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Scheef & Stone Wins Arbitration Award for Aspen Strategic Holdings

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DALLAS – Scheef & Stone, LLP represented Dallas-based Aspen Strategic Holdings, LLC in a successful derivative arbitration proceeding on behalf of ABA DSO, LLC against local boutique investment banking firm Transitus Capital, LLC and its founders. The nearly $1.3 million award stems from breach of its engagement agreement, fraud, and gross negligence claims.

“Our team is very pleased with the outcome,” said Scheef & Stone Partner J. Mitchell Little, who served as lead counsel. “It was necessary to demonstrate either gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Respondents, and we felt we could meet that burden based on overwhelming evidence. It is extremely satisfying to help our client be made whole here.”

The arbitration award for Aspen Strategic Holdings, a private equity holding company that specializes in health care properties and operating ventures, includes attorney’s fees, costs, pre- and post-judgment interest

“We are immensely thankful for Mitch’s wise counsel in addressing this situation. We hired Transitus expecting them to perform their services with honesty, care, and loyalty. They did not and Mitch was instrumental in helping us hold them accountable,” said Aspen Strategic Holdings Managing Member Dennis Marshall.

Scheef & Stone, LLP provides solid counsel to its valued clients by forging innovative legal solutions to build lasting relationships. From offices in Dallas, Frisco, and Marshall, the firm’s members hold themselves to the highest standards while going beyond the extra mile for their clients. These standards have led to strategic growth, bringing our attorney count to approximately 60 lawyers practicing in a full-service commercial firm with services that include corporate, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, tax, construction law, banking, bankruptcy, intellectual property, healthcare, litigation, and employment law.

Attorneys from Scheef & Stone, LLP Earn 2022 Texas Super Lawyers Honors

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DALLAS/FRISCO/MARSHALL – The publishers of the 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list by Thomson Reuters are recognizing 12 attorneys from Scheef & Stone, LLP, on the exclusive annual roster of the state’s best.

The honored Scheef & Stone attorneys work from firm offices in Dallas, Frisco, and Marshall. Founding partners C. John Scheef III in Frisco and Bill Stone and Kelly Crawford in Dallas have been included on the Super Lawyers list for more than a decade. Mr. Scheef earned selection for his work in Construction Litigation, while Mr. Stone and Mr. Crawford scored high marks for their representation of clients in Mergers and Acquisitions and Business Litigation, respectively.

The additional Super Lawyers honorees from Scheef & Stone’s Frisco office and the areas for which they are recognized include:

Matt BracyBusiness and Corporate Law
John FischerIntellectual Property Law
Byron HenryAppellate Law
Mark L. HillBusiness Litigation
Mitch LittleSecurities Litigation
Kate ValentConstruction Litigation

In Dallas, Scheef & Stone partner Rebekah Steely Brooker claimed a spot on the 2022 Texas Super Lawyers list based on her experience in Estate Planning & Probate Law. Fellow Dallas partner Richard J. Wallace III is recognized for his expertise in Business Litigation.

Experienced East Texas attorney Michael C. Smith from Scheef & Stone’s Marshall office claimed his 15th consecutive selection on the Super Lawyers list based on his years of work in Intellectual Property Litigation.

Earlier this year, Scheef & Stone attorneys T. Chase Garrett and Taylor L. Harris were featured on the companion 2022 Texas Rising Stars list of the state’s top young lawyers for their work in Business Litigation and Civil Litigation, respectively.

Scheef & Stone, LLP provides solid counsel to its valued clients by forging innovative legal solutions to build lasting relationships. From offices in Dallas, Frisco, and Marshall, the firm’s members hold themselves to the highest standards while going beyond the extra mile for their clients. These standards have led to strategic growth, bringing our attorney count to approximately 60 lawyers practicing in a full-service commercial firm with services that include corporate, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, tax, construction law, banking, bankruptcy, intellectual property, healthcare, litigation, and employment law.

Kelly Crawford to Speak at National Conference

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Scheef & Stone Partner Kelly Crawford will be speaking on March 9, 2022, at the 2022 Enforcement Training conference of the North American Securities Administrators Association. Mr. Crawford will be speaking on “Asset Freezes & Receiverships.” Mr. Crawford has extensive experience over the years working as a receiver and is currently serving as the receiver in a case pending in Dallas, Texas brought by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and 30 States.