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Jones resigned Monday, three days after a formal misconduct complaint was filed in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The prominent bankruptcy judge is accused of failing to disclose a romantic relationship with an attorney who previously worked for a law firm that regularly handled cases in his court.
A bankruptcy judge in Houston has resigned after an ethics complaint alleged that he had an “intimate relationship” with a lawyer who financially benefited from cases before him.
NEW YORK: US Bankruptcy Judge David Jones in Houston, who oversees more major Chapter 11 cases than any other US...
By Dietrich Knauth and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - U.S. bankruptcy Judge David Jones in Houston has resigned after a federal appeals court opened an ethi...
U.S. bankruptcy Judge David Jones in Houston has resigned after a federal appeals court opened an ethics probe spurred by a previously undisclosed romantic relationship with an attorney whose firm had cases before his court, ending his tenure as the busiest bankruptcy judge in the U.S. Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane of the Southern District of Texas told Reuters on Sunday that Jones resigned, effective Nov. 15. Jones had already stepped back from overseeing large bankruptcy cases and bega