Geary, Joseph W. | Geary, Porter & Donovan, P.C.

Community Involvement

Past Director/Past Chairman, The Kidney Foundation of Texas, 1979-1980

Dallas City Council Member, 1959-1961

Past Director, American Basketball Association, 1972-1973

Past Director, Southern Methodist University Alumni Association, 1966-1968

Past Director/Past Vice President, Southern Methodist University Mustang Club

Trustee, Lovers Lane Methodist Church

Past Chairman, East Dallas Y.M.C.A.

Past Director, Dallas Civic Opera Association

Past Director, Lakehill Preparatory School

32nd Mason

Member, Advisory Council of Dallas Community Chest Trust Fund, 1977-1980

Past Director, Dallas Council of Churches, 1967

Past Director, Central Business Association, 1980

East Dallas Parent's League

Past State President, Exchange Clubs of Texas, 1956-1957

Past President, East Dallas Exchange Club

Professional Associations and Memberships

State Bar of Texas Member

American Bar Association Member

Dallas Bar Association Member

Texas Bar Foundation Fellow, 1987-Present

Association of Trial Lawyers of America Member

Texas Trial Lawyers Association Member

Dallas Bar Foundation Fellow

Past Legal Counsel, North Dallas Chamber of Commerce

Past Director, Continental Steel Corporation, 1961-1984

Past Director, Guardian Savings & Loan Association, 1980–1984

Past Director, Trinity National Bank, 1969

Joseph W. Geary

Mr. Geary received his law degree 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 trial lawyer and highly regarded for his competence in the areas of family law, commercial, trust and estate litigation.

Areas of Practice

Family Law
Business Litigation
Trust and Estate Litigation

Bar Admissions

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
U.S. Federal Courts
State Bar of Texas, 1947

Education

Southern Methodist University School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1948 (Juris Doctor)

Community Involvement

Awards, Honors and Published Works

Professional Associations and Memberships

Joseph W. Geary

Areas of Practice

Bar Admissions

Education

Spotlight

Reimbursement – Statutory and Common Law Recoveries