Judge Finds ‘Legal Boss’ Who Solicited Tricolor Clients in Contempt

The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of auto dealer Tricolor Holdings found a man with a history of fraud in contempt for the unauthorized practice of law, comparing his tactics in soliciting immigrant victims to characters in the TV series “Better Call Saul” and “Seinfield.”

Judge Michelle V. Larson of the US Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Texas issued a 44-page opinion Thursday, finding Francisco Aguirre through Beyond Attorneys LLC also violated a bankruptcy rule requiring that documents presented to the court be legally warranted, factually supported, and not presented for any improper purpose.

“If there were ever a textbook written on the ins and outs of the unauthorized practice of law, the cover of that textbook could include a picture of Beyond Attorneys and its contents could simply be a chapter-by-chapter breakdown of the actions taken by Mr. Aguirre in this case,” Larson wrote in the opinion.

Larson’s opinion follows a Bloomberg Law investigation that revealed Aguirre had a history of fraud schemes targeting Spanish-speaking populations dating back more than 20 years, and had recruited Tricolor clients under the alias El Jefe Legal, Spanish for The Legal Boss, through TikTok videos. Aguirre was recently ordered back to prison in Arizona for violating terms of his parole that, among other things, forbid him from acting as a lawyer.

The judge cleared an administrative assistant of sanctions due to her strictly administrative role, but said she was “standing on the thinnest of ice from a sanctions perspective.”

The court will schedule a hearing to address the amount and extent of sanctions, considering the fees and expenses incurred by the bankruptcy estate, consumer creditors, and the court-appointed debt collector.

“On the surface, he protests to being a benign good Samaritan, offering a helping hand to those in need who are in the midst of a tenuous legal proceeding,” the judge wrote. “However, this self-generated perception is nothing more than a façade built on a foundation of empty promises, the business ethics of Saul Goodman, and an aversion to the truth akin to the likes of George Costanza.”

The case is Tricolor Holdings LLC, Bankr. N.D. Tex., No. 25-33487, opinion 6/11/26