Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts's spouse, Jane Roberts, was paid more than $10 million by top law firms for recruitment work, with at least one of those firms arguing a case before the high court.
The staggering figure comes from records in a whistleblower complaint filed by a former colleague of Jane Roberts, who claims that as a spouse of the top judge on the Supreme Court, the high dollar amount she earns from law firms who practice before the court should be scrutinized.A comprehensive internal spreadsheet compiled by the legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa shows that Jane Roberts's"attributed revenue" amounted to $13,309,433 between 2007 and 2014.
A memo written in support of Price's complaint by Bennett Gershman, professor at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University who has authored books on legal ethics, cited at least one case in which a firm Jane Roberts did recruitment for eventually argued before the Supreme Court. The Insider report noted that Jane Roberts's"access to people is heavily influenced by her last name," citing a legal consultant previously interviewed by Politico.
Reports of Jane Roberts's earnings come alongside a string of ethics concerns raised by mostly Democratic lawmakers after the revelation of Justice Clarence Thomas's undisclosed trips paid by a GOP megadonor, his failure to report a transaction with that donor, and a report this week that Justice Neil Gorsuch did not reveal the CEO of a major law firm bought his property days after his 2017 confirmation.
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