Judge Stacey Jernigan of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas. Courtesy photo
Avery Lassiter is no fan of the hedge fund industry. The fictional Texas-based federal bankruptcy judge cuts through the industry’s flashy exterior of private airplanes and racehorses to expose its true nature of leaching value from society while giving little back in return.
“These high-flying hedge fund managers essentially suck up money … like an i-Robot vacuum cleaner from every corner of the universe … They make money no matter what,” Lassiter said in a 2019 novel, “He Watches All My Paths.” The book centers around a young man’s plot to get revenge on the judicial system by killing Lassiter and other judges.
