Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel have gone unsanctioned for so long that they have no fear of Disciplinary Action from the State Bar of Texas Grievance System! Failing to explain whatever happened to funds ($1,900,75) remaining in Clement's IOLTA account after Clement terminated Casteel and Casteel, P.L.L.C., and billing Clement for  "legal services" that were never described ($1,163.60) on September 16th, 2015 were not sufficient to demonstrate malpractice to the State Bar Texas - to date.  Now, Casteel & Casteel, P.L.L.C, has sent Clement yet another bill on February 3rd, 2016! I contend that both Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel can and will be disbarred for their "legal services --- on behalf of Clement W. Machacek."

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MS. JORDAN LINDSAY PREDDY

 Eligible to Practice in Texas

Bar Card Number: 24060841
TX License Date: 11/02/2007

Primary Practice Location: Austin , Texas

P.O. Box 12487
Austin, TX 78711

Practice Areas: Ethics-Legal Malpractice, Intellectual Property, Litigation: Commercial, Real Estate, Appellate: Civil


Statutory Profile Last Certified On: 11/23/2015

On January 13th, 2016, Jordan Lindsay Preddy, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel for The State Bar of Texas, dismissed both of Clement W. Machacek's Grievances, indicating that she did not have "enough evidence" to determine if Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel had conducted themselves unethically in her estimation.  Although Clement provided three Termination letters (two of them notarized and sent by Priority Mail), which effectively terminated BOTH Carter Casteel and Barron Casteel from doing any more "work" for him, the fact that Clement also sent along proof that Casteel & Casteel, PLLC Attorneys removed $1,900.75 from Clement's remaining Trust Account and - IN ADDITION - sent Clement an invoice demanding payment for $1,163.50, was not "enough evidence!" Clement W. Machacek immediately appealed to BODA.
On December 17th, 2015, Clement W. Machacek filed Grievances with the State Bar of Texas, against:
1. Barron Casteel, Bar Card Number, 24004583
2. Carter Casteel, Bar Card Number,  03981600

Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel were fully terminated from any "services" for either Clement W. Machacek or for me (Debbie G. Asbury) on March 23rd, 2015. We demanded the $1,900.75 that remained in Clement W. Machacek's Trust Balance on July 29th, 2014 back but have not yet received it.

The Casteel's, however, have used up the $1,900.75 and billed us for $1,163.50 more - not bothering to show any itemized accounting for their fraudulent billing. Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel have for so long gone undisciplined for any of the frivolous lawsuits, barratry and FRAUD that they inflict on their Clients, they do not fear the Texas State Bar. 

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The fact is:  I have fully detailed the Professional Misconduct and FRAUD of both Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel in State Bar Grievances. Yet, they are so unfearful of any sanction, Casteel and Casteel, Pllc Attys is continuing to bill - without bothering to send out itemized accounts!
BEWARE of signing any Documents with either Barron Casteel or Carter Casteel. In the event that you have already done so, do not ever sign Confidentiality Forms - to pledge your Confidentiality in regard to any fraudulent Lawsuits that Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel will disrupt your life with for years to come. 


You will have to pay Casteel & Casteel, Pllc Attys for any fraudulent actions they will involve you in; first in Barratry with "opposing counsel" and, then, for the rest of your life as you try to defend YOURSELF from their Professional Misconduct.  


If you have ever retained Barron Casteel or Carter Casteel, and have been subjected to Barratry and Professional Misconduct, please be sure to file a Grievance with The State Bar of Texas. In the future, each and every falsely denied Grievance of Texas Complainants who have taken the time to file Grievances against attorneys who employ Barratry and other Professional Misconduct in their law practices, will be "revisited" and will result in a "class action lawsuit" against The State Bar of Texas. YOU MUST HAVE FILED ONE OR MORE GRIEVANCES IN ORDER AGAINST ATTORNEYS IN TEXAS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE "CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT" AGAINST THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS.
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In Barron Casteel's malpractice of the Profession of Law, a Client cannot fire Barron Casteel or the Law Firm, Casteel & Casteel, Pllc Attys. Although Clement W. Machacek terminated the "services" of Barron Casteel on or about August 18th, 2014, Barron Casteel inanely expects both Clement and I to sign for and PAY HIM for passing more nonsense through the Comal County Court. Barron Casteel depends upon the fact that I HAVE NO ATTORNEY. Until the State Bar of Texas sanctions Barron Casteel, I would never waste my money hiring any attorney to oppose him. My question is:...why would anyone hire any attorney in Texas, as long as The State Bar plays "favorites" and does not discipline attorneys who act in BAD FAITH, BARRATRY and PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT?


I have complained to the State Bar of Texas in Grievances against both Barron Casteel and Carter Casteel. I will continue to do so until the malpracticing attorneys are brought before a Panel of their peers, investigated and disbarred.
On April 14th, 2014, I sent my Grievance to CCA with the following Cover Letter.

Consumer Complaint Agency (CCA)               VIA www.consumercomplaintagency.org



RE: A Fraudulent Real Estate Scam – Perpetrator: Barron Casteel, Casteel & Casteel, Pllc,  254 E. Mill St., New Braunfels, TX 78130 Phone: (830) 608-1611 FAX: (830) 608-0449 in Comal County, TX.

            I need the CCA's help to encourage the State Bar of Texas to investigate, sanction, and possibly disbar Barron Casteel. My intention (with CCA's support) is to fully expose Barron Casteel so that any potential Clients are advised of the fact that he will inanely improvise a frivolous lawsuit and trap them in a fraud. I want Barron Casteel's prospective Clients to understand that there are Civil and Criminal consequences to participating in dishonest acts - even if a Defendant's attorney, a Title Insurance Company Attorney, an FDIC Mortgage Lender and a Judge (initially) seem "go along with the fraud."

            Please call me if you have any questions. Thank you, Debbie G. Asbury

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The Butt's atty, Barron Caseel, through his barratry, misconduct and FRAUD, made it impossible for the Butts to buy my home in any legal manner.  Due the atty's incoherent representation of Kevin and Jasmine Butt and malpractice, I was never able to pass a clear Title to the Plaintiffs. Therefore, the Butt's Title Insurance will not protect them when the facts are revealed to BODA's Judiciary Panel; for I will take every appropriate step to regain my proper and legal Title to my home.
     Additionally, it is the Barron Casteel's Misconduct, which led the Butts to believe that they NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT A "CLEAR TITLE," as long as they could obtain (even through FRAUDULENT METHODS) a low-interest FDIC Insured Loan. From inception, (PRESS HERE to review how Lawsuit began) the Lawsuit, Cause #C2007-0475A, (Plaintiffs) Kevin & Jasmine Butt v. Debbie G. Asbury (Defendant), was a frivolous lawsuit.  Even worse, it will, in all likelihood, lead the Butts into bankruptcy and, perhaps, Kevin Butt will do time in prison due to the clearly fraudulent attempt of the Plaintiffs and their attorney, Barron Casteel, to obtain an FDIC Loan through deceit and serious felony.

A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT
  1. In late April 2007, the Butts, Buyers, of my home at Canyon Lake, TX., were unable to prepare a "list of repairs still left undone," that would have allowed me, Debbie G. Asbury, to leave money in escrow for those repairs.  It had been raining profusely so repairs could not be completed by the Closing Date, 04/30/07, set forth in our executed Sales Contract. The Butts insisted that I MUST EXTEND THE CLOSING DATE UNTIL ALL THE REPAIRS COULD BE DONE.  I simply could not wait months for the rain to stop. Therefore, I terminated the Sales Contract and tried to refund the Butts earnest money, per Terms clearly stipulated in our Contract.  However, on May 1st, 2007, one day after the aborted closing and my attempt to legally terminate the Sales Contract, the Butts hired Barron Casteel to sue me.  Barron Casteel LEAPED at the "opportunity" to sue me---telling the Butts that they NEED NOT PAY HIM AT ALL UNLESS HE WON THE LAWSUIT!
  2. I am certain that the Butts told Barron Casteel (just as they had told me) that they had procured (on their own) a FOUNDATION INSPECTION REPORT from MLA Lab's DeWayne Krawl.  Because the FOUNDATION INSPECTION REPORT indicated that there were serious problems with the FOUNDATION OF MY HOUSE, Barron Casteel's duty was to advise the Butts to show me the INSPECTION REPORT, so I could do my own investigation of this "problem" and choose a Repair Company to do the work.  However, from the first day of his Representation of the Butts, Barron Casteel determined that he would help them conduct a FRAUD AGAINST ME, THE TITLE COMPANY INSURER, the FDIC LENDER, and other insurances. The BUTTS AND BARRON CASTEEL HID THE FOUNDATION REPORT from the 1st day of the Lawsuit!  My many attempts to force them to SHOW IT TO ME failed.( I actually found it within the voluminous casefile-long after Judge Gary Steel forced me to pass a defective Title to the Butts which allowed them to obtain a FRAUDULENT FDIC LOAN!)
  3. I was appalled to see the Butts' Affidavits in the Lawsuit and other demands of a frivolous lawsuit, Cause #C2007-047A.  The Plaintiffs claimed well over $100,000 in financial damages; not for any Repairs yet undone or listed on the TREC Home Inspection Report, but for "lost rents of $2,100 a month - from the date of the aborted Closing (4/30/07) until I completed agreed upon Repairs/Specific Performance, AND TO PAY BARRON CASTEEL'S ATTORNEY FEES!"
  4. From the first mention of the "lost rents of $2,100" in Barron Casteel's legal documents, I repeatedly explained TO HIM that his Lawsuit would PREVENT THE BUTTS FROM EVER BEING ABLE TO BUY MY HOUSE with a low-interest FDIC Insured Loan - for the simple fact that: per FDIC Regulations, A HOME-BUYER MUST INTEND TO LIVE IN A HOME INSURED BY FDIC and, NOT RENT-IT-OUT!  I also explained the "lost rents of $2,100 conflict" to my own attorneys, 1st American Title, and various Lenders over the full 2 years of the frivolous Lawsuit, BUT NOT ONE OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS SEEMED CONCERNED WITH THE FRAUDULENT NATURE OF THE LAWSUIT FROM THE DAY OF ITS' INCEPTION.
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   Please PRESS HERE for a List of Pleadings, compiled by Michael J. Morris, an attorney and professor of law, in Comal Co., TX
   FROM THE FIRST PLEADING IN THE BUTT'S CASE AGAINST ME, BARRON CASTEEL'S DOCUMENTS WERE LIES. PRESS HERE TO VIEW THE FIRST PLEADING.

     For several months in 2007, Jerry Tucker, a Comal Co. attorney who I retained 1st in the Butt v Asbury Lawsuit,  attempted to "negotiate" with Barron Casteel about how we might proceed with the repairs which HAD TO BE COMPLETED - before the Butts could qualify for a Loan from any Lender. The Butts could not possible qualify for any legal Title to my HOME until all the issues of the TREC Inspection Report were resolved.  But even more importantly, the FOUNDATION INSPECTION which the Butts and Casteel were hiding from me and Jerry Tucker - had to be revealed to the Lender!
     However, Casteel proclaimed in his Motion for Summary Judgment (MSJ)that the Butts had been approved a Loan-regardless of the FACT that the Butts were Plaintiffs in a Lawsuit - which would PRECLUDE THEM from Lender approval until the Lawsuit was resolved.!  The MSJ also required that I pay DAMAGES -  "rents that I was receiving of $2,100 a month to the Butts."  (Of course, the home was my own HOME and was not rented out.) In spite of the fact, that Jasmine Butt had called Jerry Tucker, herself, and discussed the FACT that there was significant damage to my home's foundation, there had never been any mention of the FOUNDATION INSPECTION which the Butts had procured BEFORE we executed the Contract.  SUCH A FOUNDATION PROBLEM, as the Butts had alleged to me and Jerry Tucker would have precluded the Butts' ENTITLEMENT to any loan--but especially an FDIC Insured Loan! Press here for more

    Barron Casteel worked AGAINST the Plaintiffs; with each Motion for Summary Judgment he filed, we became UNABLE to negotiate the Repairs which I had agreed to pay for - BEFORE THE ABORTED CLOSING.  In September, 2007, Jerry Tucker and I attended a Mediation but there was not a single resolution.  By December, 2007, the Contractor, Robert Semora, who had already told the Butts and Casteel, that - even if he was able to finish his Roof Work - that he would NOT BE ABLE to warranty the Work for the Butts. Of course, the Butts and Barron Casteel had called and threatened him SO MANY TIMES in the months since the aborted Closing, Robert Semora was so fearful that I would sell to the Butts, leaving him with the awful Lawsuit, that he walked off from his work for me. 
     Due to the Lawsuit, I had great difficulty getting any of the necessary work completed by other Contractors. When I did hire Contractors after Robert Semora walked off, NONE would provide warranties for the work - even to me.
     After the failed Mediation, I had no hopes of being able to provide a Clear Title to my home to the Butts, because much of the work had been done during the rains in Texas and NONE of that work had warranties - even for me to rely on. When Barron Casteel provided yet another MSJ, PRESS HERE, actually demanding that I pay - up to $352,900 to the Butts (the fair market value of my house), I could do nothing but resign myself to waiting for the Fair Jury Trial to come at some time in the future!