John Allen Chalk
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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 agencies, and related groups.

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.

• Enforced covenant-not-to-compete and obtained seven-figure damages arbitration award for healthcare client.
• Obtained a $4.9 million jury verdict for small mining company against a large, multinational corporation that had put the small mining company out of business by unfair competition.
• Obtained a $2.9 million jury verdict for the operator of a commercial softball park against its general public liability carrier for paying a claim that the operator had expressly negotiated as an exclusion to the coverage.
• Obtained an arbitration award that prevented my clients from having to pay a $10 million claim and that awarded my clients approximately $1 million in attorney’s fees and costs.
• Obtained a confidential money settlement for the developer of a solar energy product whose trade secrets were disclosed without permission by a large transportation company.
• Negotiated, structured, drafted, and financed approximately $60 million in infrastructure contracts for my U.S. client with various companies in the Republic of Kazakhstan after its independence from the Soviet Union.
• Planned and executed the plan by which my shareholder clients obtain a complete buy-out for cash in a deadlocked business.
• Negotiated and drafted Asset Purchase Agreements and Stock Purchase Agreements for the acquisition of post-secondary vocational and career schools and colleges in various states of the U.S.

• 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
• 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
• 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

• State Bar of Texas
• District of Columbia Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Health Lawyers Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Tarrant County Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• London Court of International Arbitration
• The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

• “Arbitrator Training,” Conflict Solutions of Texas, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, September 22 and October 13, 2007.
• “Arbitration Clauses - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly,” ABA-ADR Section Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, March 21, 2003.
• “International Arbitration,” AAA Seminar, Dallas, Texas, November 5, 2002.
• “The Use of Conflict Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Claims Adjuster,” Handling Tough Non-subscriber Claims,” Seminar, October 11, 2001.
• Drafting Arbitration Clauses,” Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association, Fort Worth, Texas, December 18, 2001.
• “Introduction to Arbitration,” Tarrant County Bar Association ADR Section, Fort Worth, Texas, December 12, 2001.
• “The Use of Conflict Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Claims Adjusters,” Handling Tough Nonsubscriber Injury Claims Seminar, Dallas, Texas, October 11, 2001.
• “Final Regulations for Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998,” Dallas, Texas (National Student Financial Aid Services, Inc. Seminar), April 23, 2001.
• “International Arbitration,” Tarrant County (Texas) Bar Association, February, 2001.
• “Review of Recent Regulations by the U.S. Department of Education,” Region VI Advisory Council of Private Career Schools Conference, Irving, Texas, May 7, 2000.
• “The Effective Communicator:Interpersonal, Negotiation, Mediation, and Arbitration,” DFW Society of Association Executives, Irving, Texas, August 30, 2000.
• “Handling Condemnation Proceedings,” Tarrant County Bar Ass’n Seminar, August 25, 2000.
• “Summary of Final Regulations for the 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965,” Region VI, U. S. Department of Education, Advisory Council of Private Career Schools, Irving, Texas, May 7, 2000.
• “The Work Product Doctrine-How to Keep Secrets,” 38th Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc., San Francisco, California, May 4, 2000.
• “Summary of Final Regulations for the 1998 Amendments to the Higher Education of 1965,” National Student Aid Services, Inc. Annual conference, Irving, Texas, March 27, 2000.
• "How to Keep Secrets: The Work Product Privilege," 37th Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc., Dallas, Texas (1999).
• “How to Prepare and Present a Case for Arbitration,” Tarrant County Bar (Texas) Association Seminar, Fort Worth, Texas, October 22, 1999.
• “Regulatory Issues - U. S. Department of Education,” U. S. Department of Education Region VI Advisory Council of Private Career Schools Annual Conference, May 2, 1999, Irving, Texas
• “Summary and Discussion of Higher Education Act Amendments of 1998,” presented to National Student Aid Services, Inc. Update Workshop, Dallas, Texas, April 19, 1999.
• “The Work Product Privilege,” presented to the 37th Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. Annual Conference & Exhibition, Dallas, Texas, April 12, 1999.
• “International Arbitration,” presented to International Law Section, Tarrant County (Texas) Bar Association, Fort Worth, Texas, September 16, 1998.
• "Forensic Issues in Neuropsychology: Expert Testimony," presented to Fort Worth (Texas) Neuropsychological Society’s Fourth Annual Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, May 3, 1997
• “American with Disabilities Act for Postsecondary Schools and Colleges,” presented at National Association of Cosmetology Schools National Convention, Dallas, Texas, October 21, 1996
• "Executive Summary of the Preliminary Commitment by Export Import Bank of the United States to the Russian Ministry of Fuel and Energy," Presented to the Russian Ministry of Fuel and Energy, June 21-25, 1993.
• "Legal Issues in Proprietary Schools", Educational Management Consultants, Inc. Conference, Irving, Texas, April 27, 1993.
• "Institutional Eligibility Under the Higher Education Act of 1965, As Amended," presented at National Student Aid Services, Inc. Seminar, Dallas, Texas, April 12, 1994.
• "Executive Summary of the Higher Education Amendments of 1992 P.L. 102-325 to the Higher Education Act of 1965, Title IV - Student Assistance, October, 1992.
• "Financial Responsibility Regulations-U.S. Department of Education," Professional Development Workshop, Educational Management Consultants, Inc., Arlington, Texas, June 23, 1992.
• "Current Audit, Program Review, Compliance Review, and Litigation Issues," Metroplex Association of Career Schools, Dallas, Texas, June 18, 1992.
• "An Overview of Fine, Limitation, Suspension and Termination Proceedings in the United States Department of Education Student Financial Regulations," Legal Seminar for Court Reporting Schools, DFW Airport, Texas, May 23, 1991.
• "Financial Responsibility and the United States Department of Education Student Financial Assistance Regulations," Legal Seminar for Court Reporting Schools, DFW Airport, Texas, May 23, 1991.
• Seminar Faculty-Lecturer, "Investment in U.S. Oil and Gas," Investing in U.S. Real Property and Other Assets, sponsored by MTT, International Financial Management Association, and National (Swiss) Association of Accountants, Zurich, October, 1962
• “Summary of Final Regulations Implementing the Higher Education Act of 1998" National Student Aid Services, Inc., Seminar, Dallas, Texas, March 27, 2000.

• Denton Regional Medical Center v. LaCroix, 947 S.W.2d 941 (Tex.App. - Fort Worth 1997, pet. denied.
• Andrews Transport, Inc. v. CNA Insurance, 166 F.Supp.2d 516 (N.D.Tex.2001); rev’d 37 Fed.Appx. 87 (5th Cir.2002); 2002 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7657 (N.D.Tex.2002).
• In re McMillan and Nycz, 66 S.W.3d 477 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2002, no pet.).
• Bridges v. Andrews Transport, Inc., 88 S.W.3d 801 (Tex.App.- Beaumont 2002, pet. denied).

• 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