Local Rule 2014-1: EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONALS

2014-1 EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONALS Application for Employment of Professional Persons. All applications by standing trustees and panel trustees, and applications by debtors-in-possession in reorganization cases to employ attorneys or other professional persons (or motions to substitute a professional person in such matters) shall comply with F.R.B.P. 2014 and Local Bankruptcy Rule 9009-1 Forms 1(a), 1(b) and 1(c). All applications for the approval of the employment of professional persons under this section shall be served upon the United States Trustee and shall be accompanied by a certificate of service in accordance with Local Bankruptcy Rule 9013-3.

All applications for appointment of counsel for Chapter 11 debtors must comply fully with F.R.B.P. 2014, the Orders allowing approval must be submitted after the delay set forth in F.R.B.P. 6003, and must also include a Supplemental Schedule providing accurate and complete answers to the following questions:

Supplemental Schedule 1. Does any debtor have any affiliates as defined by 11 U.S.C. § 101(2)?

If any debtor in this case has any affiliates as defined by 11 U.S.C. § 101(2), list the affiliate(s) and explain the relationship between debtor and the affiliate(s). If no debtor has any such affiliates, do not answer the remainder of this Schedule.

2. Has any affiliate ever filed for bankruptcy? If yes, list the affiliate(s) and the date and court for each bankruptcy petition and the chapter under which the petition was filed. If any affiliate files after this schedule is filed, debtor's counsel must amend this schedule and notice all creditors and the judge assigned to the case.

3. Has any affiliate guaranteed any debt of debtor(s) or has the debtor guaranteed any debt of any affiliate? If yes, list the name of the affiliate, the amount of the guarantee, the date of the guarantee, the name of the guarantor, the name of the debtor, and whether any security interest was given by debtor or the affiliate to secure the guarantee. Give this information for every guarantee outstanding at the time of the debtor's Chapter 11 petition, and every guarantee outstanding within 18 months before the petition was filed.

4. Has any affiliate extended credit, received credit, or otherwise established a debtor-creditor relationship with debtor(s)? If yes, list the name of the affiliate, the amount of the loan, the date the loan was made, the repayments made on the loan, and the type of security interest, if any, involved in the loan. Give this information for all loans that have been made and fully paid off within 18 months preceding this Chapter 11 filing and for all loans outstanding at the time of the filing.

5. Has any debtor in this case granted any security interest in any property to secure any debts of any affiliate other than as provided in Questions 3 and 4? Has any affiliate granted any security interest in any property to secure any debts of any debtor other than as provided in Questions 3 and 4? If yes, list the affiliate, the debtor, the collateral, the date and nature of the security interest, the creditor to whom it was granted, and the current balance of the underlying debt.

6. Has any affiliate engaged in any other transaction with any debtor in this case during the past 18 months? If yes, briefly describe the transaction(s).

7. List the name and address of any affiliate who potentially is a "responsible party" for unpaid taxes of any debtor in this case. State the estimated amount of such taxes owed at the time of the Chapter 11 filing.

8. Identify any affiliates employed by the debtor and describe the function or role they perform. Identify any relative or partner or equity security holder employed by the debtor and describe the function or role performed and the amount of compensation received.

9. List all circumstances under which proposed counsel or proposed counsel's law firm has represented any affiliate during the past 18 months. List any position other than legal counsel which proposed counsel holds in either the debtor or affiliate including corporate officer, director, or employee. List any amount owed by the debtor or the affiliate to proposed counsel or counsel's law firm at the time of filing, and also amounts paid within 18 months before filing.