A jury verdict that RM partners Brett Rosenthal and Brad Gordon obtained in October has been recognized as one of the 2024 Top 50 Jury Verdicts in Texas by TopVerdict.
The list recognizes law firms and attorneys who have obtained the largest verdicts, settlements or court awards nationwide and statewide.
The Oct. 10, 2024 jury verdict that made the list awarded Reese Marketos client Colin Dooley and his Dallas-based real estate company, Dooley Developments USA LLC, nearly $9 million in a long-standing dispute against lender Stallion Funding and several related entities. Upon final judgment, the award grew to $12.79 million.
The Dallas County jury found that Stallion Funding fraudulently lured Dooley into loan-to-own terms that resulted in foreclosure on a lucrative Old East Dallas townhome development. The jury also rejected the defendants’ $16-million counterclaims in their entirety and found that they acted with malice, draining Dooley’s equity value of the property despite nine years’ worth of work.
The TopVerdict recognition demonstrates the firm’s ability to set the record straight in the courtroom and do so with excellence.
“When our opponents tell us before trial that ‘It’s my way or the highway,’ Reese Marketos will gladly take the highway,” said Pete Marketos, one of the firm’s founding partners. “Brett Rosenthal and Brad Gordon’s result for Mr. Dooley shows why. If a company wants to gamble against our firm in a jury trial, it is our job to make sure they regret it.”