Employing Professionals

(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: 35 FEDERAL RULES OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEDURE Rule 2015 • 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. (As amended Mar. 30, 1987, eff. Aug. 1, 1987; Apr. 30, 1991, eff. Aug. 1, 1991; Apr. 2, 2024, eff. Dec. 1, 2024.)