Mark Stout

Mark W. Stout has conducted an active civil litigation practice in state and bankruptcy courts
since 1998 and currently represents numerous corporate clients, from small family-owned businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Stout 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 three years, he has represented more than 20 finance companies in over 100 different proceedings in federal, state and bankruptcy courts. Mr. Stout frequently serves as counsel on cases filed in other jurisdictions and in the last three years has litigated in more than 10 different states. These matters range from claims for breach of contract, fraud, claims in complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases, allegations of violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) Act, and substantial claims of theft and embezzlement. Mr. Stout also serves as outside counsel for numerous businesses and has successfully represented these companies in complex litigation, partnership disputes, vendor contract matters, and employment claims.

Juris Doctorate, University of Texas School of Law, 1998

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

• State of Texas

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Court Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

• U.S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Northern District of Texas

• U.S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Southern District of Texas

• U.S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Eastern District of Texas

• U.S. District/Bankruptcy Courts for the Western District of Texas

• 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

• Co-Author, Prejudgment Remedies for Collection Cases, State Bar of Texas, October, 2022.
• Speaker & Co-Author, Creditors’ Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2022.
• Speaker & Co-Author, Texas Prejudgment Remedies, State Bar of Texas, May, 2021.
• 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.