Local Rule LR 2014-1: Applications for Employment
Bankr. E.D. Wis. — General rule
LR 2014-1 Applications for Employment
(a) Content of application. An application for authorization to employ a professional under 11 U.S.C. §§ 327 or 1103 must include a specific recitation of the anticipated services to be rendered together with the proposed method of calculating compensation for those services. If the applicant seeks to have compensation limited as provided in 11 U.S.C. § 328, then the application must specifically state the terms and conditions of employment for purposes of § 328(a) and must request that the professional's compensation be so limited. The court retains the authority to limit any award of compensation and expenses under 11 U.S.C. § 330(a) unless (i) the application states that the applicant is unwilling to have the court apply § 330(a) in adjudicating any request for an award of compensation or expenses and (ii) the order authorizing employment so provides.
(b) Proposed order authorizing employment. The applicant must file, as an exhibit to the application, a proposed order specifying, without incorporating the application or any other document by reference, the requested terms of employment and method of calculating compensation. Unless otherwise ordered, employment is effective as of the date the application is filed.
(c) Service, notice of objection period, and disposition.
(1) The applicant must serve the application to employ a professional on the United States trustee, the debtor, and any committee that has been appointed in the case.
(2) The applicant must serve those persons identified in (c)(1) with notice of a 14-day objection period.
(3) Except as otherwise provided by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 6003, the court may act on an application to appoint a professional before the notice period expires. If the court approves the application before the objection period expires, the court will consider de novo any timely filed objection as a request for reconsideration.
(d) Professionals in chapter 13 cases. In a chapter 13 case, debtors may employ professionals, including real estate brokers, without court approval.