With Jackson Walker asserting in a court filing on Monday that it “acted responsibly” after learning that former bankruptcy partner Elizabeth Freeman lied to the firm about the status of her romantic relationship with former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge David Jones, questions about both the judge’s and the firm’s actions still remain.

In a preliminary response to Rule 60 motions filed this month by the U.S. Trustee for the Southern District of Texas, seeking disgorgement of up to $13 million in fees and expenses awarded to the firm in bankruptcy cases in Jones’ court, Jackson Walker said while it is dealing with a “very difficult and challenging set of circumstances,” that it takes very seriously its responsibility to operate with professional ethics and integrity.