W. Craft Hughes, a partner in Houston's Hughes Ellzey, won an Aug. 19-issued $117,000 judgment for his client, a machinist who alleges his former employer wrongfully terminated him after he refused to help illegally manufacture AK-47's silencers.

"This is one of the most interesting cases we've ever tried," says Hughes, who served as lead counsel and worked with his partner Jarrett Ellzey on Darryl McKnight v. Team Industrial, Inc. in the 80th District Court in Harris County.