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According to a news release by the Texas Attorney General's Office, a Corpus Christi attorney and case runner from the Garza Law Firm solicited their legal services at 1:00 a.m., uninvited at the home of a family who's relative had been killed in a car accident earlier that night. This is a perfect example of the on-going problem known as barratry.
According to a news release by the Texas Attorney General's Office, a Corpus Christi attorney and case runner from the Garza Law Firm solicited their legal services at 1:00 a.m., uninvited at the home of a family who's relative had been killed in a car accident earlier that night. This is a perfect example of the on-going problem known as barratry.
On Tuesday, May 25, a Jim Wells County grand jury indicted the defendants with one charge of barratry and one charge of solicitation of professional employment.
BACALA has made tremendous progress in lawsuit reform; unfortunately, many cases of barratry continue to go unnoticed.
Based on his testimony at Chairman Todd Hunter's Interim Hearing of the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence Committee on Wednesday, May 26, well-known personal injury attorney Bill Edwards of the Edwards Law Firm strongly agrees that this type of activity is corrupting our society.
"I fought to make barratry a felony. Anyone involved in barratry will be held accountable," said Edwards.
Tune in to hear Edwards speak about the damaging effects of barratry on "Lago in the Morning" on 1360 KKTX at 7:30 a.m. this Thursday, June 10.
Barratry and solicitation of professional employment is a third-degree felony punishable by up to a $10,000 fine and two to 10 years in prison.
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