I just found a list of which examiners handle which states!

doubleajaybrock · Post by **doubleajaybrock** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:46 am

I dont know if this has already been discussed, but I just found this and thought I would share for the people who dont know.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF NFA APPLICATIONS FOR PROCESSING BY ATF

The ATF National Firearms Act (NFA) Branch is pleased to announce that as of July 2011, ATF Forms 1, 2, 10 and ATF Form 5320.20 will be assigned to a legal instruments examiner for processing according to the State of the applicant's address. The NFA Branch also will begin assigning ATF Forms 3, ATF Form 4 and 9 applications to examiners by the State of the transferor's address. Applications already pending at the time of the change will continue to be processed by the examiner to whom they were previously assigned. Historically, applications in the NFA Branch have been assigned to legal instruments examiners alphabetically based on the name of the transferor or applicant. A chart showing the new assignment distribution is below.

The ATF expects this change in the assignment of applications to better enable NFA examiners to develop State law expertise and more knowledgeably and effectively respond to our customers during an era of unprecedented and ever increasing application volume. Please contact the NFA Branch at 304-616-4500 with any questions about this change.

NFA Examiner Assignment Distribution (effective July 2011)

Nicole Dudash -- IL, IN, OH, PA
Chris Farris -- AK, CT, MA, ME, MI, NH, RI, VT
Ann Feltner -- AZ, CA, NM, NV
Jason Frushour -- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WI, WY
Sara Jones -- LA, TX
Albert Lamberger -- AL, FL, TN
Dana Pickles -- DE, KY, MD, NC, NJ, NY, VA, WV
Suzanne Santamaria -- GA, SC
William Shipman -- AR, HI, IA, KS, MN, MO, MS, NE, OK
Sandra Snook --ID, OR, WA

Applications from the District Of Columbia and US Territories Will be Assigned to the Supervisory Legal Instruments Examiner

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doubleajaybrock · Post by **doubleajaybrock** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 10:58 am

How quick is Jason Frushour?

Wahnsinn · Post by **Wahnsinn** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:00 am

You're funny

Seriously though, in case people missed the other posts about this, it's good info.

Make sure you visit (and update) http://www.nfatracker.com. Has some good info on approval waits and such.

Ctaylor · Post by **Ctaylor** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:34 am

I'm betting that the ATF distributed the number of states per examiner based both on legal similarities between the states and the number of forms coming from those states. For example Georgia and South Carolina both have a large numbers of forms coming from them so Santamaria ends up with the same workload as say Shipman, who has nine states to cover. So really it doesn't matter how fast an examiner was before, because now their workload has completely changed and hopefully been evenly distributed.

Abiqua · Post by **Abiqua** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:10 pm

http://www.silencertalk.com/forum3/view ... 13&t=73308

WooD · Post by **WooD** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:41 pm

Wahnsinn wrote:You're funny

Seriously though, in case people missed the other posts about this, it's good info.

Make sure you visit (and update) http://www.nfatracker.com. Has some good info on approval waits and such.

http://www.nfatracker.com/reports.aspx

If the info is correct at the bottom of the page, I should get my stamp any day. Actually should have already got it.

Looks like Lamberger is not far behind Pickles.

Chondro · Post by **Chondro** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:43 am

Hey thanks for the list!! Now this doesn't look to be set up quite fair..Had it been set up this way in 2010 Dudash would have handled 2145 form 4's and Farris 729..Thats just form 4's for Cans..granted the SBR's and SBS's are pretty high as well but PA is brutal for SBR's..Hell and machineguns..Well PA is was the biggest of the four and the residents here are cheap..maybe things have slowed down..

Couldn't have lasted long..Shipman handled my last 5 or 6 and was kicking ass and taking names..

starlingstalker · Post by **starlingstalker** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:23 am

Well at least Sara Jones has ONLY 2 states to keep up with. And it helps when You actually ARE the keeping up with the Joneses with a Jones NO Weapons Firearms Trust. OK, Ms. Sara, I'm counting on my SDN-6 stamp by Labor Day?

starlingstalker

gr8smiles · Post by **gr8smiles** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:02 pm

starlingstalker wrote:Well at least Sara Jones has ONLY 2 states to keep up with. And it helps when You actually ARE the keeping up with the Joneses with a Jones NO Weapons Firearms Trust. OK, Ms. Sara, I'm counting on my SDN-6 stamp by Labor Day? starlingstalker

Sara has done all 7 of my NFA items. All have been in a trust and have been in the 14-15 week range. I am in Tennessee. Looks like I have a new guy now.

starlingstalker · Post by **starlingstalker** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:07 pm

gr8smiles wrote:
starlingstalker wrote:Well at least Sara Jones has ONLY 2 states to keep up with. And it helps when You actually ARE the keeping up with the Joneses with a Jones NO Weapons Firearms Trust. OK, Ms. Sara, I'm counting on my SDN-6 stamp by Labor Day? starlingstalker
Sara has done all 7 of my NFA items. All have been in a trust and have been in the 14-15 week range. I am in Tennessee. Looks like I have a new guy now.

My bank NFA debit went thru on July 25 so I guess it's a bit of a stretch to get that stamp delivered by Labor Day even with the new reorganization and Texas as easy for NFA purchases? Well, I guess it'll be Thanksgiving for being thankful for ANOTHER NFA item.
Still pulling for Ms. Sara though. Can she labor a bit by Labor Day? At least I can hope...

.....it's like waiting for Christmas BUT You don't know what day Christmas is... until Your dealer Santa Claus calls!!!!

And then its TODAY!

And I'm a little kid perpetually all over again! :Dstarlingstalker

Boom_Stick · Post by **Boom_Stick** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:04 am

Looks like I get Sandra Snook.

madkap · Post by **madkap** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:22 pm

Snooki as I like to call her. I imagine she's going to be seeing a ton of paperwork from Washington these next few months.

Chondro · Post by **Chondro** » Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:33 am

Here is a break down for a rough idea of their caseload..This only includes Form 4's on Silencers..
This is from Ammoland.com for the last fiscal year figured..10/1/09-9/30/10 That's for a total of 22,265 cans..This year is probably more around 26-27K..

Nicole Dudash -- IL, IN, OH, PA = 2145
Chris Farris -- AK, CT, MA, ME, MI, NH, RI, VT = 729
Ann Feltner -- AZ, CA, NM, NV = 1630
Jason Frushour -- CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, WI, WY = 1903
Sara Jones -- LA, TX = 3974
Albert Lamberger -- AL, FL, TN = 3196
Dana Pickles -- DE, KY, MD, NC, NJ, NY, VA, WV = 2571
Suzanne Santamaria -- GA, SC = 1627
William Shipman -- AR, HI, IA, KS, MN, MO, MS, NE, OK = 2527
Sandra Snook --ID, OR, WA = 1963

itsa226 · Post by **itsa226** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:00 am

^^^^^
How recent is this list, because I`ve had Shipman twice and Frushour once, and I`m in Fla. just sayin is all...

Kramer · Post by **Kramer** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:00 am

itsa226 wrote:^^^^^
How recent is this list, because I`ve had Shipman twice and Frushour once, and I`m in Fla. just sayin is all...

This list was supposed to be in effect July first, but even before this shuffle, no list has ever been set in stone

edteach · Post by **edteach** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 7:09 am

I am from Kansas and Nicky Dudash is my examiner. So the list is not so accurate.

Chondro · Post by **Chondro** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:23 am

There going to bounce around a bit I'm sure..But for all the dealers I know the list is right on with the State and examiner. Shipman did my last 5-6 cans and the two pending now that the checks were cashed in July are with Dudash. By the looks of the list they picked from a hat and Jones got the short straw..She was quick too..

Greg Kulbick · Post by **Greg Kulbick** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:35 am

We have Lamberger now, at least that list makes me think he's really cranking them out.

Greg Kulbick · Post by **Greg Kulbick** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 8:36 am

edteach wrote:I am from Kansas and Nicky Dudash is my examiner. So the list is not so accurate.

The change is as of July 1, so odds are no one has a form four back from their new examiner yet.

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 2:40 pm

The list is incorrect! I just got off the phone (10/21/2011) with Albert Lamberger (I'm in Alabama). He said he is NOT the examiner for Alabama......Suzanne Santamaria is!. I do not know about any other states.

Emilio · Post by **Emilio** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 8:16 pm

Since the switch I now have longer wait time.

The Gov efficiency at it's finest.

Abiqua · Post by **Abiqua** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:08 pm

Emilio wrote:Since the switch I now have longer wait time. The Gov efficiency at it's finest.

I think we're all in the same boat.

Kramer · Post by **Kramer** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 5:42 pm

Emilio wrote:Since the switch I now have longer wait time. The Gov efficiency at it's finest.

Since before the switch they started lengthening the wait times.

April, I sent it two can transfers together, I had them three and a half months later.

May, I sent in another can transfer, five months later it was mine.

PAIN · Post by **PAIN** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:23 pm

What is Chris Farris like? I never dealt with him. Or is it a her??

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 10:23 pm

PAIN wrote:What is Chris Farris like? I never dealt with him. Or is it a her??

Her - Christine, but she goes by Chris. I had her for a while. Nice on the phone (to talk to), as quick at clearing forms as the rest.

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