Abaza & Borunda — Bar Complaint Summary (Richard Allison)

Richard Allison Jr. — disabled Marine Corps veteran on fixed income — was cold-called by Abaza in 2019 and pressured into a 35% contingency contract he didn’t understand, over the phone, without ever meeting face-to-face. Key misconduct:

• 🔴 Never explained the arbitration clause, no-contest clause risk, or that losing could disinherit his children
• 🔴 Borunda never signed the fee agreement — making his representation legally invalid
• 🔴 Manipulated a mediation message to keep the case alive when Robin offered Richard an exit
• 🔴 Trevino added to Caroline’s contract only — yet pursued a $600K judgment against Richard with zero written agreement
• 🔴 Traveled to California to sign Richard’s adult children onto contingency contracts without telling him
• 🔴 Used Richard’s confidential protected home address to serve him — a serious privacy violation

The complaint invokes Rule 17.06D (fraud/concealment exception) to defeat the 4-year time bar, with expert reports received December 2023 resetting the clock to December 2027