Education and Professional Experience:

   B.A. in Social Sciences from Southern Methodist University, 1973.
   J.D. from Southern Methodist University Law School, 1976.
    Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 1984,
      re-certified every five years thereafter.
    Qualified as a Mediator under the Texas ADR Act in April 1990.


Real Estate and Business Experience:

 Acquisitions, sales, financing, subdividing, construction, leasing and management of commercial and      residential properties.
  Representation of land investors in planning and subdividing properties for sale to developers.
  Representation of buyers, sellers, lenders, developers, landlords, tenants, brokers and property managers.
  Organizing and on-going representation of general partnerships, limited partnerships, LLCs and      corporations.
  Representation of both borrowers and lenders in loan transactions, loan renewals, extensions, workouts      and foreclosures, and bankruptcy reorganization.
  Director and Counsel to community association and master-planned subdivision management company.

Mediation Experience and Training:

Mr. Seay has mediated more than 100 cases of all types since 1989, including commercial, real estate, partnership, personal injury and workers' compensation disputes. Training and mediation related memberships include the following:

    Dallas County Settlement Week Mediator beginning in 1988
    Dallas Bar Association, Mediator Training, April 1990
    Dispute Mediation Service of Dallas, Mediator since 1990
    Attorney-Mediator Institute, Inc., Advanced Mediator Training, February and July 1991.
    CDR Associates (Communication/Decision/Results), Boulder, Colorado; Advanced Mediator        Training, April 1994.
    Advanced Negotiation, State Bar of Texas, September 1994 (Negotiation Trainer).
    Member, Association of Attorney-Mediators, Inc.; President, North Texas Chapter 1993.
    Dallas Bar Association, ADR Section Member and ADR Advisory Council, 1994.
    Appointed as a Mediator by Federal, Dallas and Collin County Courts since 1990.

 

Professional Memberships and Activities:

   Member, State Bar of Texas and its Real Estate, Trust and Probate, ADR and Environmental       Sections.
   Member, Dallas Bar Association and its Real Estate, ADR and Environmental Sections
  Association of Attorney-Mediators, Inc. (President, North Texas Chapter AAM,
     1993 and Co-Chair of Annual Meeting Committee, 1995).
  Member, US-Mexico Bar Association (fna Texas-Mexico Bar Association, an association of      attorneys primarily in Texas and Mexico).
  Organizer of Dallas Bar Association “Spanish for Lawyers” offering Spanish language      instruction for lawyers and paralegals since 1993.
  Texas Monthly Super Lawyer List, 2005 for Real Estate and Business Transactions.

Volunteer Activities:

   Greenland Hills United Methodist Church, numerous committees and activities including: Chairman of the Building Committee during master planning for major renovation; volunteer on concrete block residential construction projects trips in Cd. Juarez, Mexico; and currently, currently chair of the Green Committee focusing on environmental issues.

   Former Director and Vice President for Sanctuaries, Audubon Dallas, primarily organizing and acquiring land for a 250-acre wildlife sanctuary in the Cedar Hill area of Dallas County, Texas, in conjunction with National Audubon Society, Inc.

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