Key Facts

899 material facts asserted in filings

Data license: Public court records

14 rows where filing_id = 33

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426 33 33 Kassab anticipated litigation against Pohl no later than January 2015 — began circulating joint venture agreement by January 15, 2015
427 33 33 Joint venture agreement signed November 11, 2016: Kassab 50%, Montague 40%, Nicholson/Baker 10% fee split (50/25/25 if Baker leads)
428 33 33 Kassab's responsibilities: solicitation letters, client sign-up, draft petitions, bulk motion work, litigation, trial, front 50% of expenses
429 33 33 Nicholson was brought in because she was licensed in many gulf states where lawsuits were contemplated
430 33 33 Berry case filed June 5, 2017 (7 plaintiffs, auto accident/rollover solicitation), settled December 2019 with Pohl paying substantial sum
431 33 33 Cheatham case filed June 20, 2017 (4 plaintiffs, auto accident solicitation), initially dismissed, reversed on appeal August 30, 2022
432 33 33 Brumfield case filed June 8, 2017 (~62 plaintiffs, BP solicitation), dismissed on limitations, affirmed May 27, 2021, Supreme Court denied review Jan. 28, 2022
433 33 33 Gandy case filed October 16, 2017 (~135 plaintiffs, BP solicitation), dismissed on limitations
434 33 33 Kassab and Montague were previously co-counsel against John O'Quinn on behalf of 1,000+ silicosis clients (2011-2015)
435 33 33 Pohl filed this lawsuit August 28, 2018 while barratry litigation was still ongoing
436 33 33 Precision Marketing alleged Pohl hired them to solicit clients in exchange for percentage of fees plus sum certain per referral
437 33 33 Precision Marketing acquired thousands of BP Deepwater Horizon clients and numerous auto accident cases for Pohl
438 33 33 Representation contracts characterized claims as 'Barratry, Legal Malpractice and/or Breach of Fiduciary Duty' — not just barratry
439 33 33 Contingent fee structure in representation contracts: 33-1/3% pre-suit, 40% post-suit pre-trial, 45% post-trial

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CREATE TABLE key_facts (
    fact_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    filing_id INTEGER REFERENCES filings(filing_id),
    fact TEXT
);