Lawrence Fischman
E-mail: lfischman@gpm-law.com Location: Dallas Office
Telephone: (972) 419-8318
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Legal Assistant: Cherie Zalstein
Mr. Fischman is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney. His practice is limited to litigation in state and federal courts and in the appellate courts. He devotes significant time in the trial courts to summary judgment practice and to issues arising from expert testimony. He has extensive experience in real estate-related and general business litigation as well as bankruptcy.
Mr. Fischman biography includes: Phi Delta Phi. Author: "Article 3810: an Unanswered Question," Tex. Bar Jour. (1981). Speaker and Panelist: "Current Issues in Commercial Real Estate Leases," National Business Institute, 1996.
Mr. Fischman was admitted 1964, Texas; 1965, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1971, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1973, U.S. Supreme Court; 19 95, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas.
Mr. Fischman was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on August 18, 1940.
Practice GroupsConcentration
- Real Estate
- Appeals in State & Federal
- Business Litigation
- Bankruptcy
Education:
University of Texas in (B.B.A. 1964)
University of Texas in (LL.B. 1964)
Affiliations:
State Bar of Texas
Dallas Bar Association (Chair, Fee Disputes Committee, 1998-2000)
Representative Engagements:
Littlefield v. Forney Ind. School Dist., 268 F. 3d 275 (5th Cirucit. Texas, 2001)
Slusser v. Union Bankers Ins. Co., 2002 Tex. App. Lexis 1292 (Tex. App- Eastland 2002)
White v. Weiser, 412 U.S. 783 (1973)
Price v Hardin, 425 F.2d 1137 (CA 5, 1970 )
Salgo v Matthews, 497 S.W.2d 620 (Civ. App. Dal., 1973)
Craig v Beto, 458 F.2d 1131 (CA 5, 1971)
Arrow Chemical v Pugh, 490 S.W.2d 628 (Civ. App., Dal., 1972)
Perkins v. Crittenden, 462 S.W.2d 565 (Tex., 1970)
Vordenbaum v Rubin, 611 S.W.2d 463 (Civ. App. Dal. 1980)
Zeisler v Zeisler, 553 S.W.2d 927 (Tex. Civ. App. - Dal, 1977, error dism'd)
Inwood Nat'l Bank v 1st Nat'l Bank of Bryan, 485 S.W.2d 842 (Tex. Civ.App. - Waco 1972, n.w.h.)
Irwin v Whirley, 538 S.W.2d 150 (Tex. Civ. App. - Waco 1976, n.w.h.)
Steinberg v Cinema 'N' Drafthouse Systems, Inc., 28F.3d 23 (5th Cir., 1994)
Crowell & Bender, 138 F.3d 1031 (5th Cir., 1998)
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