RULES COMMITTEES — CHAIRS AND REPORTERS 

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

Revised: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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 

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: March 1, 2024 

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: March 1, 2024 

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 

TBD 

(Criminal) 

 

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: March 1, 2024 

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 

TBD 

(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: March 1, 2024 

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)

Rakita Johnson 

Administrative Analyst 

S. Scott Myers, Esq.

Counsel 

(Bankruptcy) 
FEDERAL JUDICIAL CENTER 

Staff 

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

Revised: March 1, 2024 

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)