Elizabeth Freeman, a former partner at Jackson Walker LLP, is the focus of a criminal investigation alongside her relationship with a former bankruptcy judge. During a recent bankruptcy court hearing, Freeman’s attorney, Tom Kirkendall, disclosed that a subpoena from the US Trustee’s office has requested years of her client’s bank records. Kirkendall argued for the subpoena to be quashed, highlighting what he termed as the Trustee’s office using the Department of Justice’s ongoing criminal probe against Freeman to justify the request.
This disclosure intensifies the scrutiny on both Freeman and the former judge. The Justice Department has already initiated a separate criminal investigation concerning the former judge. According to Kirkendall, the Trustee’s pursuit of financial records underscores a complex legal tactic to leverage the criminal investigation in its bankruptcy proceedings.
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