Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2014

(a) O RDER APPROVING EMPLOYMENT; A PPLICATION 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:

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• 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.)