assertion_id,filing_id,assertion
456,27,Pohl committed barratry — a third-degree felony in Texas — by conspiring with runners to illegally solicit clients
457,27,"Pohl's wife Dona owns Helping Hands Financing LLC, a sham lending company used to funnel barratry payments; Jaimes ran its day-to-day operations"
458,27,"Runners Walker, Seymour, and Ladner also owned sham companies Helping Hands Group LLC and Helping Hands Financial LLC ('HH Mississippi') plus Precision Marketing Group LLC"
459,27,"For BP clients, runners went door-to-door and were paid $300-$400 per client; Pohl paid Precision $1,500 per client; HH Texas paid HH Mississippi $2,500 per client referral"
460,27,Pohl set up Google Alerts for catastrophic auto accidents and immediately dispatched runners to hospitals and funerals
461,27,"Runners falsely told victims they were from 'Helping Hands' there to provide money for burial services, food, and lodging; victims could not get money unless they agreed to hire Pohl"
462,27,"Pohl paid runners up to $7,500 per signed auto accident client plus up to 33% of his legal fees"
463,27,"The hourly rate of $1,500 per hour was a disguise for the agreed percentage of fees — hours were calculated backwards from the percentage amount"
464,27,Pohl helped runners form the GM Settlement Verification Team to look like an official General Motors entity to trick potential clients during GM ignition recall
465,27,"Santana was sent on 'dozens and dozens of car wreck cases all over the country' and offered $5,000 per case plus a percentage of attorney's fees"
466,27,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'
467,27,"Pohl paid Santana $50,000 in cash delivered in three bags marked 'trick or treat' by Jaimes to sign a gag agreement"
468,27,"Santana attempted to note the $50,000 on the agreement but Jaimes said Pohl demanded she state she received only nominal consideration ($100)"
469,27,Santana felt she was 'forced to sign' the gag agreement while 'under duress'
470,27,"Santana filed a December 19, 2017 retraction affidavit, but it never stated her prior testimony was untrue — only that she 'does not agree with it' and it was not 'reliable'"
471,27,"Santana's deposition testimony confirmed most if not all facts from her September 24, 2016 affidavit and was never retracted"
472,27,"Talley solicited 800+ BP claims ($75-$350 each) and 20+ auto accident cases ($1,400 plus expenses), carried blank contracts, followed a checklist ('bring flowers,' 'spend no more than $50')"
473,27,Talley never recommended any lawyers other than Pohl and never told clients he was paid to solicit them
474,27,Talley and Pohl both knew what they were doing was illegal; Talley was once 'run out of town' and told by a 'lawyer or policeman' it was against the law
475,27,"Walker was indicted and sent to prison; Pohl and partners stopped paying runners, leading to the Mississippi Litigation"
476,27,Pohl's lawsuit against Kassab is retaliatory — filed because Kassab represented barratry victims and filed grievances
477,27,"Pohl has judicially admitted that barratry claims are not legal malpractice claims, supporting assignability of claims"
478,27,Pohl judicially admitted the Discovery Rule does not apply to barratry claims
479,27,Kassab did not steal anything from Pohl and did not purchase stolen documents
480,27,"Pohl is not the owner of documents received from Precision, Favre, Nicholson, or Montague"
481,27,Pohl abandoned the documents he now accuses Kassab of stealing — they sit in a warehouse unattended
482,27,Pohl never requested Kassab to return the alleged property (failure of conditions precedent)
483,27,None of the documents Kassab received are Pohl's trade secrets as alleged