fact_id,filing_id,fact 40,3,"Pohl was introduced to Walker, Maxwell, Robinson, and Seymour in April 2012 and Ladner approximately six to eight weeks later" 41,3,Robinson's father-in-law was described as a prominent local attorney who advised the PR Consultants' group 42,3,"Robinson withdrew July 15, 2012; remaining group (Walker, Seymour, Ladner) became 'PR Consultants'" 43,3,Pohl initially contracted with Maxwell-Walker for exclusive public relations and client liaison services for BP claims 44,3,Contracts provided for hourly fees and retainer capped at 21% of LOMAP's 40% interest in BP representation 45,3,Precision Marketing Group succeeded Maxwell-Walker in January 2013 46,3,PR Consultants were supposed to provide exclusive services to Pohl but secretly diverted hundreds of claimants to competing attorneys 47,3,"PR Consultants were primarily supposed to run information booths at public events (boat shows, festivals) and answer follow-up calls" 48,3,PR Consultants sent falsified invoices with PAID stamps predating preparation dates; systematically overcharged Pohl 49,3,"PR Consultants charged up to $1,000/week in fictitious 'miscellaneous marketing' expenses from approximately March 2013 through September 2013" 50,3,Walker admitted the 'miscellaneous marketing' charges were not truthful when confronted 51,3,PR Consultants marketed their services to competing attorneys while Pohl paid their overhead 52,3,"Ladner absconded with 17 containers of client files from Pohl's satellite office, later delivered to Favre" 53,3,PR Consultants and Nicholson refused to return four computers purchased by Pohl 54,3,Files were delivered to Favre without Pohl's consent; Favre purchased them despite being told they were stolen 55,3,It appears Kassab eventually purchased the stolen materials from Favre 56,3,"After BP activity halted in spring 2013, Pohl retained PR Consultants for rollover/auto defect cases" 57,3,Pohl closed his Mississippi satellite office in February 2014 58,3,Julia Porter and Monica Chaney operated an unauthorized website using Pohl's name; Pohl sent cease and desist letters 59,3,Jacqueline Taylor's statement suggests Porter/Chaney may have been associated with PR Consultants 60,3,Christopher Forrest appeared in May 2017 with a Pohl fee agreement — over 3 years after BP claims closed 61,3,"Pohl's 60/40 fee split with Williamson was consistent with Texas law, with flexibility based on actual contribution" 62,3,"In some instances, Pohl received no fee at all on a BP claim" 63,3,"Affidavit sworn June 19, 2018 in Montgomery County, Texas" 64,3,"In the Federal Court Lawsuit, PR Consultants alleged hourly-rate basis and denied entitlement to percentage of fees"