Title VII suits involving retaliation allegations can be risky business for lawyers, but Thomas Padgett Jr. and Andrew Golub took a chance that recently paid off for their client and for them.

On June 9, U.S. District Judge Ewing Werlein Jr. of Houston signed a final judgment and an order on equitable relief and other post-trial issues awarding plaintiff Corina T. Allen $306,000 in damages and her lawyers, Padgett and Golub, $332,652 in attorneys’ fees.