A Tarrant County jury returned a verdict on Feb. 7 totaling $3.5 million in damages, plus a half interest in a company, in favor of North Richland Hills lawyer D. Kent Davis. The verdict came in a breach of fiduciary duty and fraud suit Davis filed against his former partner Ledford White and a company White owns, M&M Joint Venture.

"They were partners for almost 20 years, and it was a case of betrayal. My client absolutely could not believe what he came to learn, but I guess the jury couldn’t believe it either," says W. Bradley Parker, a shareholder in Parker McDonald of Bedford who represents Davis.