Francis B. Majorie P.C.

Principal

Mr. Majorie is the founder of The Majorie Firm, which provides litigation, crisis management, and turn-key dispute resolution services. Mr. Majorie has been responsible for handling several hundred million dollars of business problems for clients during his career. His clients have ranged from billion dollar entities to start-ups and individuals and have spanned numerous industries.

Mr. Majorie brings several skill-sets to a client engagement, depending on a client's needs. His role ranges from adviser, to negotiator, to litigator. Mr. Majorie also helps clients coordinate the efforts of lawyers, accountants and other professionals the client may have already retained to ensure the right questions are being asked, the right goals are being set, and the right strategy is being implemented.

Mr. Majorie began his legal career with Skadden Arps in New York City where he worked primarily on litigation arising out of hostile mergers and acquisitions. Following Skadden Arps, he worked with the commercial litigation firm of Bickel & Brewer, before subsequently establishing his own practice, The Majorie Firm.

Mr. Majorie received a Bachelor of Arts degree, from the University of Connecticut in 1980 and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law, in 1983. While in law school, he was a member of the Boston University Law Review. Mr. Majorie was also a Paul J. Liacos Scholar (1981-1982); a Paul J. Liacos Distinguished Scholar (1980-1981); an Honors Scholar (1979-1980); and a recipient of the Michie/Lawyers' Co-op Award in Civil Procedure (1980-1981). Mr. Majorie has since authored or co-authored articles and course materials, has appeared frequently on national television and in other media, and has coordinated, hosted, and/or lectured at numerous conferences relating to the solution of business problems through formal and informal means of dispute resolution. Mr. Majorie is a member of numerous bar associations and is admitted to practice in Texas, New York, and Connecticut and before numerous federal courts and administrative agencies.

MR. MAJORIE IS NOT CERTIFIED BY THE TEXAS BOARD OF LEGAL SPECIALIZATION.

fbmajorie@themajoriefirm.com

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Jon Mark Robertson

Of Counsel

Mark Robertson has four decades of law and commercial real estate experience, including 18 years at Cushman & Wakefield and 5 years with Insignia Capital Advisors’ southwest U.S. region in servicing the U.S. institutional and corporate real estate communities as well as in Mexico and South America.  He most recently operated PRG Realty Investors LP, and its numerous affiliates (for 8 years) in developing several high profile properties, along with property acquisition and tenant rep brokerage, and Mr. Robertson continues to be instrumental in creating capital for international portfolios and major developments.

In addition to representation of most major U.S. institutions, Mr. Robertson has represented clients in transactions in seven European countries, two in Africa, numerous clients in Hong Kong, Japan and elsewhere in the Far East.  His career has involved, as well as the advising of major corporate clients in their strategic use decisions, the organization of corporate structures for real estate holding companies, and consulting in connection with registration of private placements and securitizations.  His career has included many of the largest real estate transactions in the region, and he has been a leading figure in advising financial institutions, banks, and government assets and portfolios.

Mr. Robertson is a Texas native and graduate of Baylor University and its Jaworski School of Law.  His numerous affiliations and memberships include: Membership in the Urban Land Institute, International Affiliate SIOR, the Real Estate Council and memberships in charitable, non-profit and other professional organizations.

He has lived and worked in Dallas in law and the national real estate arena throughout his career.

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