About Malone Law

Pat Malone, Attorney and Counselor At Law

Pat was born in Hope, Arkansas but spent his early life as an Air Force kid living in various locations in the US and overseas in Turkey, Germany and France. When his father became Wing Commander of Bergstrom Air Force Base, Pat came to Austin where he is still proud to call home. Has been married to Karen for 20 years and has a grown son and college-age daughter.

Career/Education Highlights:

• Malone Law, PLLC, formerly Law Office of Pat Malone 1995 - present

As General Counsel, created and helped take networking/broadband company public OTC then on the NASDAQ (Fourthstage, fka Aperian, fka Micromedia Solutions, Inc.). Supervised and serviced all litigation and contractual needs. Supervised Legal Dept. and Loan Recovery Dept. (up to 3 attorneys, 20 support staff at a time), including complex defense and appellate litigation, supervising outside law firm.

• Chief, Bankruptcy Litigation, Texas Attorney General, 1989-1994

Bankruptcy court litigation; personnel and systems management. Recognized as best in the U.S. by the National Association of Attorneys General. Hired, trained and supervised up to 7 attorneys and 14 support staff at a time. Litigated against major firms throughout country. Improved collections from $9,000,000/yr. to $34,000,000/yr.

• Senior Associate, Richie & Greenburg, P.C. 1986 - 1987

Full service Administrative, Banking, Business, Lobby and Real Estate practice, mid-size firm. Generated high profile favorable publicity and clientele for the firm while engaged in major real estate transactions by the City of Austin at the time and other contracts with governmental entities.

• Professor, Business Law, Austin Community College, 1982-1985

Enjoyed teaching legal concepts to non-law students and gained respect of the students.

• Senior Vice President and General Counsel MCORP Banking, 1979-1986

Increased collections 500% from enlightened representation in bankruptcies and collection cases to aggressive and creative marketing and financing of OREO.

Gained front page Wall Street Journal recognition expanding bank powers by creating and serving on Board of Directors of securities subsidiaries - MPACT Brokers and MPACT Securities; mortgage banking affiliate - MPACT Mortgage Co.; debit/credit card affiliate - First USA Bank; life and casualty insurance affiliate - MPACT Insurance Co. Chartered MBank Arboretum.

Provided advice on corporate governance, disclosure and accounting requirements, and prohibited/authorized transactions to Officers and Directors. Supervised Legal Dept. and Loan Recovery Dept. (up to 3 attorneys, 20 support staff at a time), including complex defense and appellate litigation, supervising outside law firms.

• J.D., St. Mary's University of San Antonio, 1978

• University of Texas, B.A., with Honors, 1975

• Austin High Graduate

Awards and Recognition:

• Established expert in Business Law by the District Counts of Travis County. Periodically retained by other law firms to evaluate their cases and testify before judges and juries as to opinions of the law as applied to corporate and business law. Since the State Bar of Texas offers no legal specialization or board certification in this field, the courts are often a business attorney's best means of recognition.

• Rating of AV by Lexis Nexis for 10 years - Another means of rating attorneys are the peer review ratings of fellow lawyers by Lexis Nexis; “the ‘A’ signifies the highest level of legal ability, while the ‘V’ denotes very high adherence to the professional standards of conduct, ethics, reliability and diligence.”

• Certified to the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers by Martindale Hubbell, “limited to only the most distinguished law practices which have achieved the AV rating”.

Licenses:

• 1979, Texas (State Court License)
• 1980, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
• 1991, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern District of Texas
• 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas (Federal Court
   Licenses)

Community:

• Peer Support Specialist at Communities for Recovery 2007-present
• Leadership Austin, sustaining membership since 1982
• Chairman, City of Austin Comprehensive Watershed Ordinance Task
   Force, 1986
• Chairman, Travis Central Appraisal District, 1983-1987
• Co-Chairman, Convention Center Task Force, 1987-1992
• Chairman, Industry Roundtable Committee, Greater Austin Chamber of
   Commerce, 1995-2000