Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2014 — Employing Professionals

(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.