A boutique law firm in The Woodlands, Texas, secured a partial defense verdict against Big Law for an interior designer who the defense attorney claimed was sued by a wealthy couple for $9.5 million on allegations of the breach of an oral contract and fraud.

Gladney Darroh, an author, playwright and head of a manpower company for the oil and gas industry, and his wife Deborah Darroh filed suit against Kevin Spearman and Kevin Spearman Design Group Inc.