The Saga of Suspended Law Firm MMA and Missing Insurance Payouts Continues

When Hurricane Laura hit Lake Charles in August 2020, Aaron Sonnier’s roof was badly damaged. He was lucky: his insurance company quickly paid for repairs. But when he started noticing more damage to the house in the following months, things got messy.

Sonnier hired Houston law firm McClenny Moseley and Associates, also referred to as MMA, to try and obtain the funds for the remaining repairs in the summer of 2021. Two years later, he is still waiting for the money his insurance company agreed to pay out in August of that year.

A check issued by the insurer was one piece of evidence held up by U.S. District Judge James Cain when he questioned the firm’s founding partner, Zach Moseley, at the federal courthouse in Lake Charles on Tuesday.