NRA Must Ditch ‘Deeply Entangled’ Bankruptcy Firm, Watchdog Says

The firm representing the National Rifle Association in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy has “divided loyalties and conflicts of interest,” some of which it failed to disclose, the Justice Department’s bankruptcy watchdog said.

Brewer, Attorneys & Counselors and named partner William Brewer “are deeply entangled in numerous disputes at the core of the NRA’s bankruptcy,” the U.S. Trustee’s Office said in a court filing Tuesday.

According to the filing, William Brewer’s wife, Skye McQueen Brewer, is the sister of the CEO of Ackerman McQueen, the NRA’s former advertising agency. Ackerman McQueen is a defendant in three lawsuits brought by the NRA, ...