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Rule Amendments and Proposed Rule Amendments

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General Provisions
2012-03 - Proposed Adoption of Rule 1.111 and Rule 8.127 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	May 2, 2012
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Christopher B. Vreeland (05/03/12)
	Public Hearing:	To be scheduled
2006-47 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 1.109, 2.107, 2.113, 2.114, 2.518, 3.001, 3.101, 3.218, 3.800, 3.901, 3.903, 3.930, 4.001, 5.101, 5.113, 5.731, 6.007, 8.108, and 8.119 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 4, 2012; click here to see order extending comment period
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012 (for all proposed amendments except MCR 1.109[D], for which the comment period expired April 1, 2012)
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012 (by order dated April 4, 2012, the comment period was extended for all proposals except MCR 1.109[D])
	Comments:
	Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
	The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
	The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
	Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/28/12)
	Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
	The Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
	Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland County Probate Court (03/30/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
	Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
	Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
	Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
	Hon. Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (4/23/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
Civil Procedure
2011-08 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.116 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	May 2, 2012
	Comment period expires:	September 1, 2012
2011-06 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.603 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 18, 2012
	Comment period expiration:	August 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
2006-47 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 1.109, 2.107, 2.113, 2.114, 2.518, 3.001, 3.101, 3.218, 3.800, 3.901, 3.903, 3.930, 4.001, 5.101, 5.113, 5.731, 6.007, 8.108, and 8.119 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 4, 2012; click here to see order extending comment period
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012 (for all proposed amendments except MCR 1.109[D], for which the comment period expired April 1, 2012)
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012 (by order dated April 4, 2012, the comment period was extended for all proposals except MCR 1.109[D])
	Comments:
	Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
	The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
	The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
	Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/28/12)
	Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
	The Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
	Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland County Probate Court (03/30/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
	Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
	Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
	Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
	Hon. Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (4/23/12)
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
2010-12 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 606 of the Michigan Rules of Evidence and Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.512 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	June 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	October 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Allan Falk, Attorney (08/14/11)
	Stuart Fenton (08/23/11)
	Attorney Floyd P. Kloc (09/08/11)
	Chief of Research, Training & Appeals Timothy A. Baughman (Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney) (09/13/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (09/27/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (09/30/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order (amending MRE 606) dated December 22, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-11 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.511 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	May 3, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training & Appeals (Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney) (08/22/11)
	Janet Welch, Executive Director (State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners) (08/24/11)
	Public hearing:	September 28, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated October 6, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-05 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 2.112, 7.206, and 7.213 of the MIchigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Legislative Commission on Statutory Mandates (02/03/11)
	Attorney General Bill Schuette (02/15/11)
	Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, Chair, Court of Appeals Rules Committee (03/29/11)
	Chair Megan K. Cavanagh, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Practice Section Council (03/24/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (04/01/11)
	Thomas Mullaney, President Michigan Association of Counties (05/09/11)
	Executive Director & CEO Daniel P. Gilmartin, Michigan Municipal League (04/26/11)
	Executive Director G. Lawrence Merrill, Michigan Townships Association (05/02/11)
	Michigan Association of School Administrators, Michigan Association of School Boards, Michigan School Business Officials, and Middle Cities Education Association (05/05/11)
	Public hearing:	May 11, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated November 10, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2005-19 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 2.512, 2.513, 2.514, 2.515, 2.516, and 6.414 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	July 11, 2006
	Comment period expiration:	November 1, 2006
	To view comments:	Click here>>
	Public hearing held:	January 17, 2007
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated June 29, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above)
	Further action:	Order amended on July 6, 2011 (posted above)
Special Proceedings and Actions
2012-10 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.979 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 18, 2012
	Comment period expiration:	August 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
2012-05 - Adoption of Rule 3.616 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	February 1, 2012
	Comment period expiration:	May 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Janet Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan (04/30/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
	Note:	Amendment adopted February 1, 2012, effective April 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-33 - Proposed Adoption of New Rule 3.220 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan Executive Committee (03/29/12)
	Carol F. Breitmeyer, Court Rules Chair, Family Law Council (03/29/12)
	James J. Harrington III (3/30/12)
	Ronald M. Bookholder (03/30/12)
	Carlo J. Martina, P.C. (4/20/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
2006-04 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.204 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Sheldon G. Larky (12//30/11)
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
	Steven M. Willis (03/29/12)
	David G. Case (04/02/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (04/02/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
2010-32 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.210 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012
	Comments:
	The Honorable Elwood L. Brown, Probate Judge, Family Division, St. Clair County (12/27/11)
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
	Hon. Kathleen A. Feeney, 17th Judicial Circuit Court (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan Executive Committee (03/29/12)
	Connie Thacker, Chair, Family Law Section & Family Law Council (received 4/19/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
2006-47 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 1.109, 2.107, 2.113, 2.114, 2.518, 3.001, 3.101, 3.218, 3.800, 3.901, 3.903, 3.930, 4.001, 5.101, 5.113, 5.731, 6.007, 8.108, and 8.119 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 4, 2012; click here to see order extending comment period
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012 (for all proposed amendments except MCR 1.109[D], for which the comment period expired April 1, 2012)
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012 (by order dated April 4, 2012, the comment period was extended for all proposals except MCR 1.109[D])
	Comments:
	Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
	The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
	The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
	Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/28/12)
	Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
	The Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
	Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland County Probate Court (03/30/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
	Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
	Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
	Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
	Hon. Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (4/23/12)
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
2004-55 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.211 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	September 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	January 1, 2012
	Comments:
	The Honorable Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (11/08/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan (Board of Commissioners) (12/19/11)
	Public hearing:	January 25, 2012
	Action	Amendment adopted by order dated February 1, 2012, effective My 1, 2012 (posted above)
2008-18 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.501 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (02/25/11)
	Lance C. Young, Law Office of Lance C. Young (03/30/11)
	Jason J. Thompson, Law Offices Sommers Schwartz PC (03/31/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (04/01/11)
	Public hearing:	May 11, 2011
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated May 17, 2011, posted above)
2010-17 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.707 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	February 1, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	June 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (02/25/11)
	Donovan J. Visser, Visser and Associates, PLLC (03/07/11)
	Benjamin L. Cwayna, The Law Office of Benjamin L. Cwayna, PLLC (04/27/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (05/19/11)
	Co-Chairs Judge David A. Hoort and Gretchen A. Schlaff, Criminal Jurisprudence and Practice Committee (05/26/11)
	Hon. Kenneth L. Tacoma, President, Michigan Probate Judges Association (06/08/11)
	Public hearing:	September 28, 2011
	Action	Amendment adopted by order dated October 6, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-36 - Amendment of Rule 3.705 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	February 1, 2011
	Effective:	Immediately, but comment period open
	Comment period expiration:	June 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (02/25/11)
	Public Hearing:	September 28, 2011
	Action:	Order entered October 6, 2011 to retain the amendment adopted February 1, 2011 (posted above)
2011-04 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.911 and Rule 3.915 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	March 22, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	July 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Susan Dehncke, Attorney/Mediator (03/25/11)
	Keith Robinson, Chief Ass't Prosecuting Attorney (04/20/11)
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (04/29/11)
	Robert H. Golden, Law Offices Golden & Kunz (05/18/11)
	Paul Jacokes, President, and Shelley R. Spivack, Vice-President, Referees Association of Michigan (05/24/11)
	Hon. Kenneth L. Tacoma, President, Michigan Probate Judges Association (06/08/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (06/28/11)
	Elizabeth Warner, Attorney (06/29/11)
	Public Hearing:	September 28, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated October 6, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
District Court
2006-47 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 1.109, 2.107, 2.113, 2.114, 2.518, 3.001, 3.101, 3.218, 3.800, 3.901, 3.903, 3.930, 4.001, 5.101, 5.113, 5.731, 6.007, 8.108, and 8.119 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 4, 2012; click here to see order extending comment period
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012 (for all proposed amendments except MCR 1.109[D], for which the comment period expired April 1, 2012)
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012 (by order dated April 4, 2012, the comment period was extended for all proposals except MCR 1.109[D])
	Comments:
	Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
	The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
	The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
	Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/28/12)
	Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
	The Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
	Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland County Probate Court (03/30/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
	Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
	Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
	Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
	Hon. Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (4/23/12)
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
Probate Court
2011-30 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 5.801, 7.102, 7.103, 7.108, and Rule 7.109 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	February 1, 2012
	Comment period expiration:	May 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Joint Submission Letter on Behalf of the Court of Appeals Rules Committee, Michigan Judges Association, Michigan Probate Judges Association, and Council of the Probate & Estate Planning Section (12/09/11) (posted at the request of the Probate & Estate Planning Council)
	Attorney Allan Falk (03/02/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Liisa Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section, Michigan State Bar (04/27/12)
	Marlaine Teahan, Probate & Estates Planning Section, Michigan State Bar (05/01/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
2006-47 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 1.109, 2.107, 2.113, 2.114, 2.518, 3.001, 3.101, 3.218, 3.800, 3.901, 3.903, 3.930, 4.001, 5.101, 5.113, 5.731, 6.007, 8.108, and 8.119 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 4, 2012; click here to see order extending comment period
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012 (for all proposed amendments except MCR 1.109[D], for which the comment period expired April 1, 2012)
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012 (by order dated April 4, 2012, the comment period was extended for all proposals except MCR 1.109[D])
	Comments:
	Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
	The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
	The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
	Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/28/12)
	Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
	The Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
	Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland County Probate Court (03/30/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
	Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
	Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
	Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
	Hon. Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (4/23/12)
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
2009-29 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 5.208 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Sandra F. Marshall, Legal Assistant O'Reilly Rancilio PC (01/21/11)
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (02/03/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (04/01/11)
	Chair Douglas G. Chalgian, Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan (03/03/11)
	Public hearing:	May 11, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated May 17, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above)
Criminal Procedure
2010-34 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.519 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	May 2, 2012
	Comment period expires:	September 1, 2012
2006-47 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 1.109, 2.107, 2.113, 2.114, 2.518, 3.001, 3.101, 3.218, 3.800, 3.901, 3.903, 3.930, 4.001, 5.101, 5.113, 5.731, 6.007, 8.108, and 8.119 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 4, 2012; click here to see order extending comment period
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012 (for all proposed amendments except MCR 1.109[D], for which the comment period expired April 1, 2012)
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012 (by order dated April 4, 2012, the comment period was extended for all proposals except MCR 1.109[D])
	Comments:
	Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
	The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
	The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
	Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/28/12)
	Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
	The Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
	Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland County Probate Court (03/30/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
	Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
	Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
	Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
	Hon. Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (4/23/12)
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
2010-20 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.302 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	September 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	January 1, 2012
	Comments:
	The Honorable Michael W LaBeau, Chief Circuit Judge, 38th Judicial Circuit (09/30/11)
	The Honorable David A. Hogg, Chief Judge, 84th District Court (10/05/11)
	The Honorable Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (11/08/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek and Managing Attorney Anne Yantus (State Appellate Defender Office) (12/20/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan (Board of Commissioners) (12/21/11)
	Public hearing:	January 25, 2012
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated March 7, 2012, posted above)
2010-15 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.005 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	September 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	January 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Joseph B. Finnerty, Chief, Appellate Division, Ingham County Prosecuting Attorney (09/29/11)
	Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, Kent County Prosecutor (09/30/11)
	The Honorable Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (11/08/11)
	Nick Vendittelli (11/21/11)
	Lawrence S. Katz (11/22/11)
	Gary David Strauss (11/29/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan (Board of Commissioners) (12/19/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek and Prescreening Attorney Meredith Krause (State Appellate Defender Office) (12/20/11)
	Chair Liisa R. Speaker, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Michigan (12/23/11)
	Lawrence J. Bunting (12/27/11)
	Patrick K. Ehlmann (12/29/11)
	Public hearing:	January 25, 2012
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated February 1, 2012, effective May 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-14 - Proposed Adoption of New Rule 6.202 of the Michigan Court Rules
Attachment: Draft Certificate
	Issued:	July 7, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	November 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Sheldon G. Larky, Mediator and Arbitrator (07/11/11)
	Director John M. Collins, Forensic Science Division, Michigan State Police (10/11/11)
	J. Kevin McKay, Court Administrator, 63rd District Court (10/12/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (10/28/11)
	Michael J. Nichols, Attorney, The Nichols Law Firm, PLLC (10/31/11)
	John A. Shea, Co-Chair, Rules and Laws Committee, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (11/01/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan Executive Committee (11/03/11)
	Larry Burdick, President, Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (11/07/11)
	The Honorable Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (11/08/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
2010-13 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.001 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	June 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	October 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Robert S. Whims, Smith & Johnson, Attorneys, P.C. (08/08/11)
	Paul M. Hughes, Esq. (08/08/11)
	Dianne M. Longoria, Attorney at Law PLC (08/08/11)
	Paul C. Youngs, Esq. (08/08/11)
	Joanne V. Adam, Attorney (08/08/11)
	Michael G. Walsh, Attorney (08/08/11)
	Dean Valente, Attorney (08/14/11)
	Stuart G. Friedman, Attorney (08/04/11)
	Executive Director Kary L. Moss and ACLU Cooperating Attorney Ken Mogill (ACLU of Michigan) (09/06/11)
	Attorney Floyd P. Kloc (09/08/11)
	Chief of Research, Training & Appeals Timothy Baughman (Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney) (09/13/11)
	Chief Appellate Attorney Timothy K. McMorrow, Kent County Prosecutor's Office (09/15/11)
	Attorney Kenneth M. Mogill, Mogill, Posner & Cohen (09/16/11)
	Chief of Research, Training & Appeals Timothy Baughman (Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney) (09/20/11)
	Attorney Christine M. Grand (09/20/11)
	Attorney Catherine Omeara (09/21/11)
	Hoyt P. Spicer (09/21/11)
	Attorney Issa G Haddad (09/21/11)
	Attorney Paula Ramsey (09/21/11)
	Attorney Melvin Houston (09/22/11)
	Attorney Eileen R. Scheff (09/23/11)
	Attorney Wendy Barnwell (09/25/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (09/27/11)
	Attorney Craig A. Daly and Attorney Samuel J. Churikian (09/22/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan Executive Committee (09/30/11)
	Co-Chair John A. Shea, Rules and Laws Committee, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (09/30/11)
	President John F. Royal, Vice-President Julie Hurwitz, and Desiree Ferguson, Chairperson, Michigan/Detroit National Lawyers Guild Committee on the Michigan Court Rules (09/30/11)
	Attorney Susan K. Rock (10/01/11)
	Judge Terry L. Clark, President, Michigan District Judges Association (10/03/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated December 8, 2011, posted above)
2010-16 - Proposed Amendments of Rules 6.302 and 6.610 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	June 30, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	October 1, 2010
	Comments:
	Honorable David A. Hogg, Chief Judge, 84th District Court (07/02/10)
	Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training, and Appeals, Wayne County (09/15/10)
	J. Kevin McKay, Vice-President and President-Elect, Michigan Association of District Court Magistrates (09/28/10)
	Jim Neuhard, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (09/30/10)
	Aaron W. Todd, Chief Counsel, Department of Homeland Security - Immigration and Customs Enforcement (09/21/10)
	Margaret Sind Raben, CDAM Rules and Laws Committee (09/30/10)
	Cynthia M. Nunez, Walker & Associates of Michigan, P.C. (09/30/10)
	John Hammond (10/03/10)
	John F. Royal, President; Julie Hurwitz, Vice-President; Cynthia Heenan, Treasurer; Elisa Gomez, Secretary; and Desiree Ferguson, Chairperson, Michigan/Detroit NLG Committee on the Michigan Court Rules (10/01/10)
	Richard Hammer, Chairperson, Rules Committee, Michigan District Judges Association (09/30/10)
	Honorable David Hoort, Co-Chair and Gretchen Schlaff, Co-Chair, State Bar of Michigan-Criminal Jurisprudence & Practice Committee (10/07/10)
	Frank D. Eaman, Co-chair, and Martin P. Krohner, Co-chair, Criminal Issues Initiative, State Bar of Michigan (10/07/10)
	Honorable James Alexander, President, MIchigan Judges Association (10/25/10)
	Honorable Michael Warren, Chief Judge, Sixth Judicial Circuit Court (11/02/10)
	Public hearing:	January 26, 2011
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated May 16, 2012, posted above)
2009-19 - Proposed Amendments of Rules 6.425, 6.502, 7.204, and 7.205 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 27, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	August 1, 2010
	Comments:
	Stuart G. Friedman (06/08/10)
	F. Martin Tieber, Rules and Laws Committee, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (07/27/10) Supplement: 07/30/10
	Opolla Brown, Chairman, Criminal Law Section, State Bar of Michigan (07/28/10)
	James W. Burdick, Burdick Law, P.C. (07/29/10)
	Thomas W. Cranmer and Matthew F. Leitman, Miller Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (07/29/10)
	David A. Moran, Michigan Innocence Clinic, University of Michigan Law School (07/29/10)
	Bridget McCormack, Michigan Innocence Clinic, University of Michigan Law School (07/29/10)
	Janet Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan (07/30/10)
	John A. Smietanka, Smietanka, Buckleitner, Steffes & Gezon (07/30/10)
	James R. Neuhard, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (07/30/10)
	James R. Neuhard, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (comment specific to proposed amendment of Rule 6.502) (07/30/10)
	Mike Cox, Attorney General (07/30/10)
	Honorable Timothy M. Kenny, Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, Third Circuit Court (07/30/10)
	James S. Lawrence (07/30/10)
	Thomas M. Harp, Administrator, Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System (07/30/10)
	William J. Vailliencourt, Jr. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Livingston County (07/29/10)
	Harold and Elizabeth Budry (08/06/10)
	Honorable Elizabeth L. Gleicher, Chair, Rules Committee, Michigan Court of Appeals (08/11/10)
	Christina A. Ginter, Chair, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Practice Section (08/18/10)
	Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training, and Appeals (08/24/10)
	Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training, and Appeals (09/14/10)
	Roberto Guzman (09/20/10)
	Raymond C. Walen, Jr. (09/21/10)
	Arthur L. Campbell (09/24/10)
	James L. Howard (11/18/10)
	William M. Worden, Sr. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Eaton County Prosecutor's Office (11/23/10)
	Jennifer Kay Clark, Office of Susan K. Mladenoff, Calhoun County Prosecuting Attorney (11/29/10)
	Public hearing held:	September 15, 2010
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated June 2, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above)
2008-28 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.005 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Timothy A. Baughman, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (03/03/11)
	Chair Megan K. Cavanagh, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Practice Section Council (03/17/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (03/31/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (03/31/11)
	Public hearing:	May 11, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated May 17, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above)
2005-19 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 2.512, 2.513, 2.514, 2.515, 2.516, and 6.414 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	July 11, 2006
	Comment period expiration:	November 1, 2006
	To view comments:	Click here>>
	Public hearing held:	January 17, 2007
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated June 29, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above)
	Further action:	Order amended on July 6, 2011 (posted above)
Appellate Rules
2011-10 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.118 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	May 2, 212
	Comment period expires:	September 1, 2012
2011-30 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 5.801, 7.102, 7.103, 7.108, and Rule 7.109 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	February 1, 2012
	Comment period expiration:	May 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Joint Submission Letter on Behalf of the Court of Appeals Rules Committee, Michigan Judges Association, Michigan Probate Judges Association, and Council of the Probate & Estate Planning Section (12/09/11) (posted at the request of the Probate & Estate Planning Council)
	Attorney Allan Falk (03/02/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Liisa Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section, Michigan State Bar (04/27/12)
	Marlaine Teahan, Probate & Estates Planning Section, Michigan State Bar (05/01/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
2010-26 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.210 and Rule 7.212 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	November 10, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	March 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Cheryl Siler, Esq., Rules Department Manager, ADERANT (01/20/12)
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
	Janet Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (03/01/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/01/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (03/21/12)
	Public hearing:	March 28, 2012
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated April 4, 2012, effective September 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-25 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.210 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	October 20, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	February 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Kathryn Griffin, President, Michigan Association of Circuit Court Administrators (11/29/11)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, SADO (01/27/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan (State Bar Board of Commissioners) (02/01/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (State Bar of Michigan) (02/01/12)
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
	Hon. Michael Warren, on behalf of the 6th Judicial Circuit Judges (03/27/12)
	Public hearing:	March 28, 2012
2010-19 - Proposed Amendment of Subchapter 7.100 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	June 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	October 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Victoria Katz, Esq., CompuLaw LLC (08/17/11)
	Patrick Kinney, Alger Correctional Facility (09/07/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (10/30/11)
	Assistant City Attorney Kristen Rewa, City of Grand Rapids (09/30/11)
	Attorney Frank J. Greco (09/30/11)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Practice Section (10/31/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
	Action	Amendment adopted by order dated December 8, 2011, effective May 1, 2012 (posted above)
2008-36 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.202 of the Michigan Court Rules and Proposed Adoption of Administrative Order No. 2011-XX
	Issued:	June 14, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	October 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Attorney Floyd P. Kloc (09/08/11)
	Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals Timothy A. Baughman, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (09/26/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (09/26/11)
	Attorney General Bill Schuette (09/29/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (09/30/11)
	Past President F. Martin Tieber, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (09/30/11)
	Judge David A. Hoort and Gretchen A. Schlaff, Co-Chairs, Criminal Jurisprudence & Practice Committee (11/03/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated December 8, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-05 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 2.112, 7.206, and 7.213 of the MIchigan Court Rules
	Issued:	December 21, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Legislative Commission on Statutory Mandates (02/03/11)
	Attorney General Bill Schuette (02/15/11)
	Judge Elizabeth Gleicher, Chair, Court of Appeals Rules Committee (03/29/11)
	Chair Megan K. Cavanagh, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Practice Section Council (03/24/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (04/01/11)
	Thomas Mullaney, President Michigan Association of Counties (05/09/11)
	Executive Director & CEO Daniel P. Gilmartin, Michigan Municipal League (04/26/11)
	Executive Director G. Lawrence Merrill, Michigan Townships Association (05/02/11)
	Michigan Association of School Administrators, Michigan Association of School Boards, Michigan School Business Officials, and Middle Cities Education Association (05/05/11)
	Public hearing:	May 11, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated November 10, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2009-19 - Proposed Amendments of Rules 6.425, 6.502, 7.204, and 7.205 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 27, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	August 1, 2010
	Comments:
	Stuart G. Friedman (06/08/10)
	F. Martin Tieber, Rules and Laws Committee, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (07/27/10) Supplement: 07/30/10
	Opolla Brown, Chairman, Criminal Law Section, State Bar of Michigan (07/28/10)
	James W. Burdick, Burdick Law, P.C. (07/29/10)
	Thomas W. Cranmer and Matthew F. Leitman, Miller Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (07/29/10)
	David A. Moran, Michigan Innocence Clinic, University of Michigan Law School (07/29/10)
	Bridget McCormack, Michigan Innocence Clinic, University of Michigan Law School (07/29/10)
	Janet Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan (07/30/10)
	John A. Smietanka, Smietanka, Buckleitner, Steffes & Gezon (07/30/10)
	James R. Neuhard, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (07/30/10)
	James R. Neuhard, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (comment specific to proposed amendment of Rule 6.502) (07/30/10)
	Mike Cox, Attorney General (07/30/10)
	Honorable Timothy M. Kenny, Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, Third Circuit Court (07/30/10)
	James S. Lawrence (07/30/10)
	Thomas M. Harp, Administrator, Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System (07/30/10)
	William J. Vailliencourt, Jr. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Livingston County (07/29/10)
	Harold and Elizabeth Budry (08/06/10)
	Honorable Elizabeth L. Gleicher, Chair, Rules Committee, Michigan Court of Appeals (08/11/10)
	Christina A. Ginter, Chair, State Bar of Michigan Appellate Practice Section (08/18/10)
	Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training, and Appeals (08/24/10)
	Timothy A. Baughman, Chief, Research, Training, and Appeals (09/14/10)
	Roberto Guzman (09/20/10)
	Raymond C. Walen, Jr. (09/21/10)
	Arthur L. Campbell (09/24/10)
	James L. Howard (11/18/10)
	William M. Worden, Sr. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Eaton County Prosecutor's Office (11/23/10)
	Jennifer Kay Clark, Office of Susan K. Mladenoff, Calhoun County Prosecuting Attorney (11/29/10)
	Public hearing held:	September 15, 2010
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated June 2, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above)
Administrative Rules of Court
2012-03 - Proposed Adoption of Rule 1.111 and Rule 8.127 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	May 2, 2012
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Christopher B. Vreeland (05/03/12)
	Public Hearing:	To be scheduled
2006-47 - Proposed Amendment of Rules 1.109, 2.107, 2.113, 2.114, 2.518, 3.001, 3.101, 3.218, 3.800, 3.901, 3.903, 3.930, 4.001, 5.101, 5.113, 5.731, 6.007, 8.108, and 8.119 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	April 4, 2012; click here to see order extending comment period
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2012 (for all proposed amendments except MCR 1.109[D], for which the comment period expired April 1, 2012)
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012 (by order dated April 4, 2012, the comment period was extended for all proposals except MCR 1.109[D])
	Comments:
	Rebekah Mason Visconti, Office of Legal Services Director, Department of Human Services (02/08/12)
	The Honorable Susan M. Moiseev, the Honorable Shelia R. Johnson, and the Honorable Bill Richards, 46th District Court (03/22/12)
	The Honorable Kirk Tabbey, 14A District Court (03/22/12)
	Dave Walsh, President, Southeast Michigan Court Administration Association (03/26/12)
	The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/28/12)
	Legal Aid Attorneys (03/29/12)
	The Honorable Milton L. Mack, Jr. (03/29/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, Executive Committee State Bar of Michigan (03/29/12)
	Rebecca A. Schnelz, Probate Court Administrator, and Jill Koney Daly, Probate Register, Oakland County Probate Court (03/30/12)
	Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (04/01/12)
	Patrick M. Clawson (04/02/12)
	Jeff Kirkpatrick, Director Legislative Affairs (for Michigan Court Officers, Deputy Sheriffs and Process Servers' Association) (04/02/12)
	Tabitha Wedge, MCAA President (for Michigan Court Administration Association) (04/02/12)
	Hon. Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (4/23/12)
	Public hearing:	To be scheduled
2006-38 - Proposed Amendments of Subchapter 9.100 et seq. and Rules 8.110 and 8.120 of the Michigan Court Rules
Comparison of Current Rules, SBM Workgroup, and Proposed AGC Rules (NOTE: 121 pages) Memorandum From Robert Agacinski, Janet Welch Regarding Proposed Revisions to Chapter 9 of the Michigan Court Rules (Dated: April 7, 2010)
	Issued:	November 1, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	March 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (02/03/11)
	Executive Director and General Counsel Paul J. Fischer, Judicial Tenure Commission (02/01/11)
	Kenneth M. Mogill, Mogill, Posner & Cohen (02/14/11)
	Chairperson William J. Danhof, Attorney Discipline Board (02/24/11)
	Acting Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (02/25/11)
	Grievance Administrator Robert L. Agacinski, on his own behalf (02/25/11)
	Assistant Deputy Administrator Cynthia C. Bullington, Attorney Grievance Commission (02/28/11)
	Joint Letter from Executive Director John F. Van Bolt (Attorney Discipline Board) and from Grievance Administrator Robert L. Agacinski (Attorney Grievance Commission) (02/28/11)
	John J. Ronayne, III (Bernardi, Ronayne & Glusac) (02/28/11)
	Bruce Witkowski (MBP Id #A246976) (02/28/11)
	Bruce Witkowski (MBP Id #A246976) (03/07/11)
	Legal and Policy Director Thomas M. Gordon, Consumers for a Responsive Legal System (03/01/11)
	Chester E. Kasiborski, Jr. (03/01/11)
	Co-Chair Margaret Sind Raben, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (03/02/11)
	Attorney William B. Dunn (02/28/11)
	Public hearing:	March 30, 2011
	Action:	Amendments adopted April 19, 2011 (see above)
Professional Disciplinary Proceedings
2011-03 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 9.113 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	May 2, 2012
	Comment period expires:	September 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Cynthia C.Bullington, Attorney Grievance Commission (05/08/12)
	Public Hearing:
2006-38 - Proposed Amendments of Subchapter 9.100 et seq. and Rules 8.110 and 8.120 of the Michigan Court Rules
Comparison of Current Rules, SBM Workgroup, and Proposed AGC Rules (NOTE: 121 pages) Memorandum From Robert Agacinski, Janet Welch Regarding Proposed Revisions to Chapter 9 of the Michigan Court Rules (Dated: April 7, 2010)
	Issued:	November 1, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	March 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (02/03/11)
	Executive Director and General Counsel Paul J. Fischer, Judicial Tenure Commission (02/01/11)
	Kenneth M. Mogill, Mogill, Posner & Cohen (02/14/11)
	Chairperson William J. Danhof, Attorney Discipline Board (02/24/11)
	Acting Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (02/25/11)
	Grievance Administrator Robert L. Agacinski, on his own behalf (02/25/11)
	Assistant Deputy Administrator Cynthia C. Bullington, Attorney Grievance Commission (02/28/11)
	Joint Letter from Executive Director John F. Van Bolt (Attorney Discipline Board) and from Grievance Administrator Robert L. Agacinski (Attorney Grievance Commission) (02/28/11)
	John J. Ronayne, III (Bernardi, Ronayne & Glusac) (02/28/11)
	Bruce Witkowski (MBP Id #A246976) (02/28/11)
	Bruce Witkowski (MBP Id #A246976) (03/07/11)
	Legal and Policy Director Thomas M. Gordon, Consumers for a Responsive Legal System (03/01/11)
	Chester E. Kasiborski, Jr. (03/01/11)
	Co-Chair Margaret Sind Raben, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (03/02/11)
	Attorney William B. Dunn (02/28/11)
	Public hearing:	March 30, 2011
	Action:	Amendments adopted April 19, 2011 (see above)
Other
2010-31 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 5 of the Rules for the Board of Law Examiners
	Issued:	December 21, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Sheldon G. Larky (12/27/11)
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
	W. Brad Groom, Parmenter O'Toole (03/16/12)
	Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan Executive Committee (03/29/12)
	Public hearing:	May 16, 2012
2010-22 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.3 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
	Issued:	December 2, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	March 1, 2012
	Comments:
	Connie R.Thacker, Chair, Family Law Council, Family Law Section, State Bar of Michigan (12/05/11)
	Judith O'Donnell, Attorney (member of Family Law Section) (12/07/11)
	Monika Holzer Sacks, Attorney, Nichols, Sacks, Slank, Sendelbach & Buiteweg, P.C. (12/08/11)
	John F. Mills, Attorney, Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett, P.C. (12/08/11)
	Kristen L. Robinson, Attorney, Mellin Robinson, P.C. (12/09/11)
	Kenneth E. Prather, Sr. (12/09/11)
	B. Andrew Rifkin, Attorney, The Law Firm of John F. Schaefer, PLLC (12/12/11)
	Carlo J. Martina, P.C. (12/13/11)
	Robert Z. Feldstein (12/14/11)
	Anne Cole Pierce, President (American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Michigan Chapter) (12/15/11)
	Timothy T. Fryhoff (12/16/11)
	Sheldon G. Larky (12/30/11)
	Ryan M. O'Neil and Mark E. Crane, Attorneys, Mark E. Crane, PLLC (01/13/12)
	Ronald F. Graham, Attorney, Law Offices of Condit, McGarry, Schloff & Graham (01/13/12)
	Gerald P. Cavellier, Attorney, Hertz Schram PC (01/14/12)
	Irika N. Mellin, Attorney, Mellin Robinson, P.C. (01/16/12)
	Gail M. Towne, Attorney, Lennon, Miller, O'Connor & Bartosiewicz, PLC (01/24/12)
	Amy A. Yu, Attorney, Law Office of Amy Yu, P.C. (01/25/12)
	Steven M. Gursten, Attorney, Michigan Auto Law (Gursten, Koltonow, Gursten, Christensen & Raitt, PC) (01/31/12)
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
	Amy M. Spilman, Alexander, Eisenberg & Spilman, PLLC (02/09/12)
	Eden Allyn, Allyn Smith Law Group, P.C. (02/09/12)
	Merrill Gordon, Merrill Gordon P.C. (02/27/12)
	Rebecca E. Shiemke, Attorney, Michigan Poverty Law Program (02/29/12)
	Cynthia C. Bullington, Assistant Deputy, Attorney Grievance Commission (02/29/12)
	John W. Allen, Attorney, Varnum (03/01/12)
	James J. Harrington, III, Attorney, Law Offices of James J. Harrington III, PLC (03/01/12)
	Domestic Violence Committee, State Bar of Michigan (Public Policy Position) (03/05/12)
	Hon. Richard Halloran, Wayne County Circuit Court (03/25/12)
	Public hearing:	March 28, 2012
2010-12 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 606 of the Michigan Rules of Evidence and Proposed Amendment of Rule 2.512 of the Michigan Court Rules
	Issued:	June 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	October 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Allan Falk (08-14-11)
	Stuart Fenton (08/23/11)
	Attorney Floyd P. Kloc (09/08/11)
	Chief of Research, Training & Appeals Timothy A. Baughman (Office of the Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney) (09/13/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (09/27/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (09/30/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order (amending MRE 606) dated December 22, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2008-36 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.202 of the Michigan Court Rules and Proposed Adoption of Administrative Order No. 2011-XX
	Issued:	June 14, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	October 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Attorney Floyd P. Kloc (09/08/11)
	Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals Timothy A. Baughman, Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney (09/26/11)
	Director Dawn Van Hoek, State Appellate Defender Office (09/26/11)
	Attorney General Bill Schuette (09/29/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, Executive Committee of the State Bar of Michigan (09/30/11)
	Past President F. Martin Tieber, Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan (09/30/11)
	Judge David A. Hoort and Gretchen A. Schlaff, Co-Chairs, Criminal Jurisprudence & Practice Committee (11/03/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated December 8, 2011, effective January 1, 2012 (posted above)
2010-07 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 1.5 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
	Issued:	May 3, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	September 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Judge Elwood Brown (05/13/11)
	Attorney Steven Gursten, Michigan Auto Law (05/18/11)
	Attorney John H. Bredell (05/24/11)
	Mark S. Farrell (05/26/11)
	Jaron P. Thompson (06/13/11)
	David E. Christensen, Chairman, Negligence Section Council, State Bar of Michigan (08/01/11)
	Allison Isbey (08/24/11)
	Attorney Eric Steinberg (08/25/11)
	Attorney David S. Mittleman, Church Wyble PC (08/25/11)
	Attorney Richard L. Warsh (08/26/11)
	Attorney Paul E. Shibley, Fielstra Shibley, P.C. (08/26/11)
	Attorney Jules B. Olsman, Olsman, Mueller, Wallace & MacKenzie PC (08/26/11)
	President Michael J. Behm, Michigan Association for Justice (08/28/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan (Board of Commissioners) (08/29/11)
	Attorney John P. Jacobs, Jacobs and Diemer PC (08/29/11)
	Attorney Tim Sulolli, Goodman Acker, PC (08/30/11)
	Attorney Lawrence J. Schloss (08/30/11)
	Attorney Mark J. Bernstein, The Sam Bernstein Law Firm, PLLC (08/31/11)
	Attorney Michael B. Serling, Michael B. Serling, PC (08/31/11)
	Attorney Robert P. Siemion, Siemion Huckabay, PC (08/31/11)
	Attorney Kenneth K. Wright, PLC (08/31/11)
	Attorney George A. Googasian, PC (08/31/11)
	Attorney Thomas W. Waun, Waun & Parillo, PLLC (09/01/11)
	Attorney Richard McLellan, McLellan Law Offices PLLC (09/01/11)
	Attorney Richard C. Clark (09/02/11)
	Public hearing:	September 28, 2011
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated October 6, 2011, posted above)
2010-18 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 6.1 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
	Issued:	August 11, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	December 1, 2010
	Comments:
	Janet Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan (08/18/10)
	Thomas B. North (10/27/10)
	Honorable James Alexander, President, Michigan Judges Association (10/25/10)
	Jay R. Drick (10/28/10)
	Robert F. Gillett, Legal Services of South Central Michigan (11/09/10)
	Craig A. Mutch, Managing Member, Miller Johnson (11/16/10)
	Stephen N. Zack, President, American Bar Association (11/18/10)
	Michael Chielens and Ann Routt, Co-Chairs, Legal Services Association of Michigan (11/22/10)
	Thomas W. Linn, Chairman Emeritus and Chair of Pro Bono Committee, Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C. (11/24/10)
	Amy Timmer, Professor and Associate Dean, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (11/30/10)
	John Nussbaumer, Professor and Associate Dean, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (11/29/10)
	Lloyd A. Semple, Dean and Professor of Law, University of Detroit Mercy (11/22/10)
	Dennis W. Archer, Dennis W. Archer, PLLC (11/24/10)
	James Harrington and Anne Argiroff, Co-Chairs, Court Rules Committee, Family Law Council, State Bar of Michigan (11/30/10)
	Honorable Denise Page Hood, United States District Judge-Eastern District (11/29/10)
	Michael L. Pitt, Pitt McGehee Palmer Rivers & Golden (11/30/10)
	E. Christopher Johnson, Jr., Associate Professor, Thomas M. Cooley Law School (11/30/10)
	Evan H. Caminker, Dean and Branch Rickey Collegiate Professor (12/01/10)
	Rex E. Schlaybaugh, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dykema Gossett PLLC (12/01/10)
	William T. Burgess, Chief Executive Officer, Dickinson Wright PLLC (11/29/10)
	Rick A. Haberman, Dickinson Wright PLLC (11/30/10)
	Public hearing held:	January 26, 2011
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated October 6, 2011, posted above)
2010-08 - (Proposed Administrative Order No. 2010-X) - Proposal to Rescind Administrative Order No. 2003-7 and Adopt Administrative Order No. 2010-X (Caseflow Management Guidelines)
	Issued:	March 22, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	July 1, 2010
	Comments:
	Honorable James Alexander, President, Michigan Judges Association (04/29/10)
	Honorable Jonathan E. Lauderbach, Chief Judge, and Honorable Michael J. Beale, Circuit Judge, 42nd Circuit Court (04/14/10)
	Honorable Donald E. Shelton, Chief Judge and Honorable Darlene A. O'Brien, Washtenaw County Trial Court (06/09/10)
	Susan L. Dobrich, President, Michigan Probate Judges Association (06/28/10)
	Robert A. Ficano, Wayne County Executive and Benny N. Napoleon, Wayne County Sheriff (06/29/10)
	James J. Harrington III, Recording Secretary & Chair Family Law Council Court Rules/Ethics Committee, State Bar of Michigan (06/30/10)      Criminal Jurisprudence & Practice Committee
	Elizabeth R. Kocab, General Counsel, Third Judicial Circuit (07/01/10)
	Honorable Linda S. Hallmark, Honorable Eugene Arthur Moore, Honorable Daniel A. O'Brien, and Honorable Elizabeth Pezzetti, Oakland County Probate Court (06/03/10)
	Honorable Kathleen A. Feeney, 17th Judicial Circuit Court Judge (06/30/10)
	Jim Neuhard, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (06/30/10)
	Richard Hammer, Chairperson, Rules Committee, Michigan District Judges Association (07/30/10)
	Janet Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan (07/01/10)
	Honorable Michael P. Higgins, 40th Judicial Circuit Court (12/16/10)
	Public hearing held:	September 15, 2010
	Action:	Adoption of Administrative Order No. 2011-3 and Rescission of Administrative Order No. 2003-7 adopted by order dated August 17, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above and below)
2009-20 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 3 of the Rules Concerning the State Bar of Michigan and Rule 8 of the Rules for the Board of Law Examiners
	Issued:	December 21, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	April 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Cynthia Bullington, on behalf of ACG (01/03/11)
	Michael J. Thomas (03/26/11)
	Public hearing:	May 11, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated May 17, 2011, effective September 1, 2011 (posted above)
2002-24 - Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.3 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct    [Rescinded]
	Issued:	July 13, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	November 1, 2010
	Comments:
	Robert H. Golden, Golden and Kunz (07/16/10)
	John A. Braden (07/29/10)
	Steven J. Matz, Matz & Pietsch, P.C. (08/06/10)
	Peter R. Tochman, Law Offices of Peter R. Tochman (10/18/10)
	David E. Christensen, Chairperson, State Bar of Michigan, Negligence Law Section (10/27/10)
	Robert Hoff, Hoff Advocacy Group of Michigan, PLC (10/27/10)
	William Josh Ard (11/01/10)
	Honorable James Alexander, President, Michigan Judges Association (10/25/10)
	Stanley H. Pitts, Chair, Standing Committee on Professional Ethics, State Bar of Michigan (11/10/10)
	Cynthia Bullington, on behalf of AGC (01/07/11)
	Michael W. Hartmann, CEO, Miller Canfield, Paddock and Stone, PLC (07/06/11)
	George G. Kemsley, Bodman PLC (07/12/11)
	Public hearing:	January 26, 2011
	Action:	Amendment adopted by order dated May 19, 2011, effective September 1, 2011
		Order entered May 19, 2011 was rescinded by Order dated July 19, 2011
Rescission of Amendment of Rule 7.3 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct and Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.3 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
	Issued:	July 19, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	November 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Mathew Kobliska, Attorney & Mediator (07/20/11)
	Curtis J. DeRoo, Kerr, Russell and Weber, PLC (07/21/11)
	Jeffery L. Fanto, Attorney & Counselor (07/22/11)
	Peter R. Tochman, Law Offices of Peter R. Tochman (07/22/11)
	Sheldon G. Larky, Mediator & Arbitrator (07/28/11)
	Brian Longman, Frank R. Langton & Associates (08/03/11)
	Steven M. Gursten, Michigan Auto Law (Gursten, Koltonow, Gursten, Christensen & Raitt, PC) (08/08/11)
	George W. Gregory, Attorney (08/09/11)
	Dawn Sneden, Probate Paralegal/Legal Assistant (08/18/11)
	George W. Gregory, Attorney (09/20/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, State Bar of Michigan (09/22/11)
	Michael W. Hartmann, CEO, on behalf of Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C (10/17/11)
	Steven C. Kohl, Attorney, on behalf of Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP (10/18/11)
	Willliam Josh Ard, Attorney (10/22/11)
	Mark A. Stern, Attorney, on behalf of Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP (10/26/11)
	Samuel H. Pietsch, P.C., Attorney, Matz & Pietsch, P.C. (10/26/11)
	George G. Kemsley, General Counsel for Bodman PLC (10/26/11)
	Steven J. Matz, Attorney (10/28/11)
	George W. Gregory, Chairperson, Council of the Probate and Estate Planning Section of the State Bar of Michigan (10/31/11) Attachment (11/01/11)
	Teresa S. Decker, General Counsel, Varnum LLP (10/31/11)
	Comments from two student groups at Widener University School of Law, Wilimington, Delaware: Students 1 (10/31/11) Students 2 (10/31/11)
	John W. Allen for himself (11/01/11)
	Steven A. Heisler, Attorney (11/01/11)
	Public hearing:	November 30, 2011
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated December 8, 2011, posted above)
2011-05 - Proposed Amendments of Rules 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16, 1.17, 3.2, 4.1, 4.3, 5.2, and 8.4 of the Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct
	Issued:	March 22, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	July 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Assistant Deputy Administrator Cynthia Bullington, on behalf of the Grievance Administrator, Attorney Grievance Commission (06/27/11)
	John W. Allen, Attorney (06/29/11)
	General Counsel Mark A. Stern, Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP (07/01/11)
	William B. Dunn, Attorney (06/28/11)
	Executive Director John F. Van Bolt and Deputy Director Mark A. Armitage, on behalf of the Attorney Discipline Board (07/01/11)
	Executive Director Janet Welch, on behalf of the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar of Michigan (06/29/11)
	General Counsel Teresa S. Decker, on behalf of Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett, LLP (08/23/11)
	Public hearing:	September 28, 2011
	Action:	Declined to adopt and file closed (see order dated October 6, 2011, posted above)
Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct
2005-11 - Proposed Alternative Amendments of the Code of Judicial Conduct
	Issued:	November 28, 2011
	Comment period expiration:	March 1, 2012
	Comments:
	The Honorable Marc Barron, 48th District Court (11/30/11)
	The Honorable Michael Warren, 6th Judicial Circuit Court (01/12/12)
	Paul J. Fischer, Executive Director and General Counsel, Judicial Tenure Commission (02/13/12)
	Hon. Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
	Janet Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan (02/29/12)
	Public hearing:	March 28, 2012
2005-11 - Proposed Amendments of Canon 4 and Canon 5 of the Michigan Code of Judicial Conduct
	Issued:	November 23, 2010
	Comment period expiration:	March 1, 2011
	Comments:
	Honorable Janis M. Burgess, Ontonagon County Probate Court (11/29/10)
	Honorable Elwood L. Brown, Chief Probate Judge, St. Clair County Probate Court (11/29/10)
	84th District Court Judge David A. Hogg (01/21/11)
	6th Circuit Court Judge Michael Warren (01/31/11)
	Hon. Annette J. Berry, President, Michigan Judges Association (02/03/11)
	Executive Director and General Counsel Paul J. Fischer, Judicial Tenure Commission (02/01/11)
	Retired Circuit Judge Ray McKoski, Lake County, Illinois (02/09/11)
	Executive Director Janet K. Welch, State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (02/23/11)
	Public hearing:	March 30, 2011

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Administrative Order No. 2012-1 - File No. 2004-04
Adoption of Concurrent Jurisdiction Plan (10th Circuit Court, 70th District Court, and Saginaw County Probate Court)
	Issued:		April 4, 2012
	Effective:		August 1, 2012
REVISED Administrative Order No. 2011-1 - File No. 2002-37
Revised E-filing Pilot Project in 3rd Circuit Court (Wayne County)
	Issued:		April 4, 2012
	Effective:		This revised administrative order supersedes the order that entered June 28, 2011, and is effective immediately to expand the pilot project for case-type codes identified in paragraph 3.(a), and is effective two months later for additional case-type codes also noted in paragraph 3.(a) .
REVISED Administrative Order No. 2010-3 - File No. 2002-37
Revised E-filing Pilot Project in Oakland Circuit Court, Family Division
	Issued:		October 20, 2011
	Effective:		This revised administrative order supersedes the order that entered March 16, 2010, and continues in effect until December 31, 2012, or until further order of the Court
REVISED Administrative Order No. 2007-3 - File No. 2002-37
Revised E-filing Pilot Project in Oakland Circuit Court
	Issued:		October 20, 2011
	Effective:		This revised administrative order supersedes the order that entered June 19, 2007, and continues in effect until July 31, 2013, or until further order of the Court; this order also rescinds Administrative Order No. 2009-1, effective immediately
Administrative Order No. 2011-6 - File No. 2002-37
E-filing Pilot Project in Oakland Probate Court
	Issued:		October 20, 2011
	Effective:		September 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as possible, and remains in effect until July 31, 2013, or further order of the Court
Administrative Order No. 2011-5 - File No. 2011-02
	Issued:		October 6, 2011
	Effective:		To begin with the 2012 Dues Notice
Amendment of Administrative Order No. 2006-3 - File No. 2009-02
	Issued:		September 28, 2011
	Effective:		Immediately
Administrative Order No. 2011-4 - File No. 2002-37
E-filing Pilot Project in the 20th Circuit Court, the Ottawa County Probate Court, and the 58th District Court (Ottawa County)
	Issued:		September 22, 2011
	Effective:		October 1, 2011, or as soon thereafter as possible, and remains in effect until December 31, 2016, or further order of the Court
Administrative Order No. 2011-3 - Rescission of Administrative Order No. 2003-7 and Adoption of Caseflow Management Guidelines (File No. 2010-08)
	Issued:		August 17, 2011
	Effective:		September 1, 2011
Administrative Order No. 2011-2 - Rescission of Administrative Order No. 2002-1
	Issued:		June 30, 2011
	Effective:		Immediately
REVISED Administrative Order No. 2011-1 - File No. 2002-37
E-filing Pilot Project in the 3rd Circuit Court (Wayne County)
	Issued:		June 28, 2011
	Effective:		This administrative order supersedes the order that entered February 1, 2011, and continues in effect until July 1, 2015, or until further order of the Court
Administrative Order No. 2011-1 - File No. 2002-37
E-filing Pilot Project in the 3rd Circuit Court (Wayne County)
	Issued:		February 1, 2011
	Effective:		January 1, 2011 or as soon thereafter as possible, and remains in effect until July 1, 2015, or until further order of the Court
Administrative Order No. 2010-6 - File No. 2002-37 E-filing Pilot Project in the 16th Circuit Court (Macomb County)
	Issued:		December 28, 2010
	Effective:		January 1, 2011
Administrative Order No. 2010-5 - File No. 2006-25 29th Judicial Circuit Court Pilot Project No. 1 (Family Division Informal Docket for Low Conflict Domestic Relations Cases)
	Issued:		July 13, 2010
	Effective:		Begins September 1, 2010
Administrative Order No. 2010-4 - File No. 2002-37 Adoption of Administrative Order to Implement E-filing Pilot Project in the 13th Judicial Circuit Court
	Issued:		April 27, 2010
	Effective until:		July 1, 2015
Administrative Order No. 2010-3 - File No. 2002-37 Adoption of Administrative Order to Expand the Scope of the E-filing Pilot Project in Oakland Circuit Court, Family Division
	Issued:		March 16, 2010, revised October 20, 2011 (posted above)
	Effective:		March 16, 2010
Administrative Order No. 2010-2 - File No. 2004-04 Adoption of Concurrent Jurisdiction Plan for the 12th Circuit Court and the Baraga County Probate Court
	Issued:		March 16, 2010
	Effective:		June 14, 2010
Amendment to Order Dated March 19, 2010
Administrative Order No. 2010-1 - File No. 2005-13 Adoption of Administrative Order to Establish and Require Compliance with Court Collections Program and Reporting Requirements
	Issued:		February 2, 2010
	Effective:		May 1, 2010

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