Local Rule 2014-1: DEFINITION
Bankr. W.D.N.Y. — General rule
Rule 2014. EMPLOYMENT OF PROFESSIONALS 2014-1. DEFINITION [Former Rule 5A]
"Counsel for the estate." An attorney who has obtained an order of the Court approving his or her employment as attorney for a chapter 11 debtor-in-possession or for a chapter 7, 12, or 13 trustee is counsel for the estate of the debtor. Corporate debtors must be represented by an attorney of record. Papers, including petitions, filed by a corporate debtor which has no attorney of record, may be received but later dismissed, sua sponte, by the Judge to whom the case is assigned.