A top restructuring attorney for powerhouse law firm Kirkland & Ellis LLP told government attorneys that a relationship between an ex-judge and a former bankruptcy partner for Jackson Walker LLP should have been disclosed.
Kirkland’s Joshua Sussberg also said during a September deposition, the transcript of which was obtained by Bloomberg Law, that he thought former Houston bankruptcy judge David R. Jones experienced a “lapse in judgment” related to his previously undisclosed relationship with Jackson Walker attorney Elizabeth Freeman.
Kirkland often teamed up with Jackson Walker as local counsel to bring large, complex Chapter 11 cases to the Southern District ...
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