Mark Stout

Founder, Partner

Biography

Mark Stout has conducted an active civil litigation practice in state and bankruptcy courts since 1998. Mr. Stout’s practice concentration includes commercial finance, asset based lending, equipment leasing and the Uniform Commercial Code. Mr. Stout represents a wide range of equipment lessors and asset based lenders in all aspects of business finance. He routinely advises clients in complex loan transactions and litigation matters. Mr. Stout has a successful track record representing lenders in loan enforcement actions, bankruptcy proceedings and out of court workouts. He divides his practice equally between commercial litigation and bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Stout represents in excess of thirty financial institutions and leasing companies.

Mark is admitted to practice before the Texas Supreme Court and the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. Within the last four years alone, he has represented commercial lenders in excess of 150 state court proceedings and frequently utilizes sequestration/replevin proceedings to quickly recover his clients’ collateral. Overall, he has filed approximately 1,000 sequestration/replevin actions in the state of Texas.

Education

Juris Doctorate, University of Texas School of Law, 1998

B.A., Economics & History, Texas Christian University, 1996

Courts Admitted

  • Texas Supreme Court
  • United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas

Professional Associations

  • Texas Creditor’s Bar Association, Former Vice President
  • Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA)
  • National Equipment Finance Association (NEFA)
  • Lease Enforcement Attorney Network (LEAN)
  • Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow

Speeches and Presentations

  • Speaker & Co-Author, Texas Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, August, 2020.
  • Speaker, Post-Judgment Collection, Tarrant County Bar Association, January, 2020.
  • Speaker & Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, September, 2019.
  • Speaker & Co-Author, The Contempt Process: A Crash Course in the Enforcement of Civil Orders, State Bar of Texas, May, 2019.
  • Speaker, Enforcement War Stories, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, April, 2019.
  • Speaker, Latest Trends in Leasing Fraud, Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, May, 2018.
  • Speaker & Co-Author, Sequestrations & Collateral Recovery, State Bar of Texas, May, 2018.
  • Speaker, A Creditor’s Mock Trial, State Bar of Texas, May, 2017.
  • Editor & Co-Author, Texas Collections Manual, Fifth Edition, State Bar of Texas, 2017.
  • Speaker & Co-Author, Implementing Replevins in Texas Courts, State Bar of Texas, May 2016.
  • Editor & Co-Author, Texas Collections Manual, State Bar of Texas, March 2016.
  • Speaker & Co-Author, Sequestrations, A Practical Overview, State Bar of Texas, May 2015.
  • Speaker, Pre-Judgment Remedies and Sequestrations, State Bar of Texas, May 2014.
  • Speaker, Sequestrations, Texas Creditor’s Bar Association, September 2013.
  • Speaker, Judicial Foreclosure, Tarrant County Bench Bar Conference, April 2012.
  • Speaker, Sequestrations and Replevins in Texas, Dallas Bar Association, September 2011.
  • Speaker, Replevins, Sequestrations, and Title Issues, Equipment Lease & Finance Association, May 2010.