A. Appearance Forms; Appearances by Firms Prohibited

Appearances filed when required by Fed.R.Bankr.P. 9010(b) shall be filed on forms prescribed by the District Court and signed by individual attorneys appearing, not by the firm name.

B. Appearance of Attorney for Debtor; Adversary Proceedings

Counsel who represents the debtor upon filing of a petition in bankruptcy is deemed to appear as attorney of record on behalf of debtor for all purposes in any contested or other proceeding concerning debtor in that bankruptcy case, but is not thereby deemed to appear in any adversary proceeding filed against the debtor.

C. Appearance by United States Attorney or United States Trustee

No appearance form need be filed by the United States Attorney or the United States Trustee or any of their assistants when appearing in the performance of their duties.

Committee Note: Section A designates the appearance form to use when a form is required. Section B is new. It is in lieu of local General Rule 3.14, which was adopted as a rule of this Court on 6 May 1986. The change makes clear that a bankruptcy lawyer has professional responsibility for his client in all matters in the bankruptcy case unless given leave to withdraw, but treats the adversary proceeding as a separate case in which other counsel may appear and in which the appearance by debtor's counsel is not automatic. Section C tracks the provisions of local General Rule 3.14 B with respect to the U.S. Attorney and makes similar provisions with respect to the U.S. Trustee.