BEGUM RESPONDS TO ERIN HERNANDEZ'S CHARGE OF BARRATRY

(While at the same time complaining that she and her family is being picked on by supporters of her opponent for the JP 2-2 runoff election Yolanda Begum, Erin Hernandez Garcia is not above having her supporters distribute fliers accusing Yolanda's son Alex Begum of barratry. In fact, she states as much in some of her Facebook postings. This is a serious charge and one that any self-respecting attorney has a right to issue a response. Alex Begum's response is posted below. By allowing the distribution of this scurrilous flier and making the accusations herself, Erin is herself open to criticism for allowing her followers to disseminate the unproved charges.)

By Alex Begum
The lawsuit filed in San Antonio against the Begum Law Firm was filed by a bitter and disgruntled fired employee. The lawsuit is couched in terms of a wrongful termination lawsuit.
The lawsuit was not by any client or by any person claiming that he/she had been in any way improperly solicited. There are no allegations contained in the petition that any member of the law firm attempted to solicit a client.

The allegations are that an employee working at a doctors office called the Begum Law Group, asking for a staff member to go over to the clinic because a client had requested legal representation. (Although, this never occurred, even if it had, this in and of itself is not illegal or prohibited by any state laws)

The disgruntled employee has a long criminal past including multiple theft charges and assault charges. The employee worked for the Begum Law Firm for less than 4 months before being fired. While working at the Begum Law Firm she was written up on multiple occasions and was finally fired for incompetence.

After her firing, the Texas Workforce Commission contacted Alexander Begum and requested that he cooperate in a fraud investigation against the employee.

The employee had apparently been fraudulently collecting federal unemployment benefits during her period of employment with the Begum Law Group. As a result of the cooperation by Alexander Begum, the employee was charged with fraud, denied unemployment benefits, and ultimately forced to repay the fraudulent benefits she obtained.

Eight months after her firing, she goes to a lawyer in SA and alleges that a lawyer working for the Begum Law Group (NOT ALEX BEGUM HIMSELF) had directed her to go sign up a client at a clinic in SA. Allegations in a petition are not facts! They are simply allegations.

The lawyer in SA David Adkisson, (employed with the Begum Law Group) who she made these accusations against was the former San Antonio Bar President, the former president of the SA trial lawyers and a triple board certified civil trial lawyer with an impeccable ethical record with the Texas State Bar. He has been licensed for more than 30 years and has never had a bar grievance filed against him or been accused of these ludicrous accusations. The allegations made by this disgruntled employee are frivolous and without merit.

We seriously intend to defend against these frivolous allegations.