 Joseph W. Geary
Addison, Texas
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Joseph W. Geary received his law decree from Southern Methodist University and was admitted to the bar in 1947. He has had a distinguished career which included serving as an Assistant District Attorney for Dallas County, leaving that position to go into private practice in 1951. Mr. Geary also served as a member of the Dallas City Council from 1959 through 1961. Mr. Geary has earned the respect of his peers and his clients as a premier family law attorney, as well as being equally respected for his competence in the areas of commercial, trust and estate litigation.
- Commercial Litigation
- Trust and Estate Litigation
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Federal Courts
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas,
1948
- Advanced Real Estate Seminars, State Bar Association, 1980, 1981
- Advanced Real Estate, State Bar Association,
1980
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1981
- Featured in "D Magazine" as Top Lawyer, May 2001
- Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with Three Clusters, U.S. Air Force
- Dallas City Council,
1959
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1961
- Member
- Dallas Bar Association
- Member
- Texas Bar Association
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- North Dallas Chamber of Commerce
- Former Legal Counsel
- Dallas Bar Foundation
- Fellow
- Texas Bar Foundation,
1987
- Present
- Life Fellow
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Member
- Continental Steel Corporation,
1961
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1984
- Past Director
- Guardian Savings & Loan Association,
1980
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1984
- Past Director
- Trinity National Bank,
1969
- Past Director
- American Basketball Association,
1972
-
1973
- Past Director
- Southern Methodist University Real Estate Society School of Business,
2001
- Present
- Elected Lifetime Member
- The Kidney Foundation of Texas
- State President
- Dallas City Council,
1959
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1961
- Member
- Exchange Clubs of Texas,
1956
-
1957
- Past State President
- East Dallas Exchange Club
- Past President
- The Kidney Foundation of Texas,
1979
-
1980
- Past President/Past Chairman
- Southern Methodist University Alumni Association,
1966
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1968
- Past Director
- Southern Methodist University Mustang Club
- Past Director/Past Vice President
- Lovers Lane Methodist Church
- Trustee
- East Dallas Y.M.C.A.
- Past Chairman, Board of Management
- Dallas Civic Opera Association
- Past Director
- Lakehill Preparatory School
- Past Director
- 32nd Mason
- Advisory Council of Dallas Community Chest Trust Fund,
1977
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1980
- Past Member
- Dallas Council of Churches,
1967
- Past Director
- Central Business Association,
1980
- Past Director
- East Dallas Parent's League
- D Magazine Top Lawyer,
2001
- Featured Top Lawyer
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