#ComplexChapter11

2024-08-31

Top US #bankruptcy #judge in #Texas secret #SexualRelationship scandal with a #BigLaw attorney working cases through his #courtroom has come under scrutiny of #USTrustee dept and put $13 million$ in #legal award$ under a dark skanky cloud that has attracted global scrutiny.

An aggrieved investor litigant who reportedly received an #anonymous tip letter was rebuffed by #court until later on his own, uncovered TX #property records that showed the #judge had real financial ties with his secret legal paramour.

The #whistleblower recently had his claims against the illicit ethically corrupt ties in the court "thrown out" finding he did not have "standing" to challenge the obviously twisted situation.

The judge who reigned over #SouthernDistrictofTexas#ComplexChapter11 cases and has since resigned, claims since he was #unmarried, #DirtyDeal recusal rules simply did not apply to him, but others want actual answers and finally, after years of sweeping this brewing kerfuffle under a rug, a #Federal #deposition has been ordered.

on.ft.com/3X5t63D via #FinancialTimes #SharedStory #ComplimentaryLink

business-standard.com/world-ne

wsj.com/articles/bankruptcy-ra via #WSJ #FreeLink #SharedLink

news.bloomberglaw.com/bankrupt via #Bloomberg

#TexasS #SouthernDistrict #JudicialBS #Chapter11 #FederalFreakShow

Judge Eduardo Rodriguez, now chief judge of the Southern District of Texas bankruptcy court, has ordered David Jones, his predecessor, to be deposed on September 19.

Complicating matters, Jones has also publicly confirmed he is under federal criminal investigation, which could constrict what he discloses in the sworn interview.Judge David R. Jones, a Texas bankruptcy judge, in August 2020. Jones’ has said he is immune from a lawsuit contending that he retaliated against a litigant who revealed the judge’s relationship with a lawyer whose law firm had cases before the court.                                                                                                                                   Photo by Brett Coomer/ The Houston Chronicle via Getty Images.The court says the victim lacked standing to sue the two law firms, then-judge Jones and his longtime romantic partner, who worked as a bankruptcy lawyer on major chapter 11 cases they brought to his court. Jones became the nation’s busiest bankruptcy judge in recent years after Kirkland, the top U.S. firm for advising financially-troubled companies, began filing many of its largest chapter 11 cases to Houston, usually with Texas-based Jackson Walker as its co-counsel. Jones resigned in October after he confirmed to The Wall Street Journal that he had shared a home for years with Elizabeth Freeman, a Jackson Walker partner from 2018 to 2022.

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