Judge Jay Bybee reports receiving over $3 million in free services from Latham & Watkins
Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Jay Bybee received more than $3 million in free legal services from Latham & Watkins, in defense of allegations that he violated ethics rules while serving as an assistant US attorney general, according to financial disclosures filed by the judge.
Former Hardy land developer Wayne Watkins faces $3 million in civil penalties as a result of a judgment rendered in a lawsuit filed by Attorney General Dustin Mc-Daniel in 2008 over claims that Watkins swindled thousands of dollars from buyers in a failed land deal on the Spring River.