Employment of Professionals

(a) Service. The applicant shall serve a copy of an application to employ a professional on the day the application is filed on those on the Clerk’s Service List and, in a chapter 11 case in which a committee has not been appointed, the 20 largest unsecured creditors of the debtor on the list filed under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007(d). (b) Prior Payments to Professional to be Employed. A professional to be employed in a chapter 11 case shall disclose in the verified statement submitted under Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2014(a): (1) the total amount, if any, remaining on the petition date of all payments made to the professional for services to be rendered; and (2) with respect to each payment received from the debtor on or within 90 days before the filing of the petition, the information set forth below: -15- Date Payment Received Amount Received Amount Applied to Services Rendered Before Receipt Amount Applied to Services Rendered After Receipt Amount Remaining on Petition Date (c) Deadline for Objection.

An objection to the application must be filed within 7 days of service of the application. (d) Certification of Service. The applicant shall file a certification of service as required by L.B.R. 9014-4. (e) Certification of No Timely Objection.

If a timely objection is not filed, the applicant shall file a certification that a timely objection has not been filed. (f) Disposition of Application. Subject to Fed. R. Bankr. P. 6003, after the 7-day objection period has ended, the court may either decide the application or set a hearing date. (g) Notice of Hearing.

If the court sets a hearing date for the application, the clerk shall serve notice of the hearing on the applicant, any objector, and those on the Clerk’s Service List.