Local Rule 2016-1: Disclosure of Compensation.

Rule 2016-1. Disclosure of Compensation.

(a) Required content. A disclosure of compensation by an attorney for a debtor shall include the information required by Fed.R.Bankr.P. 2016(b) and any Director's Form and shall conform to Appendix 2L (chapter 7 case) or Appendix 2M (chapter 11, chapter 12, or chapter 13 case).

(b) Supplemental disclosure. An attorney for a debtor shall file a supplemental disclosure of compensation whenever the attorney's fee arrangement with the debtor changes or the attorney receives fees from a debtor that were not previously disclosed. The supplemental disclosure of compensation shall include the information required by Fed.R.Bankr.P. 2016(b) and any Director's Form and shall conform to Appendix 2N-1 or Appendix 2N-2.

REFERENCES: 11 U.S.C. § 329(a); Fed.R.Bankr.P. 2016(b).

Practice Pointer: The disclosure of compensation form provided to a debtor's attorney in many software packages and the Director's Form are useful only in a chapter 7 case. Please instead use the local forms, which are better tailored to each chapter and provide better information should the case convert from one chapter to another.