EPISODE · Nov 7, 2025 · 16 MIN
Judicial Impartiality Meets Fiction: Inside the Dondero Recusal Petition
from Unwritten Law
Mark Chenoweth and John Vecchione welcome NCLA Senior Litigation Counsel Russ Ryan for a jaw-dropping judicial-ethics cases.A Texas judge—currently presiding over a live case—has written three novels featuring characters bearing striking resemblance of herself and on one of the actual litigants before her. The fictional version of the real-life businessman is cast as a villain.The case is Dondero v. Jernigan, raising fundamental questions about impartiality.Russ walks through the surreal facts and NCLA’s concise but impactful amicus brief urging the Court to fix the problem.This is an episode you do not want to miss.
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Judicial Impartiality Meets Fiction: Inside the Dondero Recusal Petition
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