Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2014

Employing Professionals

(a) Order Approving Employment; Application for Employment.

(1)

Order Approving Employment . The court may approve the employment of an attorney, accountant, appraiser, auctioneer, agent, or other professional under § 327, § 1103, or § 1114 only on the trustee’s or committee’s application.

(2)

Application for Employment . The applicant must file the application and, except in a Chapter 9 case, must send a copy to the United States trustee. The application must state specific facts showing:

(A)

the need for the employment;

(B)

the name of the person to be employed;

(C)

the reasons for the selection;

(D)

the professional services to be rendered;

(E)

any proposed arrangement for compensation; and

(F)

to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, all the person’s connections with: • the debtor; • creditors; • any other party in interest; • their respective attorneys and accountants; • the United States trustee; and • any person employed in the United States trustee’s office.

(3)

Verified Statement of the Person to Be Employed . The application must be accompanied by a verified statement of the person to be employed, setting forth that person’s connections with any entity listed in (2)(F).

(b) Services Rendered by a Member or Associate of a Law or Accounting Firm.

If a law partnership or corporation is employed as an attorney, or an accounting partnership or corporation is employed as an accountant—or if a named attorney or accountant is employed—then any partner, member, or regular associate may act as so employed, without further court order.

(As amended Mar. 30, 1987 , eff. Aug. 1, 1987 ; Apr. 30, 1991 , eff. Aug. 1, 1991 ; Apr. 2, 2024 , eff. Dec. 1, 2024 .)