Rule 2014 — Employing Professionals

Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2014

• Source: Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure
• Rule: 2014
• PART X: [ABROGATED]
• Citation: Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2014

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(a) ORDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT; APPLICATION FOR EMPLOY-
MENT.
(1) Order Approving Employment. The court may approve the
employment of an attorney, accountant, appraiser, auc-
tioneer, 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 spe-
cific 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 per-
son’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 appli-
cation 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 em-
ployed 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.

Advisory Committee Notes

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