Key Assertions

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32 rows where filing_id = 33

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548 33 33 Kassab has been licensed to practice law in Texas since 1995 and has handled approximately 2,300 legal malpractice cases, the vast majority on the plaintiff's side
549 33 33 Kassab's date of birth is March 12, 1961; business address 1214 Elgin Street, Houston, Texas 77004
550 33 33 Kassab graduated law school with honors and was editor-in-chief of Law Review
551 33 33 Kassab is licensed before the U.S. Supreme Court, Fifth Circuit, and U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas
552 33 33 Kassab was formerly a Briefing Attorney for the First Judicial District Court of Appeals in Houston and a former intern for the Texas Supreme Court
553 33 33 Kassab has handled cases across Texas and in California, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, Arkansas, Colorado, Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi
554 33 33 Kassab is owner of Lance Christopher Kassab, PC d/b/a The Kassab Law Firm
555 33 33 Kassab and Montague were previously co-counsel in lawsuits against John O'Quinn on behalf of more than 1,000 of O'Quinn's former silicosis clients (filed 2011, litigated through 2015)
556 33 33 Montague notified Kassab of the Mississippi Litigation in fall 2014
557 33 33 The Mississippi Litigation was filed by Walker, Ladner, and Seymore (owners of Precision Marketing) alleging Pohl hired Precision Marketing to solicit clients in exchange for fees
558 33 33 Precision Marketing acquired thousands of BP Deepwater Horizon clients and numerous auto accident cases for Pohl
559 33 33 Kassab obtained information from PACER about the Mississippi Litigation
560 33 33 Kassab met with Scott Favre, who became owner of Precision Marketing through purchase agreements with prior owners
561 33 33 Kassab concluded that solicited clients had potential civil barratry claims under Section 82.0651 of the Texas Government Code
562 33 33 On November 11, 2016, Kassab entered a joint venture agreement with Montague and Nicholson to pursue barratry claims against Pohl
563 33 33 Joint venture fee split: 50% Kassab, 40% Montague, 10% Baker/Nicholson (50/25/25 if Baker leads)
564 33 33 Kassab agreed to send solicitation letters, sign up clients, draft petitions, do bulk of motion work, litigate and try cases, and front 50% of expenses
565 33 33 Nicholson was brought in because she was licensed in many gulf states where lawsuits were contemplated
566 33 33 Favre and Nicholson provided Kassab with Precision Marketing's files including names and addresses of Pohl's former clients, prior to Favre's settlement of the Mississippi Litigation with Pohl
567 33 33 Kassab understood the information belonged to Precision Marketing based on purchase agreements where Walker, Ladner, and Seymore certified ownership of all assets
568 33 33 Kassab did not know the information was allegedly acquired from Pohl by improper means or misappropriated by anyone
569 33 33 Kassab sent advertisement letters approved by the Texas State Bar and bars of other states to people who may have been barratry victims
570 33 33 Literally hundreds of individuals responded indicating they had been personally solicited to hire Pohl in auto accident or BP claims
571 33 33 Over 400 individuals contracted with Kassab's firm and co-counsel beginning at least by February 2017
572 33 33 The Berry case was settled on December 2019 with Pohl paying a substantial sum of money
573 33 33 The Cheatham case was initially dismissed on summary judgment but reversed on appeal August 30, 2022 — court found dismissal erroneous
574 33 33 The Brumfield and Gandy cases were dismissed on limitations; appellate court affirmed May 27, 2021; Texas Supreme Court denied review January 28, 2022
575 33 33 Pohl filed this lawsuit August 28, 2018 while barratry litigation was ongoing
576 33 33 Kassab anticipated litigation against Pohl no later than January 2015
577 33 33 Montague and Kassab started discussing litigation against Pohl in late 2014 and circulated a joint venture agreement by January 15, 2015
578 33 33 Representation contracts named claims as 'Barratry, Legal Malpractice and/or Breach of Fiduciary Duty' — broader than just barratry
579 33 33 Some contracts named defendants as 'Jimmy Williamson, Jimmy Williamson, P.C. and/or Michael A. Pohl' while others named only Michael A. Pohl

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CREATE TABLE key_assertions (
    assertion_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    filing_id INTEGER REFERENCES filings(filing_id),
    assertion TEXT
);