Jackson Walker Makes Deals in Bankruptcy Judge Romance Suits (1)

April 4, 2025, 9:14 PM UTCUpdated: April 4, 2025, 10:16 PM UTC

Jackson Walker LLP settled with Basic Energy Services Inc.'s liquidation trustee in the first of a series of deals related to the law firm’s failure to disclose the romance between a onetime partner and a prominent judge.

More settlements in other bankruptcy cases involving the Texas firm will be filed in the coming days, Jackson Walker said in a statement to Bloomberg Law.

The firm has agreed to pay $783,000 to resolve potential claims from Basic Energy’s trustee related to the once-secret romance, according to a motion filed Friday in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. ...

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