NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, February 21, a panel of FINRA arbitrators unanimously ruled in favor of two former Morgan Stanley brokers, represented by Susman Godfrey LLP, in a multimillion-dollar dispute against global bank Morgan Stanley. The case centered on nearly $5 million in bonuses Morgan Stanley paid to the brokers, which the bank claimed were owed back to them when the brokers resigned from the firm to join another bank. After a three-day arbitration and testimony from several witnesses, the panel rejected Morgan Stanley's claims in their entirety, and ordered that the bank pay nearly $1.5 million to Susman Godfrey 's clients on account of commissions lost as a result of the bank's actions. The brokers were represented by partners Jacob W. Buchdahl and Arun Subramanian from Susman Godfrey 's New York office and by David Shank from the firm's Dallas office.