For the last year, Jackson Walker has faced litigation — and presumably a hit to its bankruptcy business and reputation — since the revelation that a Houston bankruptcy partner was romantically involved with a federal bankruptcy judge who presided over many of the firm's bankruptcy cases.

With litigation pending — including an effort by the U.S. Trustee for the Southern District of Texas seeking fee forfeiture or sanctions in dozens of bankruptcy cases — the firm has commented little on the situation outside of court documents.