Pusch and Nguyen Lawsuit: Expulsion, False Testimony, and Rebrand

The lawsuit between Anthony Pusch and Chi-Hung “David” Nguyen is a partnership dispute between two Houston personal injury attorneys famous for their billboards that began with a $1 million suit in July 2024, briefly settled, then reignited in 2025 with Nguyen’s expulsion from the firm, a rebrand to Pusch & Wynne, and, in May 2026, Nguyen’s sworn admission that he had given false testimony about how he financed a competing office. A trial on the underlying claims is set for July 20, 2026.¹

How the Partnership Was Structured

Pusch and Nguyen launched their personal injury firm in 2018 as equal 50-50 partners and became widely known in Houston for pervasive, often comedic billboard advertising along Interstates 45 and 10.² In 2021, Anthony Pusch’s father, Gerard Pusch, acquired a 10% membership interest, dropping each founding partner to a 45% stake.³ That ownership arrangement matters later: the second Pusch on the ownership ledger was also a co-plaintiff when the fight began.

The 2024 Suit and Quick Settlement

In June 2024, Nguyen told Pusch he wanted out of the partnership. By late July, Anthony and Gerard Pusch had sued Nguyen in Harris County District Court, seeking $1 million and alleging breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty.²

The central claim was that on July 8, 2024, Nguyen withdrew $1 million from the firm’s bank account without authorization. The Puschs also alleged Nguyen had directed disproportionately large payments to a company called Prosper, managed by his brother John Nguyen, and had registered the firm’s slogan “We Push You Win” as a trademark in his own name, with the registration finalizing in October 2023.⁴ Judge Ursula Hall of the 165th District Court granted a temporary restraining order on July 24, 2024, restricting Nguyen’s access to the firm’s accounts.²

Nguyen answered on July 31, 2024. He said the $1 million was his agreed-upon share of a distribution from a large settlement the firm received in November 2023, and that he had given Pusch advance notice of the withdrawal.⁵ He alleged that both Puschs had ignored his concerns about unexplained litigation expenses, refused his requests for a firm-wide audit, and continued taking distributions while he went months unpaid.³

Two days after the counterclaim, both sides signed a joint order of nonsuit without prejudice. The case was formally dismissed on August 29, 2024, with no financial award to either party. Through mediation, they entered a memorandum of understanding that required Nguyen to assign the “We Push, You Win” trademark to the firm.⁶ By September, they had put up a jokey new billboard together.⁷

The 2025 Suit and Nguyen’s Expulsion

The truce didn’t hold. In spring 2025, Anthony Pusch sued Nguyen again, alleging he had breached the August 2024 memorandum. According to Pusch, Nguyen had done nothing to assign the “We Push, You Win” trademark and had been working to launch a competing firm.⁶

Pusch alleged that Nguyen had tried to register three additional firm trademarks under his own control: “Law Brothers,” “Avocado at Law,” and “Avocados at Law.” He also alleged that Nguyen had created a new entity called Chi Legal Group and purchased property near the Pusch & Nguyen offices to house a competing practice.⁶

On April 21, 2025, Pusch and the firm’s management voted to expel Nguyen. A Harris County judge granted another temporary restraining order the same day, cutting off Nguyen’s access to firm systems and finances. Nguyen denied the allegations and said he was “falsely expelled to seize his equity.”⁶

On October 2, 2025, Harris County District Judge Christine Weems issued a temporary injunction that formalized and tightened those restrictions. The order shut Nguyen out of the firm’s operations, online accounts, and revenue; barred him from using firm intellectual property or slogans; required him to transfer the trademarks to the firm by October 31, 2025; and ordered the firm itself to phase out Nguyen’s name and likeness by October 12, 2025.¹

The Rebrand to Pusch and Wynne

The firm rebranded as Pusch & Wynne, replacing Nguyen with Houston attorney Bob Wynne.⁸ Nguyen’s lawyers argued the choice was deliberate because “Wynne” is a homophone of “Nguyen,” and said it was meant to capitalize on the old firm’s name recognition and cause consumer confusion. Pusch countered that the firm retained the rights to its marketing and slogans.¹ The Pusch & Wynne website still references verdicts obtained under the Pusch & Nguyen name.⁹

The Text Messages and the Chassity Murray Loan

In early April 2026, Pusch’s attorney Rodney Drinnon put text messages before the court that had been recovered from a Mac Studio computer issued to Nguyen by the firm, having synced to the machine through iCloud.¹⁰

In one February 2025 message, Nguyen wrote of Pusch: “He’s just a pos. I don’t want to be around him… I’m prob gonna tell him to buy me out. Gtf away from him and focus on my ai tech company. The law firm has peaked and will never get past the current stage because he is too dumb.” Other messages showed Nguyen telling his brother to delete traces of a financial transaction and worrying about being overheard in the office.¹⁰

The messages also contradicted Nguyen’s sworn account of how he had bought the Gulf Freeway property for his new practice. Nguyen and his brother John had testified in June 2025 that the property was purchased “outright with investments from family members.”¹⁰¹¹¹²

Pusch’s team argued that soliciting a business loan from a former client and helping her form a corporate entity to make it happen violated Chapter 1.08 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, which restricts business transactions between lawyers and their clients.¹³ Nguyen’s team moved to exclude the messages, arguing they were obtained without consent and included privileged communications with his former attorney, Joe Little. Drinnon responded that the Mac Studio was firm property, bought on a company American Express card, and cited the employee handbook stating that hardware bought with company funds belongs to the firm.¹⁰ Judge Weems had not ruled on admissibility as of the April 8, 2026 emergency hearing, saying she was “concerned about the allegations on both sides.”¹⁴

Nguyen’s Admission of False Testimony

At a May 18, 2026 hearing, Nguyen admitted under oath that his earlier testimony about the property purchase had been false. He had previously told the court the money came from an aunt and uncle. He now testified that the purchase was funded by a $2 million loan facilitated in part by Chassity Murray, $450,000 of his own money, and $75,000 from his aunt and uncle.¹³

Judge Weems told Nguyen she felt “duty bound” to warn him that he had “admitted to a crime” and advised him of his right to invoke the Fifth Amendment, recommending multiple times that he consult privately with his attorneys. She noted that the admission could render portions of the ongoing hearing moot.¹² Nguyen has also alleged that Pusch committed perjury by giving inconsistent statements about whether he knew of the property purchase in advance, though no details of a formal filing on that claim appear in the reporting.¹³

Nguyen’s counsel has changed during the case. Matthew Whitley and Beck Redden withdrew in March 2026, and he is now represented by Land Murphy. Pusch has been represented throughout by Rodney Drinnon.¹⁰¹⁵

What Happens Next

Nguyen remains shut out of the firm under the October 2025 injunction. A trial on the underlying claims, covering assets, trademarks, and damages, is set for July 20, 2026, before Judge Weems in Harris County District Court.¹

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