Houston Bankruptcy Judge Recuses From Jackson Walker Fee Scandal

Judge Marvin Isgur recused himself from a fee dispute involving Jackson Walker LLP after referring the Texas law firm for disciplinary action for failing to disclose a relationship between an attorney and another bankruptcy judge, who was Isgur’s close friend.

Isgur’s Friday recusal relates to a dispute pitting Jackson Walker against the Justice Department’s bankruptcy monitor, the US Trustee. The US Trustee is trying to claw back millions of dollars in fees the firm earned in cases handled by former bankruptcy judge David R. Jones while he was secretly dating Elizabeth Freeman, who was a partner at Jackson Walker until ...