Judge Recommends Ending Disciplinary Action Against Jackson Walker

In a three-page order issued Monday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Lee Rosenthal wrote that she was recommending closing the disciplinary complaint against Jackson Walker stemming from its alleged failure to disclose the romantic relationship between a former bankruptcy partner and a former sitting bankruptcy judge in Houston. 

“There is no risk that Jackson Walker and some of its lawyers will escape scrutiny and potential punishment for the failure to disclose that led to this complaint in the first place,” Judge Rosenthal wrote. “Given this fact, and given the fact that the disciplinary charge issued against Jackson Walker seeking sanctions from this court sought relief that this court’s rules do not expressly authorize, the undersigned judge recommends closing the complaint and allowing the many other proceedings against Jackson Walker growing out of the same facts to take their course.”