Jackson Walker LLC should be sanctioned for allegedly violating the bankruptcy code by failing to disclose a years-long romantic relationship between an attorney and a judge presiding over several of its cases, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog argued.
The US Trustee asked the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on Thursday to sanction Jackson Walker for its misconduct, and expanded its probe into cases that involved both Jackson Walker and former Judge David R. Jones.
The call for sanctions adds to the financial and legal fallout of the scandal facing Jackson Walker and Jones, who sat in ...
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