Employing Professionals

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

Rule 2014.

(a)

Order Approving Employment; Application 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:

• 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.)