Top US bankruptcy judge steps back from major cases under ethics review
© Reuters. A gavel and a block is pictured on the judge's bench in this illustration picture taken in the Sussex County Court of Chancery in Georgetown, Delaware, U.S., June 9, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Jones admitted over the weekend that he has been in a years-long romantic relationship and shared a home with bankruptcy attorney Elizabeth Freeman, who until recently worked at a law firm that filed many cases in Jones' Houston courthouse. Legal ethics experts have said that Jones should have disclosed the relationship or recused himself from cases involving his partner's firm.
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