A Jackson Walker partner was asked by a former Texas bankruptcy judge to file a potentially false court disclosure about his relationship with his secret live-in girlfriend, the firm said in court papers.
The Texas law firm’s filing Wednesday in several bankruptcy cases adds a blockbuster new allegation to the still-unfolding scandal surrounding the resignation of David R. Jones, once the busiest corporate bankruptcy judge in the country, after he admitted to the romance with attorney Elizabeth Freeman last year.
Jones, Freeman, and Jackson Walker are all facing litigation accusing them of improperly keeping the relationship out of the public ...
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