Business Description
www.theflintfirm.com
Attorney represents owners of real estate in the Dallas area
The firm has experience working in real estate law. This ever-changing field demands an in-depth knowledge of Texas laws and regulations. The Flint Firm, P.C. represents owners of real estate and helps them resolve their legal issues. The firm is results-oriented and can develop a powerful strategy based on your needs.
GEORGE B. FLINT, B.S., M.B.A., J.D.
Attorney & Counselor at Law
16970 Dallas Parkway • Suite 550
Dallas, Texas 75248-1967
Telephone: 972-424-4004
Email: george@flintpc.com
Facsimile: 972-509-4805
ACHIEVEMENTS
Martindale-Hubbell a-v rated.
• Since 1980, active private legal practice with lead attorney responsibility as general corporate, commercial, real estate, and litigation counsel to business owners and managers, professionals (health-care providers, real estate professionals, attorneys and accountants), startup and established business enterprises, and nonprofit entities. As such, provide the full range of legal services needed by successful businesses, non-profits and professionals, including:
Organizational choice, formation, maintenance, and reorganization (corporations, subchapter S corporations, partnerships, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, limited liability
companies, professional limited liability companies, sole proprietorships, joint ventures).
• Preparation of business books and records, attendance at board and manager meetings when requested, and preparation of ongoing minutes, regulatory filings, and other documents necessary to maintenance of limited liability shields.
• Negotiation and preparation of business documents, including leases and major contracts with customers, suppliers, competitors, sources of finance, and other third parties, affiliation (joint venture) agreements, and acquisition and merger agreements.
• Negotiation and preparation of internal operating documents, including option, employment,
shareholder/member/partnership, voting, and buy-sell agreements.
Industry-specific regulatory compliance advice and review, including anti-trust matters.
• Counseling regarding labor and employment issues, including compliance with statutes and
regulations affecting the workplace and review of employment practices.
• Strategic and tactical counseling regarding loss prevention, business protection, risk reduction, and pre- and post-litigation planning, including the conduct of litigation if requested.
• Asset protection planning and management and employee training to reduce litigation
• Documentation and closing of real estate transactions as a fee attorney associated with Federal Title, Inc. independent title insurance agency.
• Lead counsel in jury and bench civil trials, representing both defendants and plaintiffs in Texas state courts (primarily Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant counties) and federal courts in the Northern and
Eastern Districts of Texas, including Bankruptcy Court.
• Mediator and Arbitrator
EDUCATION
Juris Doctor (J.D.) 1977-1980
SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW DALLAS, TEXAS
81.32 average (top 15% of class); number 1 in classes on Texas Civil Procedure, Corporate Taxation, Intellectual Property, Class Actions, and Estate Taxation and Planning; Phi Delta Phi; SEDCO Scholar; B. Thomas McElroy Award
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) 1972-1974
BABCOCK SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
General business with emphases in organizational behavior and finance; Babcock Scholar; teaching assistant in probability and statistics; teaching assistant in management simulation
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) 1972-1974
SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
General business with an emphasis in management information systems; Student representative on MIT’s Committee on Education Policy (university-wide operating and policy committee); recipient of Karl T. Compton Prize; President, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
• Licenses: Texas Supreme Court (Texas, all county and state courts); Northern and Eastern Districts
of Texas (federal district and bankruptcy courts); Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; United States Supreme Court Professional Associations: Texas Bar Association (Sections on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Health Law, Corporate Law, Real Estate and Probate Law, Litigation); Dallas Bar Association; Collin County Bar Association; Christian Legal Society; Texas Land Title Association; American Health Lawyers Association; Texas Association of Mediators; Alliance Defense Fund Litigation Graduate
Speaker on various topics, including "Planning for Disaster," "Maintaining Integrity in the Corporate World," "Legal Pitfalls Facing Entrepreneurs,” “The Americans With Disabilities Act," "New Developments in Physician Compensation," "TREC Contract Forms," "Privacy Rights"
Community: Christ Church, Plano, Texas (Sunday School teacher, small group leader); general counsel for other non-profits; Leadership Plano; volunteer with Collin County Small Business Development Center
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