statute_id,filing_id,statute,description,cited_by
26,6,Tex. Penal Code § 38.12(a)(4),Criminalizes paying or offering to pay a person money or anything of value to solicit employment with intent to obtain economic benefit — third-degree felony,Kassab
27,6,"Tex. Penal Code § 38.12(b)(1), (2), (3)","Criminalizes financing barratry, investing funds to further barratry, and knowingly accepting employment resulting from barratrous solicitation",Kassab
28,6,Tex. Penal Code § 38.12(d)(2)(A),Criminalizes providing or permitting solicitation of accident/disaster victims within 30 days of the accident by a person with intent to obtain professional employment,Kassab
29,6,Tex. Penal Code § 32.43(b),"Commercial bribery: prohibits a fiduciary from soliciting, accepting, or agreeing to accept any benefit on understanding it will influence conduct in relation to beneficiary's affairs",Kassab
30,6,Tex. Penal Code Chapter 36,"Obstruction and witness tampering — cited in connection with Pohl paying Santana $50,000 to suppress testimony",Kassab
31,6,Tex. Gov't Code § 82.065,"Allows client to void contingent fee contract procured through barratry (enacted 1989, amended 2011 and 2013)",Kassab
32,6,Tex. Gov't Code § 82.0651,"Civil Liability for Prohibited Barratry — creates civil cause of action for persons solicited by barratrous conduct; provides $10,000 penalty, actual damages, and attorney's fees; to be 'liberally construed' (enacted 2011 by S.B. 1716, amended 2013 by H.B. 1711)",Kassab
33,6,Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 1.03,Duty to keep client informed — Pohl failed to disclose material information about barratry to clients Cheatham and Reese,Kassab
34,6,"Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 1.04(f)(1), (f)(2), (g)","Requirements for division of fees between lawyers not in same firm: proportionality or joint responsibility; written client consent identifying all lawyers, fee basis, and shares",Kassab
35,6,Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 1.15(a)(1),Mandatory withdrawal when representation will result in rule violation,Kassab
36,6,Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 3.04,"Fairness in adjudicatory proceedings — violated by paying Santana $50,000 to suppress testimony",Kassab
37,6,Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 4.02,Prohibition on communicating with represented persons — Pohl approached Kassab's client during deposition,Kassab
38,6,"Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 5.04(a), (d)(1)",Prohibition on sharing or promising to share legal fees with a non-lawyer,Kassab
39,6,Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 5.05,Unauthorized practice of law — Pohl operated offices in Mississippi and Tennessee without licenses,Kassab
40,6,Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 7.01(a),Rules regarding firm names — cited in connection with unauthorized practice,Kassab
41,6,"Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 7.03(b), (d)",Prohibition on paying non-lawyers for soliciting/referring clients; prohibition on collecting fees from barratrous employment,Kassab
42,6,"Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 7.05(a), (c)",Advertising rules — listed in violations section of Exhibit A,Kassab
43,6,"Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 7.06(a), (b)",Prohibition on accepting or continuing employment procured by prohibited solicitation,Kassab
44,6,Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 8.03(a),Duty to report known violations of disciplinary rules — cited as Kassab's basis for filing the grievance,Kassab
45,6,"Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 8.04(a)(1)-(4), (a)(9), (a)(12), (b)","Prohibitions on violating rules, committing serious crimes (including barratry), fraud, barratry, and violating laws relating to practice of law",Kassab
46,6,"S.B. 1716, Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., ch. 94","Senate Bill creating civil liability for prohibited barratry, enacting § 82.0651 with $10,000 penalty provision, effective Sept. 1, 2011",Kassab
47,6,"H.B. 1711, Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., ch. 315","House Bill amending §§ 82.065 and 82.0651 to close loophole allowing attorneys to avoid penalty by releasing clients after signing, aligning with Penal Code § 38.12 and Rule 7.03, effective Sept. 1, 2013",Kassab
48,6,H.B. 1890 (companion bill to S.B. 1716),House companion bill creating civil action for conduct constituting barratry,Kassab