Personal Representation to Ensure Justice: Phil Bubb and Kristy Rogers

Assisting Small Business Owners

Phil Bubb

Kristy Rogers

Phil Bubb represented the minority owner of a restaurant group who served as its head chef. When it became clear it was time for him to leave the group, Phil and his team helped him negotiate a settlement agreement to pay him $30,000 for his ownership interest in the group and allow him to move on. Once he voluntarily left his position as head chef, however, the majority owners of the restaurant group denied the existence of a binding settlement agreement and refused to pay him any money. One of the majority owners was an attorney, and the restaurant group suggested they would fare better in a lawsuit than would our client because the restaurant group was not going to incur legal fees.

After multiple attempts to try to settle the case, Kristy Rogers and Phil sued the majority group and tried the case to a jury in Polk County. They needed to prove that an enforceable settlement agreement existed; the terms of that agreement; and that their client had fully performed his obligations. After a four-day trial, the team achieved a total victory for their client when he was awarded the $30,000 with interest from the date of the original settlement agreement, which has now been paid in full. Former Fredrikson lawyer Rhiannon Baker assisted.