Bob Casey Federal Courthouse in Houston, TX, seat of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Credit: WhisperToMe via Wikimedia Commons Jackson Walker, Kirkland Added as Defendants in Suit Against a Former Houston Bankruptcy Judge
A Texas man who sued former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones, alleging violation of his constitutional rights, has added Jackson Walker, Kirkland & Ellis and former Jackson Walker partner Elizabeth Freeman in a suit connected to an undisclosed romantic relationship between Jones and Freeman.
January 12, 2024 at 06:16 PM
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Kirkland & Ellis, Jackson Walker and former Jackson Walker partner Elizabeth Freeman are now defendants in a federal lawsuit a Texas man filed against former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones in the fallout of news that Jones and Freeman were engaged in an undisclosed romantic relationship when the firms worked jointly on matters in Jones' court.
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