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| | Address | | 3333 Lee Parkway, Tenth Floor | | Dallas, Texas 75219 | | (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| Shackelford, Melton & McKinley, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Appellate, Aviation, Business, Banks and Banking, Bankruptcy, CMBS Servicing, Commercial Law, Construction, Consumer, Contracts, Corporate, Entertainment, Federal Civil Practice, Health Care, Insurance, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Probate, REMIC Servicing, REO Transactions, Real Estate, Sports, Taxation, Trusts and Estates. | | Firm Size: 24 | Representative Clients:
Alcogroup, Alcotra, SA, and Alcofin, SA (Brussels & Geneva); Alcochem, Inc.; Alcotra do Brasil; American Airlines Center; American Biomedical Group, Inc.; Apple Computer, Inc.; ATCO Products, Inc.; Camp Mystic, Inc.; Center Operating Company, LP; Century Bank, N.A.; Comerica Bank; Consolidated Lloyds Insurance Company; Consumers County Mutual Insurance Company; Creditors Bankruptcy Service; John Eagle Automotive Group; First American Real Estate Services; Frost Bank Financial Management Group; Gill Records Services, Inc.; Higgins Marketing Associates, Inc.; Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs; Hillwood (A Perot Company); Liberty Federal Savings Bank; Legend National Bank; MB Financial Bank, NA; Macfarlan Real Estate Group; Management Recruiters; NexBank SSB; Northern Trust Bank; PGA of America, Northern Texas Section; Park Cities Dodge; Prosperity Bank; Preston National Bank; R.F. Monolithics, Inc.; Rosewood Property Company; Scarbrough, Medlin & Associates, Inc; Sam Pack Automotive Group; Starman Bros. Auctions, Inc.; Stewart Title Guaranty Company.; The Mortgage Store Financial, Inc.; The Nine Group (Las Vegas, Chicago, and Dallas); Trammell Crow Company; Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.; Wilmington Finance, Inc.; Woodhouse Petroleum (Dubai). |
LABOR COUNSEL FOR: AT Systems, Inc.; Harder Consulting, Inc.; HardHatJobs, Inc.; Kintetsu World Express; Lawns of Dallas; MasterCorp, Inc.; Select Temporaries, Inc.; The Pines Catholic Camp; Property Automation Software Corporation; Riccione Resources, Inc.; Technology Service Professionals, Inc.; TLK Healthcare, Ltd.; Tomkins Industries, Inc.; Trinity Industries, Inc. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
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Fixed Hourly Rates
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MasterCard | | PARTNERS | | Daniel Baucum (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, October 17, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; 1986, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979); New York University School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 1984). Editor, Southwestern Law Journal, 1977-1979. Special Assistant to Assistant Chief Counsel, Passthroughs and Special Industries, Internal Revenue Service, 1988-1990. Assistant General Counsel and Special Assistant to the General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency, 1990-1991. Co-Author: "Limited Liability Companies," No. 725 Tax Management. Adjunct Professor of Law: Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University, 2007—; Graduate Tax Law Program, Georgetown University Law Center, 1993-1997. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections of: Tax; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law); State Bar of Texas (Member, Section of Taxation; Council Member, 2005-2008; Vice Chair, Committee on Governmental Submissions, COGS; Member, Sections of: Business Law; Trust and Estates; Course Director: Advanced Tax Law Course, 2004 and 2005); Dallas Bar Association (Member, Tax Section). Practice Areas: Business Law; Tax Planning; Tax Controversies; Estate and Asset Preservation Planning. Email: Daniel Baucum | | John R. Bauer (Partner) born Chicago, Illinois, December 13, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Drake University (B.A., 1963); Southern Methodist University (LL.B., 1966); National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern (1973). Phi Delta Phi. Thesis Panelist for: National Graduate Trust School at Northwestern, 1974-1986; Stonier Graduate School of Banking at University of Delaware, 1986-1987, Chairman 1985 and 1986; Planned Giving Council, Southern Methodist University, 1996—, Chairman 2003—. Member, Executive Board, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University, 2001—. Member, Southern Methodist University, Board of Trustees Committee on Development and External Affairs, 2003—. Member, Southern Methodist University, Board of Trustees Committee on Athletics, 2002-2004. President, Mustang Club, Southern Methodist University, 2000-2002 Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate. Email: John R. Bauer | | W. Michael Bonesio (Partner) born Hereford, Texas, December 27, 1943; admitted to bar, 1971, Texas; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Southern, Northern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Austin College (B.A., 1966); University of Houston (J.D., 1971). Phi Alpha Delta, Hickman Chapter; Order of the Barons. Austin College Alumni Board, 2006-2008. Recipient, Distinguished Alumni Award, Austin College, 2001. Articles Editor, Houston Law Review, 1970-1971. Law Clerk to U.S. District Judge D.W. Suttle, 1971-1973. Author: Comment, "Texas Family Code," 8 Hous. L. Rev. 100, 1970; Note, "Texas Filled Milk Statute, 7," Hous. L. Rev. 383, 1970. Speaker, "Market Definition in Rule of Reason Cases: Practical Problems of Proof," Council on Antitrust and Trade Regulation Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1980; "Collection of Judgments in Federal Court," Federal Bar Association; Federal Civil Practice Seminar, Dallas, Texas, 1993-2007. President, North Texas Chapter, 1982 and Director, 1983, University of Houston Law Alumni. Member, Texas Supreme Court Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Dallas Subcommittee, 1971-2003. Credentialed Mediator, Texas Mediator Credentialing Association, 2004—. Selected by Texas Monthly Magazine and Law and Politics, Texas Super Lawyer, 2006. Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the South and Southwest and Madison Who's Who. Member: Dallas Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas (Member, ADR and Litigation Sections); American Judicature Society; Dallas Association Defense Counsel; National Association of Recording Artists; Dallas Metropolitan Chapter S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A. (Member, Board of Directors, 1991-2006; President, 2002, 2003); Common Cause of Texas (Member, Board of Directors, 1999—; Treasurer, 2001); Texas Association of Mediators; Association of Attorney Mediators (Certified Member). Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation; Texas Bar Foundation; College of the State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Ad Valorem Tax Administration and Appeals; Mediation; Arbitration. Email: W. Michael Bonesio | | Joseph G. Chumlea (Partner) born 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., 1973); University of Houston (J.D., 1976). Speaker: "Consumer Law Update," College of the State Bar Summer School, 2000; "The Media On Trial - Are Lawyers Controlling Your Broadcast?" Texas Association of Broadcasters, 1997; "Choosing and Courting a Jury," State Bar of Texas, 1995; "Current Developments in "Bad Faith" Insurance Law," Advanced Personal Injury Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1994. Author and Speaker: "Proving Economic Damages Under The DTPA," 11th Annual Advanced DTPA/Consumer/Insurance Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1998; "Recent Developments - Deceptive Trade Practices Act," College of The State Bar of Texas, 1997-1998; "Journalism From A Subject's Perspective - What A Potential Plaintiff Expects," Media Law Seminar, Dallas Bar Association, 1996; "An Introductory Primer On Usury," Comprehensive Consumer Law Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 1995; "An Introductory Primer on Usury," Comprehensive Consumer Law Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 1994; "Discovery in DTPA and Insurance Cases - Plaintiff's Perspective," Advanced DTPA - Consumer Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1993; "Pre Suit Notice Problems," Advanced DTPA - Consumer Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1992; "The Court's Charge In DTPA Litigation," Trial and Tactics Seminar, State Bar of Texas, 1991; "Discovery Strategies In DTPA Litigation," Advanced DTPA - Consumer Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1991; "Discovery Strategies In DTPA Litigation," Advanced DTPA - Consumer Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1990; "Multiple Litigation Theories," 3rd Annual Advanced Business Litigation Institute, South Texas College of Law, 1989; "Remedies In DTPA Litigation," Advanced DTPA - Consumer Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1989; "Insurance Litigation Under Art. 21.21, Texas Insurance Code," Practice Skills Institute, State Bar of Texas, 1988; "The Recovery of Damages Under the DTPA," Advanced DTPA - Consumer Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1988; "Suing Financial Institutions," DTPA Institute, State Bar of Texas, 1987. Co-Author and Speaker: "Pre-Judgment Interest - Where are We Now?" Advanced DTPA -Consumer Law Course, State Bar of Texas, 1994; "Anatomy Of An Unfair Insurance Practices Suit - Plaintiff's Perspective," Practice Skills Course, State Bar of Texas, 1991. Assistant Attorney General, 1976-1980. Member: State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Consumer Law Section, 1988-1989; Consumer Law Course - Course Director, Advanced DTPA, 1988; Chairman, CLE Committee of Consumer Law Sections, 1988). Reported Cases: Vail v. Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company, St. Mary's Law Journal, Volume 20, No. 3, 1989; Consumer Litigation In Texas, 1 Loyola Consumer Law Reptr 89, 1989; Creditor and Consumer Rights, Southwestern Law Journal, Volume 41, No. 1, April, 1987; Creditor and Consumer Rights, Southwestern Law Journal, Volume 40, No. 1, April, 1986. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Civil Appeals; Trial Practice; Civil Practice; Business Law; Consumer Law. Email: Joseph G. Chumlea | | David M. Curtis (Partner) born Frederick, Oklahoma, August 26, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Oklahoma; 1973, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Federal Claims and U.S. Tax Court; 1976, U.S. District Court, Western, Eastern and Northern Districts of Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western Districts of Texas; 1990, Texas. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.A., 1969; J.D., with honors, 1972); Southern Methodist University (LL.M. in Labor, 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Walker Scholar. A.L. Jeffrey Fellow. Editor, Oklahoma Law Review, 1970-1972. City Councilman, City of Frederick, Oklahoma, 1980-1982. Assistant District Attorney, Third Judicial District, 1982-1985. City Attorney, City of Lawton, 1985-1987. Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources. Adjunct Professor of Law, Texas Wesleyan School of Law. Member, State Bar College of Texas. Member, American Law Institute; Society of Human Resource Management. Member: Dallas, Oklahoma (Member, Section on Labor Law) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Defense Research Institute. Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Law. [Capt.,101st Airborne Division, 1972-1976]. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Civil Rights; Labor and Employment Law; OSHA. Email: David M. Curtis | | Leland C. de la Garza (Partner) born Austin, Texas, July 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Court of International Trade. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., Political Science, B.B.A., Business Finance, magna cum laude, 1981; J.D., 1984). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member, SMU ABA and ATLA National Mock Trial Teams, 1983 and 1984. Winner, SMU Mock Trial Competition, 1983. SMU Moot Court Instructor, 1983. Recipient: International Academy of Trial Lawyers Honors, 2003. Selected, Super Lawyer, Texas Monthly Magazine, 2003. Author: "Understanding and Responding to an Audit Inquiry Letter," 57 Tex Bar Journal 22, Jan 1994, and "UPL Unlicensed, Unwanted and Unwelcome," 67 Tex Bar Journal 798, October 2004. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Chair and Council Member, Trial Skills Section, 2002-2003); State Bar of Texas; Member, Texas Supreme Court (Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, State Committee, 2005—; Chair, Dallas Subcommittee, 1999-2005); Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Complex Civil Litigation; Insurance Law; Construction Disputes. Email: Leland C. de la Garza | | Charles Fiscus (Partner) born San Antonio, Texas, April 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., 1977); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1980). Solo Practitioner, 2004-2005. Of Counsel, Blanscet, Sutherland, Mongogna & Housel, L.L.C., 2003-2004. Partner, Withrow, Fiscus & Mongogna, 1997-2002. Of Counsel, Wendel A. Withrow & Associates, 1995-1997. Solo Practitioner, 1989-1995. Partner, Odle & Fiscus, 1983-1989. Solo Practitioner, 1981-1983. Community Advisory Council, County Place Elementary School, Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District, 2002-2003. Member, Dallas County Youth Services Advisory Board, 1994-1997. Member: Dallas Emmaeus Community; Federalist Society; Greater Dallas United Way Budget Committee Volunteer, 1990-1994; Leadership Metrocrest, Metrocrest Chamber of Commerce Class VI, 1994-1995; St. Rita's Catholic Community. President: Metrocrest Republican Club, 1995-1996; U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society; Washington Lodge No. 1117, A.F. & A.M. Former Escrow Officer and Conveyancing Attorney, First American Title Company, Ft. Worth Division. Author and Presented Seminar Article: "Title Commitments in Texas," Advanced Real Estate Course, State Bar of Texas, 2006; "Registration of Builders and Owners Under the New Texas Residential Construction Act," State Bar of Texas, 2004; "Receivers and Special Remedies," Advanced Real Estate Course, State Bar of Texas , 2002; "New Brokers Liens: Strong Sword or Tin Foil?" Advanced Real Estate Course, State Bar of Texas, 2000; "Negotiation and Drafting of Commercial Leases," University of Houston Advanced Real Estate Short Course, 1998; "New Summary Motion Hearings Concerning Review and Removal of Mechanic's and Materialman's Liens," Construction Law Section, Dallas Bar Association, 1998; "Reservations and Exceptions to Title," Advanced Real Estate Short Course, University of Houston, 1997; "Legal Update," National Apartment Association, National Convention-Dallas, 1996; "Evictions Other Than for Non-Payment of Rent & Texas Towing Statute," Apartment Association of Greater Dallas, 1995; "Federal and State Fair Housing Law Update," Apartment Association of Greater Dallas, 1994. Member: Dallas (Chair, Real Property Section, 2003) and Denton County (Chair, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Section, 2000-2001) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law). Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation. (Board Certified, Commercial Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Reported Cases: M.R.J. v. Vick, 753 S.W.2d 526 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth, 1998, no writ); Davis v. Houston, 734 S.W.2d 210 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 1987, Orig. Proceeding). Practice Areas: Eminent Domain; Litigation; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate Acquisitions; Title Insurance Claims; Commercial Landlord and Tenant Law; Title matters in Probate Proceedings. Email: Charles Fiscus | | Benjamin D. Halpern (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts, June 29, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1995); Texas Tech University (J.D., 1998; M.B.A., 1998). Delta Theta Phi. Recipient, CALI Award, 1997. Listed in: Who's Who in American Law Students, 1997; Who's Who Registry of National Business Leaders, 2007. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Corporate Counsel; Labor and Employment Law; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law); State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Corporate Counsel; Real Estate); College of the State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; American Bar Association (Advisory Panel, 2007). Practice Areas: Affordable Housing; Banking Law; Commercial Real Estate; Residential Real Estate; Business Enterprises; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Transactions. Email: Benjamin D. Halpern | | Martha Hardwick Hofmeister (Partner) born Panama Canal Zone, July 30, 1958; admitted to bar, 1984, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Emory University (B.A., with high honors, 1980; M.A., 1980); University of Texas (J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Tau Delta; Alpha Psi Omega. National Merit Scholar. Recipient: Prentice-Hall, Inc. Student Award in Criminal Law, awarded 1984. Research Assistant, Associate Dean Mark G. Yudof. Director, Assault and Flattery, 1984. Member: Texas International Law Journal, 1982-1984; Board of Advocates, 1984. Graduate, National Institute for Trial Advocacy, 1986. Legal Advisor, Altrusa International, Inc., 1989-1991; Altrusa International Foundation, 2001-2010. Appointee: (Chair) District Advisory Committee for Northern District of Texas, 1998-2000; U.S. Magistrate Judge Panel, 1994, 1997; Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Group, 1995-1997. Member, U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay Investiture Committee, 1998; The Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. Member: Dallas (Director, annual "Bar None" Production, inception—; Recipient, Outstanding Committee Chair Award, 1992, 2005; Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2002; Chairman, Bar None Production Company Committee, 1987—; Charter Council Member, Business Litigation and Trial Skills Sections; Co-Chair, Bench-Bar Committee, 1999) and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Certificate of Recognition, Women and the Law Section, 1995); Federal Bar Association (Dallas Chapter President, 1999; Fifth Circuit Vice President, 2002-2004; Recipient, President's Award, 2003; Chair, Sarah T. Hughes Civil Rights Award Committee, 2003-2005; National Convention Chair, 2002; National Council Member, 2001-2002, 2006-2007; 1999 National Winner of Elaine "Boots" Fisher Award for Exemplary Community, Public, and Charitable Service); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; American Law Institute. Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation (Life); Texas Bar Foundation; Foundation of the Federal Bar Association (Charter Member; Vice President of the Fellows, 2003-2005; Trustee, 2006-2012; Secretary, 2007-2009); William "Mac" Taylor, Jr. 112th American Inn of Court, Master (Inn President, 2003-2005). Distinguished Honorary Alumni Award from SMU's Dedman School of Law, 2005. Selected by Texas Monthly Magazine and Law & Politics Media, Texas Super Lawyer, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Listed in: Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges; Who's Who In American Law; Who's Who In the South and Southeast. Reported Cases: North American Savings Association v. Metroplex Development Partnership, 931 F.2d. 1073 (5th Cir. 1991); Sutter Corporation v. P&P Industries, Inc., 125 F.3d 914 (5th Cir. 1997) (local counsel); Jill Muncy, et al. v. City of Dallas, et al., 335 F.3d 394 (5th Cir. 2003); Muncy v. City of Dallas, 123 Fed. Appx. 601, 2005 U.S. App. LEXIS 2876 (5th Cir. 2005); Bandai America, Inc. v. Brown, 2001 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 24280 (C.D. Cal. June 1, 2001); Kelly v. True & Sewell, L.L.P., 2001 Tex. App. LEXIS 2141 (Tex. App. - Dallas 2001, no pet.). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Complex Civil Litigation; Employment Law. Email: Martha Hardwick Hofmeister | | Daniel Jon Hoops (Partner) born Findlay, Ohio, March 20, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Texas; 1977, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Ohio State University (B.A., 1973); Ohio Northern University (J.D., 1976). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Commercial; Business Transactions; Commercial Real Estate; Real Estate Acquisitions and Sales; Real Estate Development; Banking Law; Lender Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Bankruptcy Litigation. Email: Daniel Jon Hoops | | Nicole T. LeBoeuf (Partner) born Lemoore, California, June 22, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.A., English, 1989; J.D., 1994). Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities Arbitration; Professional Liability Defense; Collaborative Law. Email: Nicole T. LeBoeuf | | Michael D. McKinley (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 12, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Texas; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits; 1984, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Samford University (B.A., 1975); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta. Order of Barristers. Member, National and International Moot Court Teams. Recipient, Best Advocate Award, Corley Mock Trial Competition. Co-Author with Allan M. Trippe, "Class Actions in Employment Discrimination," 1 American Journal of Trial Advocacy 299-310, 1978. Briefing Attorney and Research Assistant to John F. Onion, Jr., Presiding Justice, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, 1978-1979. Chairman, Advisory Board of PGA of America, Northern Texas Section. Member, Board of Directors, Salesmanship Club of Dallas Youth and Family Centers, Inc. Member: Dallas (Member, Judiciary Committee, 1990-1991) and American (Member, Banking and Business Law Sections) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Chairman, Assistance to Local Bar Associations Committee, 1990-1993). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business and Commercial Transactions and Litigation; Real Estate; Banking; Corporate Law; Probate; Sports Law; Entertainment Law. Email: Michael D. McKinley | | Mark S. McQuality (Partner) born 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Texas; Texas Supreme Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Illinois (B.A., 1974); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1977). Member: Executive Committee for a Qualified Judiciary, 1986—; Dallas Construction Advisory Council, 1997—; Hackberry Creek Homeowners Association Board of Directors, 1997-2001 (President, 1999-2000); First United Methodist Church of Coppell Administrative Board, 1997—. Life Fellow, Texas and Dallas Bar Foundations. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Consumer Law Council, 1984-2003; Chairman, 1986-1987, 2000-2001; Director, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 1986-1990; Member, Pattern Jury Charge Committee, 1997-2000); American Arbitration Association. Practice Areas: Deceptive Trade Practices; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Insurance Fraud. Email: Mark S. McQuality | | Brian D. Melton (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, September 8, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Spring Hill College (B.A., cum laude, 1977); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1980). Member, National Order of the Barristers. First Place, Texas State Moot Court Competition, 1978. First Place and Outstanding Advocate, SMU Russell Baker Moot Court Competition, 1978. Member, Best Lawyers in America, 2005-2007. Recipient: 2003-2007, Texas Super Lawyer Award, Texas Monthly Magazine; Presidential Citation, Dallas Bar Association, 2000 and 2005. Member: Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Education Task Force, 2004-2006, Chair, 2006-2007; Dallas Arts District Alliance, Board of Directors, 2004-2006, Chair-elect, 2006, Chair, 2007; Dallas Business Journal, The Defenders Award for Top 15 Business Defense Attorneys in North, Texas, 2007. Member: Dallas Bar Association (President, 2003; President-Elect, 2002; Vice-President Activities, 2001; Vice-President, Administrative, 2000; Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1999; Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, 1998; Director, 1992-1999; Member, Judicial Relations Task Force, 2007; Judicial Elections Task Force, 2000-2003; Steering Committee, Community Symposium for Justice in Education, 2003-2007, Chair, 2005; Co-Chair Bench Bar Conference, 2000; Co-Chair, Multi-Disciplinary Practice Task force, 1999; Member of the Executive Committee, 2000- 2004; Member of the Presidents Task Force on Client Service, 1999; Chairman of the DBA Strategic Planning Committee, 1998; Co-Producer, 125th Anniversary Celebration Videotape History of the DBA, 1998; Chair, Pictorial Directory Committee, 1994-1995; Finance Committee, 1994-1996, 1998-1999; Co-Chairman, Goals for Professional Conference, 1990-1991; Vice-Chairman, Speakers Committee, 1990; Chairman Entertainment Committee, 1989; Panel-Chair, Fee Dispute Committee, 1987-1990, 1992; Chairman, Law Practice Economics and Management Committee, 1983-1985; Chairman, 1st Annual Pro Bono Golf Classic; Chairman, Associate Membership Study Committee; Vice-Chairman, Professional Service Committee; Founder, Legal Clinic for the Elderly; Dallas Bar Community Service Fund, President, 2001); State Bar of Texas (Co-chair, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, 2005); State Bar College of Texas (1993-2006). Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation (1990-2007); Dallas Bar Foundation (1993-2007; Vice-Chair, 2007; Secretary/Treasurer, 2006; Secretary/Treasurer, 2006; Trustee, 2001-2007; Grants Committee Chair, 2005). (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, and Consumer and Commercial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Commercial Law; Employment Law. Email: Brian D. Melton | | Michelle A. Morgan (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, March 17, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Texas.. Education: Trinity University (B.A., 1992); Southern Methodist University School of Law (J.D., 1995). First Place and Best Oral Advocate, 1994. Advanced Appellate Moot Court Competition. Educational Director, SMU Board of Advocates, 1994-1995. Member: Dallas Bar Association; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; State Bar of Texas. (Board Certified, Labor and Employment Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Employment Law; Litigation. Email: Michelle A. Morgan | | David T. Norton (Partner) born Sandusky, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Education: United States Air Force Academy (B.S., 1984); Louisiana Tech University (M.B.A., 1993); Southern Methodist University (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Southern Methodist University Barristers, 1995-1996. Recipient, David Bernard Memorial Air Law Award for top aviation law student. Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Air Law and Commerce; SMU Law Review Association, 1995-1996. Member of Advisory Board, Journal of Air Law and Commerce. Author: Article, "How Will the Large Scale Introduction of GPS Into General Aviation Cockpits Affect the Liabilities That Face Pilots and the Flight Instructors Who Train Them?" 62 J. Air L. & Com. 725; "Land Mines for the Unwary—How Should a Purchaser Hold Its New Corporate Aircraft Fractional Ownership Interest?" Aviation Section Newsletter, State Bar of Texas, December 1997; Articles: "Crisis Management Planning for Small Air Carriers, Aircraft Parts Manufacturers, Installers or maintainers, and Other Aviation Industry Participants," 66 J. Air L. & Com. 505, Spring 2001; "Don't Put Your Client's Shiny New Corporate Jet Into A Sole-Asset L.L.C. (Unless You Really Want to Create an Airline)," 65 Tex. B. J. 314, April 2002. Member: State Bar of Texas (Aviation Section); Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; NTSB Bar Association. [USAF, 1984-1993]. Practice Areas: Aviation and Aerospace; Aeronautical Regulation; Airline Regulation; Aviation Regulation; Aircraft Sales; Federal Aviation Licenses; Litigation; Technology. Email: David T. Norton | | Steven J. Pawlowski (Partner) born Buffalo, New York, June 22, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Texas, U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: State University of New York at Buffalo (B.A., summa cum laude, 1993); Baylor University Law School (J.D., 1996). Moot Court Team and Mock Trial Team. Member: Collin County and Dallas Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Reported Cases: Lusk v. Foxmeyer Health Corp., 129 F.3d 773 (5th Cir. 1997). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Steven J. Pawlowski | | John C. Shackelford (Partner) born Coral Gables, Florida, September 29, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1990, Georgia and Florida. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1979); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1983). Member: Dallas (Member, Sections on Real Estate and Sports and Entertainment; Chairman, Committee on Law in a Changing Society, 1985-1987) and American (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on Corporation, Banking and Business Law and Sports and Entertainment); The Florida Bar; Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Financial Institutions Law; Entertainment Law; Commercial Transactions. Email: John C. Shackelford | | Andrew L. Siegel (Partner) born Dallas, Texas, July 16, 1959; admitted to bar, 1989, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A., 1980); University of Chicago (M.A., 1982); Oxford University (Legal Studies, 1984); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 1988). Research Editor, Texas Review of Litigation. Bernard Ward Moot Court Champion, 1988. Delegate to House of Delegates, American Bar Association, 1987-1988. Member, Development Board, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas. Associate Member, New Car Dealers' Association of Metropolitan Dallas. Keeton Fellow, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member and Chair, Public Affairs and Public Education Committee, 1994-1996); International Association of Gaming Attorneys. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Regulatory Compliance; Administrative Law; Restaurant Law; Hospitality Law; Casino Law; Gaming Law; Commercial Litigation; National and Transnational Arbitration; Government Affairs. Email: Andrew L. Siegel | | Mark A. Todd (Partner) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 14, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Texas. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.B.A., with honors, 1979); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1982). Member, Southwestern Law Review, 1981-1982. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Transactions; Financial Institutions Law. Email: Mark A. Todd | | Tanya D. Greene Wallace (Partner) born New York, New York, September 15, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, New Jersey; 1999, New York; 2002, Texas. Education: Fordham University (B.A., 1993); Boston College Law School (J.D., 1998). Contributing author: Unfair Trade Practices: A Compendium of State Law, Defense Research Institute Publications. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Consumer Finance; Labor and Employment; Banking and Finance; Bankruptcy and Creditor; Corporate Law; Professional Liability; Real Estate. Email: Tanya D. Greene Wallace | | Daryl K. Washington (Partner) born Opelousas, Louisiana; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: Grambling State University (B.S., Accounting); University of Dallas; Southern University (J.D., 1999). Member, Patrick E. Higginbotham American Inns of Court, 2006-2009. Recipient, Attorney of the Year, Sports, Entertainment and Art Section, National Bar Association, 2007. Certified Contract Advisor, National Football League Players Association, 2001-2005. Former Member, Grambling State University Football Team. Member, Board of Trustees, St. Philips School and Community Center. Member: Dallas Bar Association (Chair, Judicial Investiture Committee; Board of Directors, 2003-2004; Board Advisor, 2004, Committees on: Entertainment and Sport; Legal Ethics; Media); National Bar Association (Director, Region V, 2007-2008; Deputy Director, 2006-2007; Assistant Deputy Director 2005; Affiliate Chapter Representative, 2005; Chair of Sports Programs: Sports, Entertainment and Art Section); J.L. Turner Legal Association (President, 2004; Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2004 and 2006). Practice Areas: Securities; Insider Trading; SEC Enforcement; Securities Arbitrage; Securities Class Actions; Securities Arbitration; Securities Consumer Arbitration; Securities Fraud; Securities Fraud Arbitration; Securities Fraud Class Actions; Securities Litigation; Shareholder Agreements; Shareholder Derivative Actions; Shareholder Disputes; Commercial Litigation; Sports Law; Sports Agency Law; Sports Contracts. Email: Daryl K. Washington | | Frederick B. Wulff (Partner) born 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Texas; 1974, Georgia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1968); University of Texas (J.D., 1973). Note and Comment Editor, Texas Law Review, 1972-1973. Law Clerk to Hon. Newell Edenfield, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, 1973-1975. Member, Texas and Southwestern Cattle Ranchers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1991—; Chair, Natural Resources & Environment Committee, 1997-1999). Member, Committee for a Qualified Judiciary. Member: Board of Trustees, Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Foundation, 1995—; Board of Trustees, St. Stephen's Episcopal School; Insurance & Risk Management Council, American Management Association. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Georgia. Fellow: Texas Bar Foundation; Dallas Bar Foundation. [U.S. Army, 1969-1971]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Agricultural Law. Email: Frederick B. Wulff | | Timothy D. Zeiger (Partner) born Langdale, Alabama, June 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1981, Texas; 1982, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court; 2000, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2004, Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Southern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Samford University (B.A., 1975); Baylor University (J.D., 1981). Recipient, Texas Super Lawyer Award, Texas Monthly Magazine. Publications and professional speaking activities include: participation as a panelist at the Collin County Hearsay Seminar in May, 1991; co-authored and presented the paper "Unauthorized Practice of Law Issues" for the Advanced Consumer Bankruptcy Seminar in September, 1993; authored and presented "Unauthorized Practice of Law" to the DFW Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Conference in November, 1993; co-authored and presented "Huie v. DeShazo, A Perspective from the Deponent" to the Tarrant County Probate Bar Association in July, 1996; presented "Litigation Between Businesses Without a Written Contract: Tortious Interference With Business or Contractual Relations and the Statute of Frauds" at the Advanced Civil Trial Seminar for attorneys and legal assistants in April, 1998; and authored "Creditors' Rights Require Protection in the Reaffirmation Process" published in the September, 2000 American Bankruptcy Institute Journal. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; State Bar College of Texas. (Board Certified, Civil Trial Law, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization) (Board Certified Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Reported Cases: State Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee v. Paul Mason & Assoc., Inc., 46 F.3d 469 (5th Cir. 1995); Huie v. DeShazo, 922 S.W.2d 920 (Tex. 1996). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Civil Appeals; Bankruptcy; Banking Law; Probate. Email: Timothy D. Zeiger | | ASSOCIATES | | Lauren H. Green (Associate) born Columbus, Georgia, February 18, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Georgia; 2007, Texas. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., cum laude, 2002); Florida State University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Law; Real Estate. Email: Lauren H. Green | | Nathan S. Haley (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, December 19, 1979; (Admission pending). Education: University of Texas at Arlington (B.A., Political Science, 2003); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2007). Law Clerk to Hon. William R. Mullins, NTSB Administrative Law Judge, 2006-2007. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Practice Areas: Aviation and Aerospace; Aviation Regulation; Aircraft Sales; Federal Aviation Licenses; Litigation. Email: Nathan S. Haley | | Derek D. Rollins (Associate) born Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, September 25, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: Texas A&M University (B.S., 1996); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 2000). Selected, Texas Rising Stars, Texas Monthly Magazine and Law & Politics Media, 2007. Law Clerk to Hon. Paul D. Stickney, United States Magistrate Judge, Northern District of Texas, 2000-2001. Member: Dallas, Federal and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. William "Mac" Taylor, Jr. 112th American Inn of Court. Former Member, Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Employment Law; Creditors Rights; Commercial Bankruptcy. Email: Derek D. Rollins | | Brian P. Shaw, Jr. (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, December 29, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 2002); Baylor University (J.D., 2006). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Creditors Rights; Bankruptcy. Email: Brian P. Shaw, Jr. | | Shelly L. Skeen (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, September 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1999, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Washington (B.A., Economics, cum laude; B.A., Psychology, cum laude, 1988); Texas Wesleyan University School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1998). Phi Beta Kappa. Briefing Attorney, Sixth District Court of Appeals, Texarkana, Texas, 1998-1999. Author: "City of Sherman v. Henry, Is the Texas Constitutional Right of Privacy Still a Source of Protection for Texas Citizens?," Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Volume 4, Number 1 (Fall 1997); "Due Process Denied," Texas Lawyer, February 14, 2005. Member: State Bar of Texas; College of the State Bar of Texas; Dallas Bar Association. Fellow: The DAYL Foundation, Life Fellow. Practice Areas: Professional Liability Defense; Commercial Litigation; Appellate Law. Email: Shelly L. Skeen | | David B. Tabor (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, January 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. Education: University of Richmond (B.A., 1995); Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Ad Valorem Tax. Email: David B. Tabor | | OF COUNSEL | | Perry L. Butler (Of Counsel) admitted to bar, 1995, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Iowa (B.S., 1983); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1995). Member: State Bar of Texas. [Captain, U.S. Air Force, 1983-1991]. Practice Areas: Aviation. Email: Perry L. Butler | | Samuel E. Long, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Memphis, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 1980, Texas. Education: Southern Methodist University (B.A., with highest honors, 1976); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1980). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Kappa Delta Pi; Pi Sigma Alpha. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1979-1980. Associate Editor's Award. Author: Note, "Nonmutual Collateral Estoppel in Federal Tax Litigation," 33 Vand. L. Rev. 953 (1980). Member: State Bar of Texas (Member: Real Estate, Probate, Trust Law and Tax Sections); Dallas Bar Association (Member, Probate and Tax Sections). (Board Certified, Tax Law and Estate Planning and Probate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization). Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Samuel E. Long, Jr. | | Roy J. True (Of Counsel) born Shreveport, Louisiana, February 20, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Texas; 1964, U.S. Tax Court; 1965, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Centenary College and Texas Christian University (B.S., 1961); Southern Methodist University (LL.B., 1963); Southern Methodist University Graduate School. Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Editorial Board, Southwestern Law Journal, 1962-1963. Listed in: Who's Who in the World; Who's Who in America; Who's Who in Industry and Finance; Who's Who in American Law; Who's Who in the Southwest. Member: Dallas and American (Member, Section on Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas (Member, Sections on: Corporation, Banking and Business Law; General Practice; Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law); Texas Association of Bank Counsel. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Transactions; Corporate Finance; Real Estate. Email: Roy J. True |
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