First Admitted: 1973, Texas

Bar/Professional Activity:

Member, Board of Trustee, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, 2022
Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators
Member, DFW Arbitration Group
Founding Co-Editor, Family Advocate, American Bar Association
Founding Member, Former President of Osteopathic Health Foundation, Fort Worth
Director, Treasurer, Vice-President, President, Tarrant County Bar Association, 2004-2009
Member, Neutrals' Panel, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, England
Member, Neutrals’ Panel, American Arbitration Association
Member, Neutrals’ Panel, American Health Lawyers Association ADR Service
Member, Neutrals’ Panel, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution
Master Mediator, Dispute Resolution Services of Tarrant County
Member, Texas Association of Mediators
Member, Texas Attorney-Mediators Coalition
Member, District of Columbia Bar (Washington DC)
President of Mahon Inn of Court, American Inns of Court (2013 - 2014)

Pro bono/Community Service:

Honors/Awards:

AV Rated Martindale Hubbell®: Preeminent™
Appointed Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee of the College of Commercial Arbitrators (2012 - 2013)
Served four terms on the ADR Service Task Force/ADR Council by the American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, D.C.
Named a Top Attorney by Fort Worth, Texas Magazine (2003 to Present)
National Philanthropy Day Honoree, All Church Home for Children, Inc., 2007
National Philanthropy Day Honoree, Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 2013
Blackstone Award - Annual award to one lawyer in Tarrant Courty Bar Association membership selected by a confidential committee of peers., Tarrant County Bar Association, 2013

Educational Background:

White Papers:

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

The Arbitration Newsletter is published periodically to discuss and analyze current case law development in state and federal arbitration law in the U.S., Editor, The Arbitration Newsletter, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2014
The Arbitration Newsletter is published periodically to discuss and analyze current case law development in state and federal arbitration law in the U.S., Editor, The Arbitration Newsletter, Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz PLLC, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2014
Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2013, 2011

Other Outstanding Achievements:

Firm News (Newsletters):

The Arbitration Newsletter published by Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, PLLC., Editor

Industry Groups:

John A. Chalk, Sr.