assertion_id,filing_id,assertion
430,26,"Pohl committed barratry by conspiring with runners to illegally solicit clients, a third-degree felony in Texas"
431,26,Walker testified that he and Pohl called it 'marketing services' but it was 'clear to him it was barratry' and he considered himself 'a pass-through for barratry money'
432,26,"Walker, Ladner and Precision received over $5 million in 'barratry pass-through money' from Pohl and other lawyers"
433,26,Payments flowed from Pohl through his wife's wholly owned company 'Helping Hands Financing' to Precision to individual runners
434,26,"Runners were paid between $2,500 and $5,000 per auto accident client solicited"
435,26,Precision trained '40 or 50 people' on how to 'go out and solicit contracts'
436,26,"Santana was instructed by Pohl to 'approach the victims and their families while they were vulnerable, in the emergency room, their hospital rooms or at the funerals'"
437,26,Pohl told Santana that minorities 'were especially vulnerable since they tended not to know that the law prohibited barratry' and 'were easier to sign up'
438,26,"Pohl paid Santana $50,000 in cash, delivered by Jaimes in Florida, to sign a gag agreement not to report Pohl's illegal activity to any law enforcement or State Disciplinary boards"
439,26,Santana felt she was 'forced to sign' the gag agreement while 'under duress'
440,26,"Pohl gave Santana $2,000 to 'give to the client to convince her into signing over with the firm'"
441,26,"Pohl told Santana: 'take no prisoners, this is a cut-throat business, you get in there and you do whatever it takes to get this client'"
442,26,"Talley solicited over 800 BP claims for Pohl at $75-$350 per client and over 20 auto accident cases at $1,400 plus expenses"
443,26,"Talley maintained $1,000 in cash to pay accident victims to 'help them with problems' only if they 'were signed up'"
444,26,Talley testified that both he and Pohl knew what they were doing was illegal
445,26,Two of Talley's solicited families later hired Kassab to sue Pohl for barratry
446,26,"Shepherd, as Pohl's attorney in the Mississippi Litigation, may have intentionally failed to protect Pohl's property interests to secure future lucrative employment"
447,26,"Walker, Seymour, and Ladner certified they owned all subject property and had authority to transfer it to Favre"
448,26,"Favre purchased Precision and all its assets including client lists, marketing lists, documents, files, and computers in May 2016"
449,26,Kassab obtained information from PACER and directly from Favre and Nicholson including names and addresses of Pohl's former clients
450,26,Kassab agreed to represent more than 400 individuals who claimed to have been personally solicited to hire Pohl
451,26,Kassab filed four petitions on behalf of barratry victims in Harris County and also filed grievances against Pohl pursuant to Rule 8.03
452,26,"Pohl filed this lawsuit in direct retaliation for the barratry lawsuits and grievances filed against him, alleging breach of contract, theft of trade secrets, conversion, and civil conspiracy"
453,26,"Pohl paid an additional $1,000,000 to settle the Mississippi Litigation after having already paid approximately $5,000,000 in barratry money"
454,26,"Pohl argued in the Mississippi Litigation that agreements with runners were illegal and unenforceable, but the federal court rejected this, finding Texas law did not apply to Mississippi residents/companies"
455,26,The court need not have personal jurisdiction over the designated third parties under the 2003 revision of Chapter 33