‘Reminds Me of the Facebook Relationship Status — It’s Complicated’

More than a half-dozen trial lawyers have been contacted by parties involved in corporate bankruptcies and restructurings before U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones of the Southern District of Texas between 2018 and 2022 to inquire about potential legal claims they have against the judge or the law firm that employed his live-in girlfriend during those five years.

No new lawsuits have been lodged and no one is publicly claiming that they were wronged as a result of Judge Jones’ secret romantic relationship with lawyer Elizabeth Freeman, who was an equity partner in Jackson Walker’s bankruptcy practice during the five years in which Jackson Walker represented dozens of clients in corporate restructuring cases in Judge Jones’ court.