Kurt Elieson
I grew up around small businesses. One of my grandfathers was an insurance agent in Denton. My other set of grandparents owned a bookstore in Irving. My father ran a financial services company in north Dallas with about ten employees, and during high school I often worked in his office after classes. I spent my summers working on commercial construction sites and watching how each contractor depended on the others to perform their obligations.
At Stanford I majored in economics, in part because of its importance to business. But for me the real draw was the way in which economics approaches decision making: How do you balance expected costs and benefits to get the best possible outcome when the future is not entirely clear? This is the same way that I approach life, including litigation.
For over three decades, since completing law school at UT Austin, I have assisted business clients in a wide variety of situations including business transactions, business litigation, employee issues, and bankruptcy.
Early in my career as an attorney I also spent two years working at a medical technology company with about 100 employees. There I drafted contracts, participated in employee terminations, and worked out the legal arguments that resulted in a $100 million antitrust settlement against a Fortune 500 competitor. Most importantly, during those two years I walked in the shoes of my clients as a customer of legal services purchased from outside law firms. I understand the concerns that my clients have when they entrust me with their legal work.
- University of Texas - Austin
- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.) (1991) | Law
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- Stanford University
- A.B. (1988) | Economics
- Honors: 1987 Fairclough Prize for outstanding undergraduate research paper in Classics
- Activities: 1987 study abroad in Vienna, Austria
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- Elieson Law Firm
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- Bankruptcy Issues Faced by Non-Bankruptcy Attorneys
- Professional Education for Denton County Bar Association
- Issues in Choosing to File Bankruptcy under Chapter 7, 11, or 13
- Professional Education for Bankruptcy Section of Denton County Bar Association
- Bankruptcy Pointers for Creditors
- 120 Denton County Lawyer No. 3, Page 3
- How Consumer Bankruptcy Works
- Professional Education for Employees of CCCS McKinney
- Texas State Bar
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- Bishop's Storehouse Food Bank
- Volunteer Weekend Delivery Truck Driver
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- Scouting, Circle Ten Council, North Star District
- District Chair
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- Lewisville Independent School District
- Chair, Curriculum Subcommittee, Task Force on Outdoor Education
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- J, Reuben Clark, Jr. Law Society (Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter)
- Director
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- Texas
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- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Bankruptcy
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- Civil Litigation
- Debt Collection
- Spanish