Lawrence J. Friedman practices in the areas of commercial litigation, including shareholder suits, partnership disputes, intellectual property controversies, real estate, and contract disputes. He also practices in the areas of real estate and corporate law. Mr. Friedman is also a trained mediator and regularly mediates cases in the state and federal courts. He received a B.A., with honors, from Queens College of the City University of New York in 1973 and a J.D., with honors, from the University of Minnesota in 1977. He is licensed to practice in Texas since 1979, as well as Minnesota (1978), and Florida (1978), and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth, Eighth, Tenth and Eleventh Circuits, the United States Tax Court, and the United States District Courts for the District of Minnesota and the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas.
Mr. Friedman is a member of the Texas Bar, The Dallas Bar Association, and sits on various committees of the Dallas Bar Association. He is also a Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation. Mr Friedman is a member of the Florida Bar and the Minnesota Bar, as well. He is an active member of the Dallas community and has served on the Board of Directors of First Western National Bank, Signature Place Bank, T.A.C.A., Inc., The National Craniofacial Foundation for Children’s Deformities, the Dallas and National Boards of the American Friends of The Hebrew University, and The Signature Athletic Club. He has been a member of the Greater Dallas Crime Commission, Co-chairman of the Crime Victims Committee, author of the Crime Victims Handbook, Vice-Chairman of the Mayor’s Adopt-A-Block Commission, and a member of the Mayor’s Advisory Committee on Crime.
Areas of Practice:
Bankruptcy Commercial Litigation Construction Corporate Entertainment Law Family Law Hotel & Hospitality Law Intellectual Property Personal Injury Products Liability Real Estate
Robert E. Feiger practices in the areas of taxation, estate planning, and commercial transactions. He received a B.S.B.A. with final honors from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1971, where he graduated Beta Gamma Sigma; and his J.D., and L.L.M. in Taxation from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1974 and 1995, respectively. While at Southern Methodist University, Mr. Feiger was on the staff of the Southwestern Law Journal. He served as Staff Attorney for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Enforcement, in Washington D.C., 1974 through 1977, and as an Assistant General Counsel for Betz Laboratories, Inc., a publicly held company, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977 through 1978. He currently serves as a member to the Advisory Council of The Dallas Foundation. He is admitted to the State Bar of Texas, and is also a member of the Tax Section of the State Bar of Texas.
Areas of Practice:
Corporate Real Estate Securities Tax: Business Entities Tax: Mergers & Acquisitions Tax: Partnerships Trusts & Estates: Estate and Asset Preservation Planning Trusts & Estates: Probate and Estate Administration