Background
Seabolt, Junior, D. Grant was born on March 9, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Seabolt, Junior, D. Grant was born on March 9, 1954 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Birmingham-Southern College (Bachelor of Arts, 1976). University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1979). George Washington University (Master of Laws in International and Comparative Law, with highest honors, 1984).
Worked at Elliston & Seabolt, L.L.P. (Dallas, Texas) specializing in Business Litigation, Employment Litigation, Criminal and White Collar Criminal Defense, Family Law, Catastrophic Personal Injury, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation and General Business and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Alabama and United States. District Court, Northern District of Alabama.
1984, United States. Court of Military Appeals. 1985, Michigan, Texas and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits.
1986, United States. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Bench and Bar. Case Notes Editor, The Naval Law Review, 1984.
Author: "United States Technology Exports to the People's Republic of China: Current Developments in Law and Policy, 19 Texas International Law Journal, 577, 1984. "International Aspects of the Proposed Commercialization of United States Civil Land Remote Sensing," 7 Hastings International and Comparative Law Review, 543, 1984. Lecturer: United States.
Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference Seminar for District Judges, 1989. Federal Civil Practice Seminar, Federal Bar Association, 1991-1992. Personal Injury Claims Workshop, American Arbitration Association, 1991.
State Bar of Texas Fifth Annual ADR Institute, 1993. Marketing Your Legal Services in Tough Times, Dallas Bar Association Seminar, 1993. Adjunct Professor in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Texas Wesleyan University School of Law.
Member, Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, JAMS-Endispute, American Arbitration Association and Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution. Chairman, Dallas County Settlement Week, 1990. Member: Dallas (Treasurer, ADR Section.
Member, International Law Section) and American (Member, Dispute Resolution) Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Michigan. State Bar of Texas (Member: ADR Section and International Law Section).
College of the State Bar of Texas. Military: Lieutenant Colonel, United States. Marine Corps Reserve, 1977.
The emphasis of the firm's practice is civil and criminal litigation in major cases on both sides of the docket, Alternative Dispute Resolution Procedures and Entrepreneurial Law. Areas of significant civil litigation experience include business and real estate disputes, employment, securities, consumer protection, professional liability and law firm disputes. General business and employment law services are provided primarily to private entrepreneurs.
The firm has significant expertise in criminal and white collar criminal defense, complex family law litigation, and catastrophic personal injury claims. Contingent and other alternative fee arrangements are considered in appropriate business tort, employment, securities and legal malpractice cases.
Member, Bench and Bar. Case Notes Editor, The Naval Law Review, 1984.