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Michael R. Steinmark
Michael R. Steinmark   /  SettlePou.com
Michael R. Steinmark

Main Phone: 214.520.3300
Direct Phone: 214.560.1732
Main Fax: 214.526.4145
Email address: msteinmark@settlepou.com

Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Financial Institution Litigation
Lender Liability
Condemnation Law
Legislation and Regulatory Affairs
Real Estate Litigation
First Party Insurance Claims
Third Party Liability Claims
Private Business - Contracts
Private Business - Outside Counsel
Condominium Development


Texas State Bar Admittance Date: 2005

Court Admittance Dates:
Northern District of Texas, 2008
Western District of Texas, 2008

Undergraduate Education: Vanderbilt University, B.A., 2000, cum laude

Law School: Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law, J.D., 2005, cum laude
Associate Managing Editor, International Law Review Association
Best Case Note Award (2004), International Law Review Association
Phi Delta Phi


Community Involvement:
Advisory Board Member, Boys and Girls Club of Greater Dallas, Turner Courts and Frazier Courts
South Dallas Legal Clinic Volunteer, Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program
Volunteer Teacher, Dallas Bar Association Law in the Schools Program
Volunteer, Dallas Bar Association Home Project (Habitat for Humanity)

Legal Associations:
American Bar Association
Dallas Bar Association
Dallas Association of Young Lawyers

Work Experience:
Mr. Steinmark’s litigation experience encompasses representation of outdoor advertising companies, financial institutions, insurers, and other businesses in a broad range of commercial disputes, including regulatory, eminent domain, contract, insurance defense, and lending matters. He handles pre-suit demands, initial pleadings, written discovery, depositions, court appearances, trial preparation, trial, and settlement. Mr. Steinmark also has experience in appellate cases and alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration.

Mr. Steinmark’s transactional experience includes representation of startup and existing private and public businesses in outside general counsel matters, prosecution of federal and state trademark applications, business entity planning and formation, corporate governance, contracts, employment, and real estate issues. Mr. Steinmark also has experience representing landlords and tenants in commercial leasing transactions, and real estate developers in the creation of property owners associations for planned developments and condominiums.

Selected in 2010 Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Stars Edition and featured in Texas Monthly Magazine, March 2010.

Publications:

Author, The Case Concerning Avena and Other Mexican Nationals (Mexico v. United States): A Mexican Perspective on the Fight for Consular Rights, 10 Law & Bus. Rev. Am. 417 (2004)

Co-Author, Eminent Domain Negotiations: Can the Government Force One Property Owner to Negotiate with Another, SettlePou Newsletter, Vol 3, Issue 3 (August 2006)

Co-Author, You Take It, You Buy It: Texas Courts Require Condemning Authorities to Compensate Billboard Property Owners for their Interests, SettlePou Newsletter, Vol. 5, Issue 1 (June 2008).

Co-Author, New Modification Program Could Be Beacon of Hope in the Seemingly Hopeless World of Trouble Mortgages, SettlePou Newsletter, Vol. 6, Issue 2 (May 2009).

Co-Author, Tenants’ Rights under Unrecorded Leases, SettlePou Newsletter, Volume 7, Issue 2 (May 2010)

Reported Cases:

Schriver v. Texas Department of Transportation, 293 S.W.3d 846 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2009, no pet.).





 
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