Practice Areas

Banking Law
Business Sales and Combinations
Business Transactions
Contracts
Corporate Finance and Securities Law
Corporate Governance
Corporate Law
Corporate Reorganization
Emerging Businesses
Entity Selection and Business Formations
Entrepreneurship
Intellectual Property Agreements
Mergers and Acquisitions
Real Estate Law
Venture Capital Transactions

Practice Emphasis

Brad Whitlock focuses his practice on representing small and mid-size business clients. He has experience in a wide variety of business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity securities financings, company formation, contracts, employment matters, corporate governance issues and a broad variety of other legal arrangements and agreements. In many instances he serves as an outside general counsel for his clients, helping them with both business and legal issues. He has handled matters ranging from simple transactions involving a few thousand dollars to complex deals worth many millions. He has been very involved in the drafting of many Texas business statutes and is a frequent speaker on corporate law topics.

Prior to joining Scheef & Stone he was a partner at a major Dallas-based law firm and served as general counsel for a privately held Dallas-based manufacturing company.

Professional and Civic Involvement

State Bar of Texas (admitted 1988)

Business Law Section (Chair)

Corporation Laws Committee (Chair)

Dallas Bar Association

Securities Law Committee (Chair)

Texas Business Law Foundation (Chair)

Co-Author, Texas Business Transactions Guide, West Publishing Company

Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra(Chair)

Arts District Friends (Chair)

Leadership Dallas, Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce (Chair, Alumni Organization)

Honors and Awards

Best Lawyers In America

Texas Super Lawyers, Texas Monthly Magazine

Best Lawyers in Dallas, D Magazine

Best Lawyers Under 40, D Magazine

Hatton W. Sumners Scholar—SMU School of Law

Member, Journal of Air Law & Commerce

Order of the Coif

President, Kappa Alpha Order Social Fraternity

Educational Background

J.D., Southern Methodist University School of Law, 1988

B.A., Political Science, Westminster College (MO), 1985