fact_id,filing_id,fact
15,2,"Lance Christopher Kassab is a lawyer practicing plaintiffs' legal malpractice law in Houston, Texas through Kassab, P.C."
16,2,Michael A. Pohl is described as an individual lawyer residing in Colorado
17,2,Kassab filed four lawsuits on behalf of over 400 clients against Pohl in four different courts in Harris County
18,2,"The main allegations against Pohl are civil barratry and conspiracy to commit barratry, a third-degree felony in Texas"
19,2,"Pohl conspired with his wife Donalda Pohl ('Dona'), paralegal Edgar Jaimes, and three Mississippi runners (Walker, Seymour, Ladner)"
20,2,"Dona owns Helping Hands Financing, LLC ('HH Texas'); Jaimes runs its day-to-day operations"
21,2,"Walker, Seymour, and Ladner owned Precision Marketing Group, Helping Hands Group, and Helping Hands Financial"
22,2,"For BP claims, runners went door-to-door soliciting; Precision paid runners $300-$400 per client; Pohl paid Precision up to $1,500 per client"
23,2,"Pohl offered runners a percentage of legal fees disguised as $1,500/hour rate"
24,2,"For auto accidents, Pohl monitored Google Alerts for crashes and dispatched runners to hospitals, homes, and funerals"
25,2,"For auto accidents, Pohl paid runners up to $7,500 per client plus 33% of attorney's fees on the back end"
26,2,"HH Texas paid HH Mississippi $2,500 per referral as an additional layer between Pohl and runners"
27,2,Helping Hands offered money to victims conditioned on signing contracts allowing attorney selection (always Pohl)
28,2,Pohl created the 'GM Settlement Verification Team' to impersonate a GM entity and solicit ignition recall victims
29,2,"Over $5 million in 'barratry pass-through money' paid to Walker, Ladner, and Precision"
30,2,"Magdalena Santana was paid $5,000 per case plus fee percentage; was told minorities 'were easier to sign up'"
31,2,"Pohl paid Santana $50,000 cash in 'trick or treat' bags to sign gag agreement; Santana felt 'under duress'"
32,2,"Kenneth Talley solicited 800+ BP claims and 20+ auto accident cases; paid $1,400 plus expenses per auto case"
33,2,Talley carried blank Pohl contracts; both he and Pohl knew solicitation was illegal
34,2,Walker was indicted and imprisoned; Pohl then refused to pay runners promised fees
35,2,Walker and others filed federal suit in Mississippi (Federal Litigation) against Pohl claiming millions in promised fees
36,2,Over 400 solicited clients contacted Kassab and requested representation against Pohl
37,2,Kassab filed grievances against Pohl with the Texas State Bar pursuant to Rule 8.03
38,2,"Kassab has 150 assigned barratry claims as of filing date with remaining claims to be filed by November 7, 2018"
39,2,Attorneys for Kassab: Lance Christopher Kassab (Bar No. 00794070) and David Eric Kassab (Bar No. 24071351)