Cocktail Napkin Employment Dispute Settles Right Before Trial – Updated

(Aug. 21) – The digital age has opened the door for all kinds of things to constitute as evidence, but a business deal signed the old-fashioned way – on a cocktail napkin – scored a win for Dallas attorney Brian Hail over the weekend.

Hail represents Jonathan Kolniak, who was set to face off with his former employer, Bridger Logistics, in a jury trial this week in Dallas District Judge Martin Hoffman’s court. Kolniak claimed he had an agreement with the owner of Bridger at the time, James Ballengee, for a 2 percent equity interest in Bridger, which was sold to Ferrellgas Partners in 2015 for approximately $820 million.