fact_id,filing_id,fact
789,64,"Final Judgment signed December 22, 2023 by Judge Christine Weems, 281st District Court, Harris County, Texas"
790,64,"Cause No. 2018-58419: Michael A. Pohl and Law Office of Michael A. Pohl, PLLC v. Lance Christopher Kassab and Lance Christopher Kassab, P.C. d/b/a The Kassab Law Firm"
791,64,"Trial commenced August 21, 2023; jury rendered verdict August 31, 2023"
792,64,"Settlement Credit of $765,000 from former defendants prior to trial"
793,64,"Actual damages: $1,453,040 (jury Q7 totals less $765,000 settlement credit)"
794,64,"Trial attorneys' fees: $1,232,013"
795,64,"Conditional appellate fees: $175,000 (COA) + $55,000 (PFR) + $85,000 (merits briefing) + $60,000 (oral argument) = $375,000 total conditional"
796,64,"Exemplary damages: $3,000,000 (unanimous jury award under Q19)"
797,64,"Prejudgment interest: $624,986.34 at 8.5% simple from Aug 28, 2018 through Sept 18, 2023, plus $338.38/day thereafter"
798,64,"Total if no appeal: $6,310,039.34; escalating to $6,685,039.34 through SCOTX oral argument"
799,64,Postjudgment interest: 8.5% compounded annually from judgment date
800,64,Jury Q1: Yes — Pohl owned trade secrets (fee contracts and client lists)
801,64,"Jury Q2: Kassab, Favre, Nicholson, Montague all misappropriated (Yes); Precision did not (No)"
802,64,Jury Q3: Yes — Pohl's wrongful conduct contributed
803,64,"Jury Q4: Kassab 70%, Favre 10%, Nicholson 10%, Montague 10%, Pohl 0%, Precision 0%"
804,64,Jury Q6: No — Kassab did not acquire/use trade secrets while in attorney-client relationship
805,64,"Jury Q7: Individual damages including Berry v. Pohl $84,445; avoided development costs $369,000; other sub-amounts partially legible due to OCR quality"
806,64,Jury Q8: Yes — willful and malicious misappropriation
807,64,"Jury Q15: Kassab conspired with Favre (Yes), Nicholson (Yes), Montague (Yes), Precision (No)"
808,64,Jury Q17: Yes — clear and convincing evidence of willful and malicious misappropriation
809,64,"Jury Q19: $3,000,000 exemplary damages for Q2 conduct"
810,64,General Verdict Certificate: Ten jurors agreed (not unanimous)
811,64,Recorder's Memorandum notes instrument is of poor quality at time of imaging
812,64,"Lawsuit filed August 28, 2018 (basis for prejudgment interest calculation)"
813,64,"Parties defined: Pohl = Michael Pohl and Law Office of Michael A. Pohl, PLLC; Kassab = Lance Christopher Kassab and LCKPC d/b/a The Kassab Law Firm; co-defendants Nicholson (Tina Nicholson/Baker Nicholson LLP), Favre (Scott Favre/Scott M. Favre PA LLC), Montague (Doug Montague/Montague Pitman & Varnado PA), Precision Marketing Group LLC"