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Must-watch YouTube thumbnail featuring Anne Ashby, former Dallas judge, arbitrator, and lawyer, with headlines about questions over undisclosed conflicts in the Allison probate case involving attorneys Nick Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino

Our DAMN LAWYERS investigation is yielding more complaints about lawyers accused of preying on families in inheritance cases. What happens when you sue those lawyers for malpractice and there are allegations of bias and hidden conflicts? It ain’t easy, especially when you find the STENCH OF CRONYISM.

Must-watch consumer alert thumbnail warning Texas families in estate disputes that predatory lawyers can cost them their inheritance, featuring a family and attorneys against a Houston skyline with bold warning text.

We are calling out some DAMN LAWYERS because we think what happened in a Texas inheritance battle is just wrong. Shouldn’t lawyers get punished when their advice costs you millions of dollars? Or maybe that was the plan all along. This is the first video of a multi-part investigation so follow Dolcefino to get the whole story.

Must-watch investigative video thumbnail featuring Anne Ashby, Jorge Borunda, Nick Abaza, and Michael Trevino, with bold text about lawyers investigated for undisclosed conflicts and fraud in a dramatic purple legal podcast-style graphic.

Malpractice lawyers are taking aim at the DAMN LAWYERS in our widening probate investigation, claiming fraud after what we helped uncover. A DECEPTION that may have cheated a brother and sister out of millions of dollars from their dad’s estate.

Must-watch thumbnail featuring former client Gail Echols speaking out as an inheritance victim in the Allison probate case, warning families about predatory lawyer allegations involving Jorge Borunda, Nick Abaza, and Michael Trevino.

How did my lawyers make more money from my inheritance than I did? I hired lawyers to help recover my inheritance. Instead, they made more money from my inheritance than I did. I’m Gail Echols, former client of Houston attorneys Jorge Borunda, Nicholas Abaza, and Michael Trevino.

News article: “CONSUMER ALERT: Texas Families in Estate Disputes – Beware of Predatory Lawyers” Jorge Borunda, Nick Abaza, and Michael Trevino - predatory lawyers who proclaim “fighting for inheritances and trust busting” while getting clients into hig stakes inheritance disputes to maximize attorneys fees

Texas Families in Estate Disputes – Beware of Predatory Lawyers 

One family’s experience with attorneys Nick Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino offers a cautionary example for Texas consumers navigating probate and estate disputes.

News article: “CONSUMER ALERT: Mandatory Arbitration Enables Predatory Lawyers and Leaves Families Without Resolution When Disputes Go Wrong” - Hidden Arbitration Clauses allow attorneys like Jorge Borunda, Nick Abaza, and Michael Trevino to Collude with Corrupt Dishonest Arbitrators like Anne Ashby to Rig Arbitrations in Texas in Favor of Attorneys who otherwise would have lost with the consumer protection laws favoring their former Clients Caroline Allison and Richard Allison

Houston, TX, March 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Following its warning against predatory lawyers on Tuesday, March 17th, Houston-based organization Stop Legal Bullying Now, LLC is also cautioning Texas citizens about mandatory arbitration clauses that predatory lawyers use to quietly force clients to waive their Seventh Amendment right to a fair trial.

News article: CONSUMER ALERT: Growing Calls for Arbitration Reform – Every day Texans Forfeit Their Rights - New legal filings in a case involving lawyers Nicholas Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino, challenges arbitration decision, and formally reports arbitrator Anne Ashby to the Texas State Bar

New legal filings in a case involving lawyers Nicholas Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino, challenges arbitration decision, and formally reports arbitrator Anne Ashby to the Texas State Bar

GOOGLE REVIEW FRAUD ALERT WITH HOUSTON BASED ATTORNEYS -Consumer alert on alleged review fraud and attorney misconduct involving Nicholas Abaza, Jorge Borunda, Michael Trevino, and Anne Ashby, raising questions about Google reviews, arbitration conflicts, legal ethics, and Texas families harmed by probate litigation. Receivership and aggressive tactics by Seth Nichamoff who shares an office with Nick Abaza

MUST READ: Review Fraud investigates suspicious Google review activity tied to Nicholas Abaza’s law office, including alleged friend-linked reviews, overlapping reviewer patterns, and possible Google policy violations—all amid a wave of negative reviews involving Abaza, Borunda, and Trevino. Juicy, messy, and highly relevant to consumer warning conversations.

Consumer warning involving Houston attorneys Nicholas “Nick” Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino, accused of using arbitration clauses to avoid client accountability in inheritance litigation, fee disputes, alleged misrepresentations, and aggressive attorney-fee tactics.

By Jessica Corso ( December 13, 2021, 4:08 PM EST) — Three Houston-based attorneys Nick Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino are being sued for around $5 million by a former client Caroline Allison who claims that they deceived her into changing their fee agreement during a legal fight over her late father’s will…

Gail Echols - another victim of predatory lawyers Nick Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino - how did they make moe than she did off of Gail’s inheritance?

By Jessica Corso ( December 13, 2021, 4:08 PM EST) — Three Houston-based attorneys Nick Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino are being sued for around $5 million by a former client Caroline Allison who claims that they deceived her into changing their fee agreement during a legal fight over her late father’s will…

Thumbnail - Legal Malpractice Lawsuit - Gail Echols V. Nicholas Abaza, Jorge Borunda and Michael Trevino - Original Petition filed 3-28-2016

She trusted her lawyers with her entire inheritance. They handed her $750,000 and a pile of worthless investments — and called it a win.

Now Gail Echols fought back, suing the very attorneys who settled her family estate case, claiming they never bothered to find out what she was actually owed.

The question: how much did she really lose?

Dolcefino Media uncovers another shocking chapter in the Houston probate scandal, exposing how families say lawyers drained inheritances, manipulated trust, and turned grief into profit. This must-watch investigation reveals the human cost of legal abuse—and why every family with an estate, trust, or inheritance should pay attention.

CONSUMER ALERT: New Alleged Victims Come Forward

More Texas families are coming forward with disturbing allegations against probate lawyers Nicholas Abaza, Jorge Borunda, and Michael Trevino. The claims describe similar patterns of fee harvesting, pressure tactics, and inheritances drained during vulnerable estate disputes. This consumer alert is a must-read for any family facing probate litigation.

Attorneys Jorge Borunda, Nick Abaza, Michael Trevino get served the Bill of Review after avoiding service for 2 months; denying their former clients Caroline Allison and Rich Allison for rigging the arbitration

Houston-based probate lawyers accused of arbitration fraud allegedly dodged service for weeks, forcing costly process servers, despite counsel knowing and later filing a bare denial.

the lawyers running from the process server to avoid service outside the courthouse

Lawyers sought a hearing to keep the Allisons’ assets frozen under their judgment, while allegedly dodging service in the fraud-based Bill of Review, forcing unnecessary costs before filing a bare-bones general denial in court later.  Watch the post- hearing interview.