diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
index e205d50a6..298271ca8 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Verifier.java
@@ -296,17 +296,6 @@ class Verifier
                     }
                 }
             }
-            else {
-                // These are the non-static variables
-                if (Scope.PRIVATE.equals(variableScope)
-                    || (mConfig.isAllowPackage() && isPckg)
-                    || (mConfig.isAllowProtected() && isProt))
-                {
-//                    checkVariable(aVar,
-//                                  mConfig.getMemberRegexp(),
-//                                  mConfig.getMemberPat());
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/PublicMemberNameCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/PublicMemberNameCheck.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2fa014dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/PublicMemberNameCheck.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// checkstyle: Checks Java source code for adherence to a set of rules.
+// Copyright (C) 2001-2002  Oliver Burn
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+// modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+// version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks;
+
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.DetailAST;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.ScopeUtils;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
+
+/**
+ * Checks that public, non-static variable names conform to a specified format.
+ *
+ * @author Rick Giles
+ * @version 1.0
+ */
+public class PublicMemberNameCheck
+    extends AbstractNameCheck
+{
+    /** Creates a new <code>PublicMemberNameCheck</code> instance. */
+    public PublicMemberNameCheck()
+    {
+        super("^f[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$");
+    }
+
+    /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.Check */
+    public int[] getDefaultTokens()
+    {
+        return new int[] {TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF};
+    }
+
+    /** @see com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.check.AbstractNameCheck */
+    protected final boolean mustCheckName(DetailAST aAST)
+    {
+        DetailAST modifiersAST = aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
+        final boolean isStatic = (modifiersAST != null)
+            && modifiersAST.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC);
+        final boolean isPublic = (modifiersAST != null)
+            && modifiersAST.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_PUBLIC);
+
+        return (!isStatic && isPublic && !ScopeUtils.inInterfaceBlock(aAST));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PublicMemberNameCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PublicMemberNameCheckTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e33462f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/PublicMemberNameCheckTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle;
+
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.PublicMemberNameCheck;
+
+public class PublicMemberNameCheckTest
+    extends BaseCheckTestCase
+{
+    public PublicMemberNameCheckTest(String aName)
+    {
+        super(aName);
+    }
+
+    public void testDefault()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final CheckConfiguration checkConfig = new CheckConfiguration();
+        checkConfig.setClassname(PublicMemberNameCheck.class.getName());
+        final Checker c = createChecker(checkConfig);
+        final String fname = getPath("InputSimple.java");
+        final String[] expected = {
+            "58:16: Name 'mTest2' must match pattern '^f[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*$'.",
+        };
+        verify(c, fname, expected);
+    }
+}
+