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title: "List the connections an employment application must state"
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# List the connections an employment application must state

> From the engagement records, list any connection with the debtor, a creditor, any other party in interest, their attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee, or a person employed in that office.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy](https://ailawframework.com/practice/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the engagement records, list any connection with the debtor, a creditor, any other party in interest, their attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee, or a person employed in that office. Record whether a statement of those connections is on the file. Do not write the statement and do not decide that a connection bars employment. |
| What the lawyer must review | You decide whether a connection must be disclosed and whether it affects employment, and you write the statement. Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2014(a) says the court may approve employment of an attorney, accountant, appraiser, auctioneer, agent, or other professional under section 327, 1103, or 1114 only on the trustee's or committee's application. The application must state the need, the name of the person, the reasons for the selection, the services to be rendered, any proposed compensation, and, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, all of the person's connections with the debtor, creditors, any other party in interest, their respective attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee, and any person employed in the United States trustee's office. Except in a Chapter 9 case, a copy goes to the United States trustee. The application must be accompanied by a verified statement of the person to be employed setting forth that person's connections with any entity listed there. 11 U.S.C. § 327(a) says that, except as otherwise provided in that section, the trustee, with the court's approval, may employ professional persons who do not hold or represent an interest adverse to the estate, and who are disinterested persons, to represent or assist the trustee. The definition of disinterested person was not opened. The other exceptions in section 327 were not applied. The opened rule does not use a two-year list, and it does not treat an indemnity as its own category. If the file contains an indemnity, you decide whether it is a connection the rule requires to be stated. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [List relationships and indemnities for an administrator's declaration](https://ailawframework.com/practice/insolvency-restructuring-and-bankruptcy/list-relationships-and-indemnities-for-an-administrator-s-declaration.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the engagement records, list any connection with the debtor, a creditor, any other party in interest, their attorneys and accountants, the United States trustee, or a person employed in that office. Record whether a statement of those connections is on the file. Do not write the statement and do not decide that a connection bars employment.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The statement of connections is the lawyer's. The list does not decide that a connection bars employment.
- Disinterested person is not defined here. Section 101 was not opened.

## Sources

- [Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 2014](https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frbp/rule_2014) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [11 U.S.C. § 327](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/11/327) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*