DEFINITION [Former Rule 5A]

U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York

Rule Set: Local Bankruptcy Rules of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of New York

Rule: 2014-1

Jurisdiction: WDNYB

Bluebook Citation: Bankr. W.D.N.Y. R. 2014-1

“Counsel for the estate.” An attorney who has obtained an order of the Court approving his or her employment as attorney for a chapter 11 debtor-in-possession or for a chapter 7, 12, or 13 trustee is counsel for the estate of the debtor. Corporate debtors must be represented by an attorney of record. Papers, including petitions, filed by a corporate debtor which has no attorney of record, may be received but later dismissed, sua sponte, by the Judge to whom the case is assigned.

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