Washington, D.C.’s federal appeals court has opened the door for a former lawyer now serving time for fraud to gain access to possible disciplinary records of prosecutors who tried his case, including one who’s now a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.

Ruling in a Freedom of Information Act suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit sided in part with Gregory Bartko, a former securities lawyer and investment manager convicted in 2010 on criminal fraud charges in a North Carolina federal court. The D.C. Circuit handed down its decision on Aug. 3.