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SDTX Bankruptcy Court Scandal Timeline

2011: David Jones leaves Houston law firm Porter Hedges after 19 years as a corporate bankruptcy lawyer to become a bankruptcy judge in the Southern District of Texas. Jones later hires Porter Hedges bankruptcy associate Elizabeth Freeman as his law clerk.

2012: Jones and Freeman each file for divorce.

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