Disgraced Ex-Bankruptcy Judge Taps Star Lawyer David Boies (3)

June 20, 2024, 2:43 PM UTCUpdated: June 20, 2024, 9:47 PM UTC

Legal heavyweight David Boies will represent a former Texas bankruptcy judge accused of improperly concealing his romantic relationship with a local attorney.

Boies, chair and founding partner of Boies Schiller Flexner, entered an appearance on Wednesday on behalf of the former judge, David R. Jones, in a civil suit brought by the former CEO of petroleum barge company Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc.

Jones’ hiring of Boies, the famous litigator whose firm has worked for disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein and controversial Theranos chief Elizabeth Holmes, is the latest development in the scandal related to Jones and his once-secret relationship with ...

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