“MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES”: Lucas B. Horton Apologizes to a Court for Anger Management Issues (I’m Serious)

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Been an awful lot of apologizing to the court lately.

The best read story of the year so far is that of McGuireWoods managing partner Tracy Walker IV apologizing to the Court on behalf of his entire firm for a “portfolio” attorney submitting fake cites to the court.

Well now we have another declaration of apology to report– this time involving an angry outburst by Lucas B. Horton.

Horton is a repeat litigator who up until recently had a successful career bringing TCPA class action lawsuits. Just search “Horton” on TCPAWorld to see all the fun things he has accomplished.

Well it seems as if his litigator career may be coming to a close at the hands of PivotHealth.

In PivotHealth Holdings, LLC v.  Lucas Horton, Case No. 2:24-cv-01786-SHD (D. Az.), Pivot is accusing Horton of forging a document in an effort to support an allegedly frivolous lawsuit.

In connection with that case Horton was deposed and apparently exploded on the examining lawyer in a profanity-laced tirade that was caught on tape and later presented to the court.

That lead to Horton filing a declaration yesterday apologizing to the court (but not to counsel) for his “mental health issues.”

Here is what he says:

I have seen various kinds of doctors and been on medications off and since I was a child.

I have been treated for anxiety, mood stabilization, depression, among other things.

Exhibit A is a record from Tom Thumb of some of prescriptions.

I will go from 1 to 100 in terms of my temper extremely quickly when something sets me off and once I get to 100, it is very hard to calm down. Especially if whatever of bothering me won’t stop.

Fitzgerald asking me the same questions over and over again concerning things that were not relevant such as my mortgage triggered me. Badly. I really needed an attorney to be there to keep me in check, but I was not able to find anyone who would represent me in this.

I apologize to the court for my behavior. I know it was wrong and would always not prefer to lose it as I did.

You can read it for yourself here: Horton Declaration

So there you go.

Horton has anger management issues and we may never hear from him in a TCPA suit again.

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The Czar of TCPAWorld Eric Troutman is one of the country’s prominent class action defense lawyers and is nationally recognized in Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) litigation and compliance. He has served as lead defense counsel in more than 70 national TCPA class actions and has litigated nearly a thousand individual TCPA cases in his role as national strategic litigation counsel for major banks and finance companies. He also helps industry participants build TCPA-compliant processes, policies, and systems. Eric has built a national litigation practice based upon deep experience, rigorous analysis and extraordinary responsiveness. Eric and his team feel equally at home litigating multibillion dollar telecommunications class actions in federal court as they do developing and executing national litigation strategies for institutions facing an onslaught of individual TCPA matters. They thrive in each of these roles – delivering consistently excellent results – while never losing sight of the client experience. While many firms now tout TCPA expertise, Eric has been there from the beginning. He built one of the country’s first TCPA-only defense teams and began serving as national TCPA counsel for his clients nearly a decade ago. This perspective allows him to swiftly develop the right litigation strategies for dealing with recurring problems, without wasting time on tactics that are bound to fail. Eric’s rich historical perspective and encyclopedic knowledge of the TCPA landscape also make him an invaluable resource to institutional compliance teams struggling to comply with the shifting regulatory landscape. No task is too small – or too big. Indeed, Eric and his team have helped build TCPA-compliant systems and processes for some of the largest and most complex corporate entities in the country. He commonly works with in-house compliance counsel to build and implement enterprise and business-line specific TCPA solutions, performs TCPA audits and drafts and reviews proposed TCPA policies and procedures. He and his team also have the technical expertise necessary to assist call centers seeking to develop TCPA-resistant call path architecture or to modify existing telephony and software integration to better insulate from potential TCPA exposure. Eric has built a reputation for thought leadership. An avid blogger and speaker, he has been at the forefront of the industry’s effort to push for clarity and a return to sanity for the TCPA for years. He was selected to advocate for the financial services industry on important TCPA issues before the Federal Communications Commission and co-authored the nation’s only comprehensive practice guide on TCPA defense. In his spare time, Eric leads defense teams representing banks and other financial services companies in consumer finance litigation matters. He has experience representing clients in UCC, TILA, RESPA FCRA, CCRA, CLRA, FDCPA, RFDCPA and FCCPA claims, as well as in fraud and bank operations issues.

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  1. If I had to rate that apology from1 to 100 on how badly it set my anger off from how horrible it was, I’d rate it at 100. “I have mental health issues, therefore, it excuses my behavior” is an excuse, not an apology. – written by someone who also has anxiety and depression . . . .

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  2. Interesting fodder. But, the prescriptions highlighted were from 2022, and we are now in 2026. So, did this outburst happen in 2022?

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