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Appointment of Interim Trustee

Under BRA section 701, promptly after an order for relief, which in the case of a voluntary bankruptcy is when the petition is filed, see section 301, the United States Trustee must appoint as interim trustee a disinterested person who is a member of the panel of trustees established under section 586(a)(1) (or who was serving as a trustee in the case under another chapter when the petition was filed). The interim trustee serves until a permanent trustee elected or designated under section 702 qualifies under section 322. If a trustee is not elected by the creditors, the interim trustee serves as the permanent trustee. See section 702(d). In the vast majority of cases, the interim trustee continues as the permanent trustee.