(a) Application for and Order of Employment. An order approving the employment of attorneys, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, agents, or other professionals pursuant to § 327, § 1103, or § 1114 of the Code shall be made only on application of the trustee or committee. The application shall be filed and, unless the case is a chapter 9 municipality case, a copy of the application shall be transmitted by the applicant to the United States trustee. The application shall state the specific facts showing the necessity for the employment, the name of the person to be employed, the reasons for the selection, the professional services to be rendered, any proposed arrangement for compensation, and, to the best of the applicant’s knowledge, all of the person’s connections with the debtor, creditors, any other party in interest, their respective attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee, or any person employed in the office of the United States trustee. The application shall be accompanied by a verified statement of the person to be employed setting forth the person’s connections with the debtor, creditors, any other party in interest, their respective attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee, or any person employed in the office of the United States trustee.
(b) Services Rendered by Member or Associate of Firm of At - torneys or Accountants. If, under the Code and this rule, 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, any partner, member, or regular associate of the partnership, corporation, or individual may act as attorney or accountant so employed, without further order of the court.
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991.)
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(a) Application for and Order of Employment. An orderOrder Approving Employment; Application for Employ - ment .
(1) Order Approving Employment. The court may approvinge the employment of an attorneys, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers, agents, or other professionals pursuant to under § 327, § 1103, or § 1114 of the Code shall be made only on application ofnly on the trustee’s or committee. The’s application shall be filed and, unless the case is a chapter 9 municipality case, a copy of the application shall be transmitted by the applicant.
(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 shallmust state the specific facts showing:
(A) the necessityed 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 of the person’s connections with: • the debtor,; • creditors,; • any other party in interest,; • their respective attorneys and accountants,; • the United States trustee, or; and • any person employed in the office of the United States trustee’s office.
(3) Verified Statement of the Person to Be Employed. The application shallmust be accompanied by a verified statement of the person to be employed, setting forth theat person’s connections with the debtor, creditors, any other party in interest, their respective attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee, or any person employed in the office of the United States trusteeany entity listed in (2)(F).
(b) Services Rendered by a Member or Associate of Firm of At - torneys or Accountants. If, under the Code and this rule,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 of the partnership, corporation, or individual may act as attorney or accountantmay act as so employed, without further order of the courtcourt order.
(As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)