Trustee's Application to Employ a Professional

Application to employ a professional filed by the trustee pursuant to § 327 of the code must include: See Fed. R. Bank. P. 2014(a)

• The specific facts that provide for the necessity of employment.
• The name of the person to be employed.
• The reasons for the selection.
• The professional services to be rendered.
• A verified statement of the person to be employed disclosing the person's connections with:
  • debtor
  • creditors
  • any other party-in-interest and their attorneys and accountants
  • the United States Trustee and any employee in the Office of the United States Trustee.

• Proposed arrangement for compensation and
• In a contingency case, a specific allocation of fees by percentage, among the professionals. See Miss. Bankr. L.R. 2014-1(a)(1).

Application for retroactive employment must also include:

• Why the applicant did not file the application earlier;
• Why the order employing the professional is required nunc pro tunc; and
• How approval of the application may prejudice any party. See Miss. Bankr. L.R. 2014-1(c)(2).

Note: The proposed order submitted with the application may not approve the professional's fee contract or compensation. See Miss. Bankr. L.R. 2014-(a)(2).