Judge in Bankman-Fried case recuses self because her husband's firm advised FTX
Ronnie Abrams, a district judge for the Southern District of New York, said in a court order on Friday that the law firm of Davis Polk and Wardwell LLP — where her husband is a partner — advised FTX in 2021.
The firm represented parties that may be adverse to FTX and to Bankman-Fried in other proceedings or potential proceedings, Abrams wrote. “My husband has had no involvement in any of these representations,” she wrote in the filing. “These matters are confidential and their substance is unknown to the Court. Nonetheless, to avoid and possible conflict, or the appearance of one, the Court hereby recuses itself from this action.”Abrams’ husband, Greg D. Andres, is former Brooklyn federal prosecutor who later served as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department, The New York Times reported earlier this month.
Andres was part of special counsel Robert S. Mueller’s team that investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election. Before she was appointed by President Barack Obama in 2012, Abrams also worked at Davis Polk & Wardwell where she oversaw its pro bono program, according to The Times. From 1998 to 2008, she was a prosecutor with the US attorney’s office in the Southern District of New York.
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