In Howard Kahn’s first year of practice, he collected $133,500.00 arising out of his father’s $71,733.54 mechanics and materialman’s lien claim after 8 years of litigation, which included a published granted petition for writ of mandamus against a Texas district court judge. Kahn v Garcia, 816 S.W.2d 131 (1991). Howard assumed control of the case on the day after becoming licensed in the State of Texas in 1990 after 2 seasoned attorneys gave up.