John Michael Frick
Experienced North Texas Civil Litigation and Appellate Attorney
John has been representing businesses and business people in the North Texas area for more than thirty years. He has tried numerous cases at various levels of the judicial system, including federal district court and state district court. He has presented appeals to the Supreme Court of Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and ten of the fourteen intermediate courts of appeal in Texas. He has arbitrated cases before the American Arbitration Association and JAMS, Inc. In addition to his trial practice, John is a trained mediator and summary jury trial judge. As a result of displaying a high degree of skill, competence, and professionalism, he has earned an AV-Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
John received his law degree from SMU School of Law in 1988, where he served as an Associate Editor for the Southwestern Law Journal. While still in law school, he successfully presented an appeal to the Supreme Court of Texas through the school’s civil clinic program, resulting in a published opinion reversing the lower court. He also completed his first jury trial through the school’s clinic program.
After graduating from law school, John served a judicial clerkship as briefing attorney for the Honorable Gordon H. Rowe, Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth District of Texas at Dallas. There, John had the pleasure of working with future Supreme Court of Texas Justices Nathan Hecht, Craig Enoch, and James Baker.
As a seasoned trial lawyer, John continues to maintain a high level of practice. He has represented clients in cases reported in the Wall Street Journal and Dallas Morning News, as well as ones featured on local news broadcasts and the national news program, Nightline. His civil trial practice includes representation in both state and federal court and encompasses a wide range of areas.
- Construction Law
- Construction Defects, Construction Litigation
- Business Law
- Business Litigation, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Appeals & Appellate
- Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
- Employment Law
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Business Arbitration, Family Arbitration
- Family Law
- Collections
- Personal Injury
- Construction Accidents, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Civil Litigation
- Contract Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Real Estate Litigation
- Professional Liability
- Credit Cards Accepted
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Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
Provides 90-minute initial consultation for a flat fee of $500.
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 07455200
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- 5th Circuit
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- Partner
- Reid, Dennis & Frick, PC
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- Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC
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- Partner
- Bennett, Weston LaJone & Turner, P.C.
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- Senior Attorney
- Reid & Dennis, PC
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- Solo Practitioner
- Law Offices of John M. Frick
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- Partner
- Mills, Presby & Associates, L.L.P.
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- Associate
- Godwin & Carlton, P.C.
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- Briefing Attorney
- Court of Appeals, Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
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- SMU Dedman School of Law
- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
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- Southern Methodist University
- B.S. (1985) | Political Science
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- Honors: Summa Cum Laude
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- Southern Methodist University
- B.A. (1985) | Psychology
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- Honors: Summa Cum Laude
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- AV-Preeminent
- Martindale-Hubbell
- For over 100 years, the Bar Register has been a unique guide to the legal community's most eminent professionals. It includes only those select law practices that have earned the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and have been designated by their colleagues as preeminent in their field. The 2022 Bar Register contains over 14,000 member listings out of more than 1.3 million attorneys in the United States.
- Texas State Bar # 07455200
- Member
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- Board-Certified, Civil Trial Law
- Texas Board of Legal Specialization
- Website
- Reid, Dennis & Frick, PC
- Q. This continuous two my prior question, what constitutes a formal loan document? The challenge for the vehicle rights
- A: A formal loan could be documented by a loan agreement, a promissory note, and a security agreement. Because ownership rights in a motor vehicle must be registered, your security interest in the vehicle would be recorded on the title. Because the vehicle was bought before the marriage, the vehicle is your son’s separate property. Your son should be easily able to show that the date title was registered in his name predates the marriage. It should not be difficult for your son’s divorce lawyer to prove. As your son’s separate property, his wife is not entitled to the car.
- Q. Can I sue arrested thieves for stealing my Catalytic Converters? What course of action other than insurance do I take?
- A: You can sue the men. If they have non-exempt assets, you may even be able to collect any judgment. Given the relatively small amount of money involved, you can sue them in justice of the peace court and do not need an attorney who so.
- Q. Someone is trying to get a judgment against me 11 years later they had gotten the judgment 11 years after the fact is th
- A: They can get a judgment but suing. You could defend that lawsuit by pleading and proving the affirmative defense called the statute of limitations.
