Successfully represented a large privately held company against a Big 4 accounting firm in a malpractice case involving inaccurate tax advice. Jury found negligence and gross negligence and awarded client actual and exemplary damages totaling $14 MM. Case settled after trial for a high seven figure sum. SnyderGeneral Corporation v. KPMG Peat Marwick, No. 90-14145, 192^nd District Court, Dallas County, Texas.

Successfully defended a Texas subsidiary of a Dutch company against a multi-million dollar claim by a former officer under an alleged stock redemption agreement. The jury found the redemption agreement was not signed by the party who was to redeem plaintiff’s stock and no liability on alternative claims for quantum meruit and fraud. The judgment was affirmed on appeal, with Reneker as lead appellate counsel. See Byrne v. Harris Adacom Network Services, Inc., 11 S.W.3d 244 (Tex. App. – Dallas 1999, pet denied).

Successfully defended a local physician against claims for breach of contract and fiduciary duty in a business transaction. The jury found the adverse party breached the contract first, and the court determined there was no fiduciary duty as a matter of law. Dar v. Willow Bend Montessori LP, No. 416-02770, 416^th District Court, Collin County, Texas.

Represented a high profile law firm in negotiating a favorable settlement with a retiring partner, thus averting litigation. The parties reached a compromise after Reneker raised arguments that the retiring partner was not entitled to any payment under the proper construction of the firm’s partnership agreement.

Represented a class of non-employee unit holders and obtained a chancery bench verdict against a limited partnership that owned an institutional stock brokerage firm and its directors. The chancery court held that a plan sponsored by management for forced redemption of units held by non-employees at book value was promulgated in bad faith, in violation of the partnership agreement and thus unenforceable. The case settled after the chancery court’s decision, with plaintiffs receiving fair value for their units. See Gelfman v. Weeden Investors LP, 792 A.2d 977 (Del. Ch. 2001) (denial of motion to dismiss); Gelfman v. Weeden Investors LP, 859 A.2d 89 (Del. Ch. 2004) (decision after trial).

The Court of Appeals affirmed a $3.2 MM recovery for our client and reversed and rendered a large judgment in favor of the adverse party on its counterclaim. In reversing the judgment on the counterclaim, the appellate court adopted the argument Reneker had advanced in support of a motion for summary judgment in the trial court as lead trial counsel. See Kartsotis v. Bloch, 503 S.W.3d 506 (Tex. App. – Dallas 2016, pet. denied).