<a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/peter-schiff-takes-a-another-dig-at-sam-bankman-fried">Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)</a>, the former CEO of <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/sec-identifies-ftx-exchanges-ftt-token-as-a-security">FTX</a>, is currently the subject of continuing legal procedures. However, when District Judge Ronnie Abrams <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/23531804-order-in-ftx-case-judge-abrams-recuses-herself-after-delayed-transcripts-unsealed-recusal-order-here-whos-next-innercitypresscom-is-on-it" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">departed</a> from the case, the situation changed. After learning that a legal firm with Abrams' husband as a partner counseled the <a href="https://www.cryptoknowmics.com/news/singapore-starts-inquiry-into-cryptocurrency-exchange-hodlnaut">cryptocurrency</a> exchange in 2021, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York was able to extricate itself from the FTX matter.
<h2>SBF Case Judge Recuses Herself</h2>
Judge Abrams disclosed in a December 23 filing that her spouse, Greg Andres, is an associate at the legal firm Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell, where he has worked since June 2019. It was also mentioned that the legal firm had counseled FTX in 2021.

Furthermore, according to Abrams, the law firm participated in additional legal processes on behalf of parties that could be hostile to FTX and SBF. She emphasized that her spouse has played no role in any of these assertions and claimed that the District Court is unaware of the details due to secrecy.
<h2>Judge Absence From FTX Case Results</h2>
Given that Andres is still an associate at Davis Polk &amp; Wardwell, the absence of Judge Abrams from the FTX case resolves any potential conflict of interest. Andres formerly held the position of Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, where he was responsible for overseeing both domestic and international extortion investigations and criminal fraud prosecutions.

SBF Case Judge Recuses Herself Due to Past Work by Husband's Firm

SBF Case judge Ronnie Abrams departed from the case after learning that a legal firm with Abrams' husband as a partner counseled the crypto exchange in 2021

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SBF Case Judge Recuses Herself Due to Past Work by Husband's Firm

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