Lawyers for a major U.S. bank are asking a Fayette circuit judge to recuse herself from presiding over a property dispute after they say she failed to disclose that the receiver she appointed to handle the case is also representing her in ongoing impeachment proceedings.
Lawyers for Bancorp, a Minnesota-based lender aiming to recoup money on several dilapidated properties in Lexington, claim Fayette Circuit Judge Julie Muth Goodman did not inform them that James Frazier III, acting as receiver in their case, is also representing the judge as she fights an effort by the Kentucky General Assembly to impeach and remove her from office, according to a March 30 filing.
“It is similarly reasonable to doubt that Judge Goodman will impartially listen to objections made by parties in this case to attorney Frazier’s actions, when Judge Goodman is currently trusting attorney Frazier and his judgment in arguably the most important case of Goodman’s career,” wrote Allison M. Bortner, Drake Staples and James Irving, lawyers in the civil suit…