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| Record of Achievement |
Our clients benefit from Eric Fryar's record of academic and professional
accomplishment.
Education
Eric Fryar grew up in Midland, Texas and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and
with High Honors from the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he
represented the University three times in the National Debate
Tournament and in an internationally televised series of collegiate
debates on U.S. foreign policy.
Eric graduated with High Honors from the University of Texas School of
Law, where he served as an editor on the Texas Law Review. Honors
included Order of the Coif, Outstanding Mid-Law Note, Outstanding
Articles Editor, and publication in the Texas Law Review.
Professional History
Eric Fryar served as judicial law clerk to the Hon. Thomas M. Reavley,
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and then joined the
prestigious Houston litigation boutique Susman Godfrey, LLP, where he
became a partner and a seasoned trial lawyer, representing both
plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes commercial cases.
In 1997, Eric began his own practice and focused much of his efforts on
protecting the rights and interests of shareholders, partners and small
business owners. Since that time, individually and in association with
other Houston law firms, Eric has assisted clients and other attorneys in
successfully resisting squeeze-outs and resolving disputes among
owners of businesses in a wide variety of legal situations, including:
accomplishment.
Education
Eric Fryar grew up in Midland, Texas and graduated Phi Beta Kappa and
with High Honors from the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he
represented the University three times in the National Debate
Tournament and in an internationally televised series of collegiate
debates on U.S. foreign policy.
Eric graduated with High Honors from the University of Texas School of
Law, where he served as an editor on the Texas Law Review. Honors
included Order of the Coif, Outstanding Mid-Law Note, Outstanding
Articles Editor, and publication in the Texas Law Review.
Professional History
Eric Fryar served as judicial law clerk to the Hon. Thomas M. Reavley,
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and then joined the
prestigious Houston litigation boutique Susman Godfrey, LLP, where he
became a partner and a seasoned trial lawyer, representing both
plaintiffs and defendants in high-stakes commercial cases.
In 1997, Eric began his own practice and focused much of his efforts on
protecting the rights and interests of shareholders, partners and small
business owners. Since that time, individually and in association with
other Houston law firms, Eric has assisted clients and other attorneys in
successfully resisting squeeze-outs and resolving disputes among
owners of businesses in a wide variety of legal situations, including:
- Members of a South African diamond mining joint venture who
were defrauded by a partner into giving up their ownership interest
for a fraction of the true value.
- A derivative suit on behalf of a group of shareholders of a small
Texas corporation whose assets and business opportunities
were misappropriated by the corporation’s president and sold to a
Canadian corporation ultimately resulting in a multi-billion dollar
merger.
- The successful appeal on behalf of a controlling shareholder of a
$1-million+ shareholder oppression judgment in the Fifth Circuit's
landmark Hollis v. Hill decision.
- A group of shareholders who were deceived into investing millions
into a “dot com” disaster.
- Shareholders of a Houston metal fabrication business who fired
the president of their company for mismanagement and
misappropriation and were then sued by him for shareholder
oppression.
- A shareholder of a West Texas minerals exploration company
whose company’s assets and business opportunities were
transferred to a new company started by the other shareholders.
- Shareholders in a Texas environmental services corporation
whose interests were diluted by the controlling shareholders who
issued themselves millions of new shares.
- The wife of one of two shareholders whose position as a
shareholder was denied after her husband's death..
- Limited partners in an MRI clinic who stopped receiving
distributions as a result of financial manipulation by the general
partner.
- A shareholder in a Delaware financial services corporation who
was wrongfully terminated in order to force the sale of her shares
under a shareholders’ agreement.
- Many other shareholders and business owners who were denied
their rights to information regarding their company or otherwise
were subjected to pressure and unfair treatment designed to
squeeze them out of the company and to force a sale for less than
fair value.
- Eric has also defended and counseled shareholders who were
accused of unfair treatment or who believed that they were being
unfairly pressured to pay an unfair price in a buy-out.
Publications
Common Law Due Process in the Law of Contracts, Texas Law
Review, vol. 66. (1988)
The Shareholder Oppression Doctrine: What Texas Business
Lawyers Need to Know, Advising Businesses in Troubled Times,
University of Houston Law Foundation (2009).
Litigation Among Business Owners, Advanced Business Litigation,
University of Houston Law Foundation. (2001-2004)
Litigation Among Business Owners, Advising Small Businesses,
University of Houston Law Foundation. (1999-2003)
Business Divorce, Houston Bar Association Continuing Legal
Education series. (2000)
Awards and Affiliations
Eric is licensed to practice in the State of Texas and in the United
States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and
Western Districts of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas
(Business and Litigation Sections), the American Bar Association
(Business and Litigation Sections), the Houston Bar Association,
and the Christian Trial Lawyers Association. Eric is also a Life
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a member of the Texas
Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. Eric has been
received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Houston Bar
Association, and has been recognized in Who's Who Among
Executives and Professionals.
Fryar Law Firm, P.C.
Fryar Law Firm, P.C. was founded in 2006 in order to broaden Eric
Fryar's goal of promoting business owner rights by actively
consulting with other lawyers currently handling such cases.
Common Law Due Process in the Law of Contracts, Texas Law
Review, vol. 66. (1988)
The Shareholder Oppression Doctrine: What Texas Business
Lawyers Need to Know, Advising Businesses in Troubled Times,
University of Houston Law Foundation (2009).
Litigation Among Business Owners, Advanced Business Litigation,
University of Houston Law Foundation. (2001-2004)
Litigation Among Business Owners, Advising Small Businesses,
University of Houston Law Foundation. (1999-2003)
Business Divorce, Houston Bar Association Continuing Legal
Education series. (2000)
Awards and Affiliations
Eric is licensed to practice in the State of Texas and in the United
States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and
Western Districts of Texas, and the United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas
(Business and Litigation Sections), the American Bar Association
(Business and Litigation Sections), the Houston Bar Association,
and the Christian Trial Lawyers Association. Eric is also a Life
Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a member of the Texas
Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism. Eric has been
received the Distinguished Faculty Award from the Houston Bar
Association, and has been recognized in Who's Who Among
Executives and Professionals.
Fryar Law Firm, P.C.
Fryar Law Firm, P.C. was founded in 2006 in order to broaden Eric
Fryar's goal of promoting business owner rights by actively
consulting with other lawyers currently handling such cases.
Personal Note
Eric lives in Spring, Texas with his wife Karen, where they are
members of Faithbridge United Methodist Church. They enjoy travel,
theater, and Texas wine.
Eric lives in Spring, Texas with his wife Karen, where they are
members of Faithbridge United Methodist Church. They enjoy travel,
theater, and Texas wine.
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