(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.)