DOJ Unit Renews Venue Dispute for Jackson Walker Fee Challenges

A Justice Department unit asked to move out of bankruptcy court 16 disputes involving ethical questions over fees a Texas law firm earned while failing to disclose that one of its attorneys was in a relationship with a prominent judge.

The US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas needs to decide quickly whether to move actions against Jackson Walker LLP in a slew of corporate bankruptcies to a federal district court, the government’s bankruptcy monitor, the US Trustee, said in several Monday court filings. Discovery related to the ethics scandal is coming to a close and trials are ...