A former Jackson Walker LLP bankruptcy partner maintained communications with her judge boyfriend while he mediated an oil and gas company’s contentious bankruptcy that the firm worked on, according to court records.
The Texas law firm has declined to hand over the emails between attorney Elizabeth Freeman, who is no longer with the firm, and former top Houston bankruptcy judge David R. Jones, according to a filing Thursday by the Justice Department’s bankruptcy monitor in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
The document was filed as part of efforts by the US Trustee to disgorge as ...
Learn more about Bloomberg Law or Log In to keep reading:
See Breaking News in Context
Bloomberg Law provides trusted coverage of current events enhanced with legal analysis.
Already a subscriber?
Log in to keep reading or access research tools and resources.