Statutes Cited

397 statutory references with descriptions

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26 6 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 6 Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 1.15(a)(1) Mandatory withdrawal when representation will result in rule violation Kassab
36 6 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 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 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 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 6 Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 7.01(a) Rules regarding firm names — cited in connection with unauthorized practice Kassab
41 6 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 6 Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 7.05(a), (c) Advertising rules — listed in violations section of Exhibit A Kassab
43 6 6 Tex. Disciplinary R. Prof'l Conduct 7.06(a), (b) Prohibition on accepting or continuing employment procured by prohibited solicitation Kassab
44 6 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 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 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 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 6 H.B. 1890 (companion bill to S.B. 1716) House companion bill creating civil action for conduct constituting barratry Kassab

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CREATE TABLE statutes (
    statute_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
    filing_id INTEGER REFERENCES filings(filing_id),
    statute TEXT,
    description TEXT,
    cited_by TEXT
);