Prominent trial lawyer and current Houston mayoral candidate Tony Buzbee sued rival Houston plaintiffs firm Terry & Thweatt this week, claiming the firm demanded hundreds of thousands of dollars from one of Buzbee’s clients despite never having been retained.

Buzbee filed the suit Tuesday in Harris County District court on behalf of client John Luengas, whose daughter died in a car accident two years ago. The complaint said that after her death, Luengas reached out to multiple law firms, including Terry & Thweatt, to inquire about potential representation. Buzbee asserts that Luengas never retained Terry & Thweatt or signed a contract to work with it, and instead hired Buzbee’s firm to represent him in litigation over the accident.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]