

Edward J. Schwartz U.S. Courthouse 

Suite 5135 

940 Front Street 

San Diego, CA 92101

Secretary, Standing Committee Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

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 

Rules Committee Officer Jonathan C. Rose

Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules Page 4 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules Page 1 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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

Honorable Anita B. Brody

United States District Court

7613 James A. Byrne United States Courthouse 

601 Market Street 

Philadelphia, PA 19106-1797

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

William T. Hangley, Esq.

Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudin, P.C. 

One Logan Square, 27th Floor 

Philadelphia, PA 19103-6933

Marjorie A. Meyers, Esq.

Federal Public Defender

Southern District of Texas 

440 Louisiana, Suite 1350 

Houston, Texas 77002
Effective: October 1, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules Page 2 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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

Elizabeth J. Shapiro, Esq.

AD, Federal Programs Branch 

United States Department of Justice – Civil Division

20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. - Room 7152 

Washington, DC 20530

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, 2011 

Advisory Committee on Evidence Rules Page 3 

Revised: June 12, 2012

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 Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

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 

Rules Committee Officer Jonathan C. Rose

Rules Committee Officer

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

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, 2011 

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LIAISON MEMBERS

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Appellate Rules 

Dean C. Colson (Standing)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Bankruptcy Rules 

Judge James A. Teilborg (Standing)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules 

Judge Arthur I. Harris (Bankruptcy)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Civil Rules 

Judge Diane P. Wood (Standing)

Liaison for the Advisory Committee 

 on Criminal Rules 

Judge Marilyn L. Huff (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, 2011 

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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS

Peter G. McCabe

Secretary

Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-180 

Washington, DC 20544 

Jonathan C. Rose

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 4-250 

Washington, DC 20544 

James H. Wannamaker III

Senior Attorney

Bankruptcy Judges Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E., Room 4-254 

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2011 

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Revised: June 12, 2012

Scott Myers

Attorney Advisor 

Bankruptcy Judges Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

Bridget M. Healy

Attorney Advisor 

Bankruptcy Judges Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

Bernida D. Evans

Management Analyst

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 

Gale B. Mitchell

Administrative Specialist

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

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

Washington, DC 20544 
Effective: October 1, 2011 

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FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER

Joe Cecil

(Rules of Practice & Procedure)

Senior Research Associate

Research Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

One Columbus Circle, N.E. 

Washington, DC 20002-8003 

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 

Tim Reagan

(Evidence Rules Committee)

Senior Research Associate

Research Division

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building 

One Columbus Circle, N.E. 

Washington, DC 20002-8003