assertion_id,filing_id,assertion
147,8,Kassab's law firm focuses solely on plaintiffs' legal malpractice
148,8,Kassab filed four lawsuits on behalf of over 400 clients against Pohl in four different Harris County courts alleging civil barratry and conspiracy to commit barratry
149,8,Civil barratry is a third-degree felony under the Texas Penal Code
150,8,"Pohl conspired with his wife Donalda Pohl, paralegal Edgar Jaimes, and three Mississippi runners to illegally solicit clients"
151,8,"Sham companies used: Helping Hands Financing LLC (Texas), Helping Hands Group LLC, Helping Hands Financial LLC (Mississippi), GM Settlement Verification Team, and Precision Marketing Group LLC"
152,8,"For BP litigation, Precision paid runners $300-$400/client; Pohl paid Precision $1,500/client; fee percentage disguised as $1,500/hour rate"
153,8,"For auto accidents, Pohl paid runners up to $7,500/client plus 33% of attorney's fees; HH Texas paid HH Mississippi $2,500 per referral"
154,8,"Walker, Ladner, and Precision received over $5 million in 'barratry pass-through money'"
155,8,Walker testified it was 'clear to [him] it was barratry' and considered himself 'a pass-through for barratry money'
156,8,"Santana solicited 'dozens and dozens of car wreck cases all over the country'; paid $5,000/case plus fee percentage"
157,8,Pohl told Santana minorities 'were especially vulnerable since they tended not to know that the law prohibited barratry' and 'were easier to sign up'
158,8,"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'"
159,8,"Pohl paid Santana $50,000 cash in bags marked 'trick or treat' to sign a gag agreement; Santana felt 'forced to sign' it 'under duress'"
160,8,"Santana's December 19, 2017 retraction affidavit does not state her prior testimony is untrue, only that she does not 'agree with' it"
161,8,"Talley solicited over 20 auto accident cases and more than 800 BP claims; paid $75-$350 per BP client and $1,400 plus expenses per auto case"
162,8,Talley followed a solicitation checklist including bringing flowers and filling out HH Texas funding schedule
163,8,Talley carried blank Pohl contracts; both he and Pohl knew solicitation was illegal; Talley once 'run out of town'
164,8,"Pohl has judicially admitted barratry is not a legal malpractice claim, so assignment is permitted"
165,8,Kassab has been assigned 150 barratry claims as of the filing date
166,8,Pohl filed this lawsuit against Kassab in retaliation for the barratry lawsuits and grievances