RECENT VICTORIES:

In the last couple of years, Randy and Kevin have litigated two very large cases against Korean automotive suppliers. The first was Votar, L.L.C. v. HS R&A Co., Ltd., 370 Fed. Appx. 583; 2010 WL 960313 (C.A.6 (Mich)) 2010. Randy tried the case before a jury in the United States District Court in Ann Arbor in December of 2007. The jury awarded every penny of damages asked for, totaling approximately $3.1 million plus continuing sales commissions for life of part. The defendant, HS R & A, appealed the decision and lost. The case was eventually settled for $8.3 million

In May of 2010, in the case of Gerard Thomas Company, Inc. v. S&T Daewoo Co., Ltd., Randy was asked to take over as the attorney for the sales representative firm in an arbitration against another Korean automotive supplier after the arbitration proceeding had already begun. The prior attorney thought that he had negotiated a settlement of $3 million, but before it was finalized, the defendant, S&T Daewoo, advised that it would only pay $1 million. After a six-day arbitration hearing, the three-person arbitration panel issued an award in the amount of $8.49 million in favor of Randy's client. The case is currently on appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals by S&T Daewoo.

Randy and Kevin have also litigated several sales commission cases involving software companies. In 2009, the firm arbitrated a case on behalf of a sales representative from New Jersey who sold software for a Michigan based software company. This was a hard-fought case and involved more than $1 million in commissions. The arbitrators issued a unanimous award in favor or the firm's client in the amount of $1.86 million. This included all past due commissions, penalty damages, arbitrator fees and expenses, plus the firm's entire legal fee calculated on a contingent fee basis.