Questioning the litigation tactics of his former Big Law attorneys and criticizing a federal magistrate judge, a former recruiter at MWK Recruiting tried to convince the judge he should not be sanctioned in connection with a discovery dispute in a trade secrets case pending in Austin.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Austin of the Western District of Texas asked recruiter Evan Jowers and his attorney, Robert Tauler of California, to file responses this week on why he should not sanction them in connection with the discovery dispute.