A Brooklyn, N.Y., litigation-funding company has filed eightsuits in Harris County district court over the past few months against Houston lawyer Randolph Michael Nacol II, also known as Michael Nacol. It alleges he breached contracts by failing to return its interest in settlements. Some of the petitions also name as defendantsformer clients of Nacol’s firm and the firm’s former bookkeeper Syndi Lockett.

Now, Nacol faces more litigation: On Jan. 11 two former clients who were sued by the funding company sued him, his firm, Lockett and two former associates over how their settlement funds were distributed.