A court employee who worked closely with the former Houston bankruptcy judge mired in an ethics scandal over his relationship with a local attorney is in line to be questioned about his knowledge of the romance.
The proposed deposition comes as a part of efforts by the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog, the US Trustee, to claw back more than $13 million in fees that former judge David R. Jones approved for the Texas-based law firm Jackson Walker LLP without disclosing his romantic relationship with a then-partner at the firm.
The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas will ...
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