Local Rule 4: Master Service List
Bankr. D. Md. — General rule
4. Master Service List. The debtor must maintain a consolidated master service list identifying the parties that must be served with motions and other papers filed in the case. Unless otherwise required by the Bankruptcy Code, Federal Bankruptcy Rules, or Court order, notices of motions and all other papers will be limited to those on the master service list. That list must include: (a) the debtor; (b) the debtor's secured creditors; (c) the debtor's 20 largest unsecured creditors, unless and until an Unsecured Creditors' Committee is appointed (in which event, service should be directed to counsel for the Unsecured Creditors' Committee); (d) those persons filing a notice of appearance and request for service in the case; (e) the Office of the United States Trustee and, to the extent required by the Bankruptcy Code or Federal Bankruptcy Rules, all government agencies; and (f) any known counsel for those identified in subsections (a)-(e). Parties on the master service list who appear through counsel or who submit a request for service by CM/ECF will be served only through the CM/ECF notification system. All other parties on the master service list must be served, at the server's option, by electronic mail or regular mail. The debtor must file the initial master service list within three days of filing the Chapter 11 petition and must file an updated master service list as necessary to reflect changes to any party's information.