Academy Member Inducted 2010
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John Allen Chalk Sr.
Diplomate member
301 Commerce Street
Suite 3500
Fort Worth, TX 76102
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- Practice Commenced: 1990
- Total Mediations (as of Feb 2023): 250
- Total Arbitrations (as of Feb 2023): 400
Practice Percentages
- AMARILLO
- AUSTIN
- BROWNSVILLE-HARLINGEN
- DALLAS-FORT WORTH METROPLEX
- HOUSTON
- MCALLEN-EDINBURGH
- SAN ANTONIO
- WACO
- WICHITA FALLS
Biographical
John Allen Chalk has extensive general business and commercial litigation experience, including employment and restrictive covenant issues. He is an active mediator and arbitrator and represents clients in mediation and arbitration - both domestic and international. Mr. Chalk has obtained large jury verdicts and arbitration awards for his clients. He has also arbitrated many complex disputes involving large claims and counterclaims. Mr. Chalk has assisted clients in obtaining more than U.S.$1 billion in project and corporate fundings, including the structuring, financing, and funding of approximately U.S.$55 million in infrastructure projects in the Republic of Kazakhstan following its independence from the Soviet Union. He represents many post-secondary vocational and career schools and colleges across the U.S. in their regulatory compliance and related business issues. Mr. Chalk has represented numerous healthcare entities, including physician practice groups, hospitals, ambulatory surgery centers, home health
Case Experience
- ADA Disability
- Appellate
- Aviation
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Cross Cultural
- Discrimination
- Education
- EEOC
- Eminent Domain
- Employment
- Energy Sector (Oil/Gas)
- Environmental
- ERISA
- Family Businesses
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- International
- Land Use/Planning
- Landlord/Tenant
- Lemon Law
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Malpractice
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Pensions
- Personal Injury
- Premises Liability
- Probate
- Professional Fees
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Real Estate
- Religious Institutions
- Sexual Harassment
- Shareholder Disputes
- Software
- Torts
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Venture Capital
- Wage & Hour/FMLA
- Workers' Compensation
- Wrongful Death
Education
- J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1973
- M.A., Tennessee Tech University, 1967
- B.S., Tennessee Tech University, 1962
- A.A., Freed-Hardeman College, 1956
Memberships & Affiliations
- Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England
- Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
- Member, Neutrals Panel, American Arbitration Association
- Member, Neutrals Panel, International Centre for Dispute Resolution
- Member, Neutrals Panel, American Health Lawyers Association
- Member, Neutrals Panel, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
- Member, Neutrals Panel, National Arbitration Forum
- Member, London Court of International Arbitration, London, England
- Member, Texas Association of Mediators
- Member, Tarrant County Association of Mediators
- Master Mediator, Dispute Resolution Services of Tarrant County, Fort Worth, Texas
- Chairman, ADR Section, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2002-03
- Director, Treasurer, Vice-President, President-Elect, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2004-2009
- Member, Treasurer, Chair-Elect, State Bar of Texas ADR Section Council, 2006-2009
- Master Emeritus, Mahon Inn of Court, American Inns of Court
- Former President, Mahon Inn of Court, American Inns of Court
- Founding Member, Former President of Osteopathic Health Foundation, Fort Worth, Texas
- Maintaining Member, College of the State Bar (Texas)
- Founding Co-Editor, Family Advocate, American Bar Association, 1977-78
Rates Information
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