Legal ethics experts Jan Jacobowitz, left, professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law and John G. Browning, right, of Passman & Jones weigh in on U.S. District Judge Mark E. Walker’s decision to recuse himself from a felons voting rights case. Courtesy photos.
U.S. District Chief Judge Mark E. Walker in the Northern District of Florida recused himself from a case that challenged part of an amendment giving voting rights to convicted felons.
He did it because one of the defense attorneys works at Holland & Knight, a Big Law firm where Walker’s wife, Karen D. Walker, is executive partner in the Tallahassee office.
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