John Allen Chalk

Partner

As general counsel for a large, independent petroleum refining and marketing company (1978-84), as special counsel for a Texas real estate developer (1984-86), and as a member of two law firms (1973-78; 1986 - present), Mr. Chalk understands what clients want from their lawyers and how lawyers best serve their clients. As a litigator, mediator, and arbitrator, Mr. Chalk constantly applies cost-benefit and risk analysis in assisting clients and opposing parties to understand the importance of efficient resolution of their disputes.

Chalk represents clients in commercial transactions and litigation, state and federal regulatory matters, and ADR proceedings. Post-secondary proprietary schools and colleges in numerous states require his appearances before state and federal regulatory agencies. He has assisted clients with project, corporate finance, and business sale transactions, domestically and internationally. Five arbitral institutions (domestic and international) include Chalk on their neutrals' panels and have appointed him as either mediator or arbitrator in hundreds of ADR proceedings involving business, partnership, health care, employment, insurance, franchise, real estate, oil and gas, aviation, intellectual property, and other disputes.

Practice Areas

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Domestic & International Arbitration/Mediation

Administrative Law

State & Federal Regulatory Law

Corporate & Business Law

Commerical Litigation

Project and Corporate Finance Transactions

Mergers & Acquisitions

Employment Litigation

Real Estate Litigation

Healthcare

School Law

Post Secondary Education Law

Education

JD University of Texas School of Law 1973

MA Tennessee Tech Univeristy 1967

BS Tennessee Tech University 1962

Associations

Founding Co-Editor. family Advocate, American Bar Association.

Founding Member, Former President of Osteopathic Health Foundation, Ft Worth.

Director, Treasurer, Vice-President, President, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2004-2009.

Master Mediator, Dispute Resolution Services of Tarrant County.

Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England.

Member, Neutrals’ Panel, American Arbitration Association.

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.

AV Rated Martindale Hubbard: Preeminent™

Recent News & Publications

John Allen Chalk’s review of Americo Life, Inc. v. Myer has just been published in a new issue of The Arbitration Newsletter and is available here.

John Allen Chalk has been appointed to serve another term on the ADR Service Task Force by the American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, D.C. The ADR Service Task Force is a special committee of ADR professionals that advises AHLA on the operations and services provided to AHLA members by the association’s ADR Service.

John Allen Chalk participated as a panelist in the State Bar of Texas webinar on “Arbitration Clause Drafting and Practice in the Wake of AT&T Mobility, LLC v. Concepcion” on July 14, 2011.

John Allen Chalk taught “Law 1632:Arbitration Practice and Advocacy” at the Pepperdine University School of Law Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution July 19—30, 2011, at the Malibu, California campus.

John Allen Chalk has been named a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.

Named a "Texas Super Lawyer" for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. "Super Lawyers" is a Thompson-Reuters service printed in Texas Monthly.

Named a Top Attorney in Alternative Dispute Resolution 2010; Business & Commerical Litigation 2010; Civil Litigation 2010 by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine.

Contributor: “Negotiating Pipeline Rights of Way in Pennsylvania.” The Pennsylvania State University (2010). Publication Code # UA465.

Author: "The Mediator as Conflict Manager." (2009).

CoAuthor: "Eminent Domain Power Granted to Private Pipeline Companies: Urban Resistance"