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Sunday, April 30th, 2023

Whistleblower raises alarm over John Roberts’ wife making $10.3 million in legal commissions: ‘I knew immediately that it was wrong’

Author:     Gideon Rubin
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     April 28, 2023 | 3:25 PM ET
 Link: Whistleblower raises alarm over John Roberts’ wife making $10.3 million in legal commissions: ‘I knew immediately that it was wrong’
Stephan:  

If you or I worked for a corporation or for some branch of the government and did this sort of thing, we would be fired in an instant, and justifiably so. Chief Justice Roberts’ wife gets $10 million in legal commissions paid by people involved with cases before the Justice. Your wife makes $10 million but, of course, that makes no difference to you. It has no influence on your decisions. Right? Get real.

Chief Justice John Roberts Credit: Brendan Smialowski/ AFP

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife earned $10.3 million in commissions for her work for elite law firms, one of which argued a case before her husband, Business Insider reports.

Jane Sullivan Roberts stepped away from her career as a prominent lawyer two years after her husband’s confirmation to the Supreme Court to become a legal recruiter, matching job-seeking lawyers with employers in what turned out to be a lucrative career change.

She made $10.3 million in commissions from 2007 to 2014, according to a whistleblower complaint, which cites internal records that were obtained from her employer by a disgruntled former colleague of Jane Roberts.

Kendal B. Price, the whistleblower who worked with Roberts at the firm Major, Lindsey & Africa, said as the chief justice’s wife, income Jane Roberts earns from law firms who try cases before the court should be subject to scrutiny.

“When I found out that the spouse of the chief justice was soliciting business from law firms, I knew immediately that it […]

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3 Comments

  1. Rev. Dean on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 1:36 pm

    A friend of mine employed an attorney to work for him on a legal matter and the Jerk (Attorney) did not even show up for the court hearing after being paid $10,000.

    • Rev. Dean on Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 1:38 pm

      P.S.: It makes me think that all attorneys are crooked and un-ethical.

  2. Albus Eddie on Monday, May 1, 2023 at 5:22 am

    This is corruption looks like in practice.