Jackson Walker Fights DOJ’s Discovery Pursuit of Ethics Counsel

Jackson Walker LLP is fighting to protect communications with its ethics lawyers from a motion to turn over documents filed by the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog, citing attorney-client privilege.

The discovery dispute is part of an effort by the US Trustee to challenge Jackson Walker’s fees in 33 bankruptcy cases involving former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones, who resigned from the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas last year after admitting to a relationship with a onetime Jackson Walker partner.

The Texas law firm previously provided the US Trustee with memos written by Holland & Knight LLP ...