Former bankruptcy Judge David R. Jones, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, and Jackson Walker LLP are likely to be hit with another lawsuit related to the previously undisclosed romantic relationship between Jones and a onetime Jackson Walker attorney.
Jones, Kirkland and Jackson Walker already face two other suits stemming from cases Jones presided over while in a secret relationship with Elizabeth Freeman, the former Jackson Walker lawyer. A group of individuals disclosed their plans to file a new suit in a filing Monday related to the 2020 bankruptcy of J. C. Penney Direct Marketing Services LLC. Jones oversaw the bankruptcy and ...
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