After a week of trial, a confidential settlement has ended a legal malpractice case involving allegations a Columbus lawyer and his now-defunct firm’s mishandling of financial matters for a scion of the once-mighty Bill Heard Chevrolet franchise cost his client millions of  dollars.

The settlement reached Monday marks the second time former Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild partner J. Barrington “Barry” Vaught and the firm agreed to settle claims that Vaught’s actions caused Bill Heard III and Edward Heard to lose insurance trusts worth tens of millions of dollars. The trusts were set up by their father, Bill Heard Jr.