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Kid Berwyn

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7. John Roberts' Wife Made Millions From Elite Law Firms, Major Companies
Fri Jul 11, 2025, 11:47 AM
Friday

Never trust a fart and never turn you back on traitors.



John Roberts' Wife Made Millions From Elite Law Firms, Major Companies: Whistleblower Docs

"It almost makes you wonder whether the Supreme Court of the United States is suffering a massive, systemic ethics crisis," said one critic.


by Julia Conley
Common Dreams, April 28, 2023

A whistleblower from the legal recruiting firm Major, Lindsey & Africa says Jane Sullivan Roberts, the wife of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, was paid $10.3 million in commissions over seven years from her job as a headhunter at the company, where she placed attorneys with law firms—including at least one that argued a case before the Supreme Court after the placement was made.

Sullivan Roberts was paid the money between 2007 and 2014, having taken a job with the company two years after her husband was confirmed to the Supreme Court, according to a report out Friday from Business Insider.

The whistleblower, Kendal Price, said in a sworn affidavit in December that he believed "at least some of [Roberts'] remarkable success as a recruiter has come because of her spouse's position."

Price's complaint was reported on earlier this year by Politico and The New York Times, and Insider published new documents regarding the case.

"When I found out that the spouse of the chief justice was soliciting business from law firms, I knew immediately that it was wrong," Price, who worked alongside Sullivan Roberts from 2011-2013 at Major, Lindsey & Africa, told Business Insider. "During the time I was there, I was discouraged from ever raising the issue. And I realized that even the law firms who were Jane's clients had nowhere to go. They were being asked by the spouse of the chief justice for business worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and there was no one to complain to. Most of these firms were likely appearing or seeking to appear before the Supreme Court. It's natural that they'd do anything they felt was necessary to be competitive."

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/jane-roberts-whistleblower

PS: It is less than surprising and more than disappointing to see how little this story has resonated with the nation -- more proof the corporate free press amounts to nothing more than a cold press corpse.

PPS: As for the existence of non-existence of God: I consider this world a miracle. It's up to us to separate the signal of love from all the noise that is evil.

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