Cory Halliburton

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Cory Halliburton: Attorney with Freeman Law, PLLC

Biography

Cory Halliburton serves as general counsel and business adviser to a nationwide nonprofit / tax-exempt client base, as well as for multi-state professional service companies. He is a results-oriented attorney, with executive-level strategy and an understanding of the intersection of law and business judgment. With a practical upbringing, he pushes for process-driven results in internal governance, strategy and compliance with employment law, and complex or unique contracts and business relationships.

He dedicated the first ten years of his practice to mainly commercial litigation matters in West Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. During that experience, Mr. Halliburton transitioned his practice to a more general counsel role, with an emphasis on nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations, advising those organizations through formation, dissolution, litigation, governance, leadership succession, employment law, contracts, intellectual property, tax exemption issues, policy creation, mergers and other. He has served as borrower’s counsel for tax-exempt bond and loan transactions near $100 million aggregate; some with complex pre-issue construction, debt payoff and other debt financing challenges.

Mr. Halliburton also serves as outside legal and business advisor for executive professionals in multi-state engineering firms, with a focus on drafting and counsel on significant service agreements, employment law matters, and protection of trade secrets.

Civic Activities and Honors

• State Bar of Texas – Course Director, Governance of Nonprofit Organizations 2021

• State Bar of Texas – Course Committee, Governance of Nonprofit Organizations 2020

• Fort Worth-Tarrant County Bar and Young Lawyers Associations

- FW-TCYLA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award 2013

- Director/Officer (Sec./V.P.) FW-TCYLA, Board of Directors 2008-2010

- Bylaws Committee Member for FW-TCBA 2015

• Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange (GRACE)

- Director/Officer, Board of Directors 2010-2016

- Outstanding Board Volunteer Award 2012

• Grapevine Chamber of Commerce

- Director of the Year Award, Board of Directors 2015, Director 2012-2015

- Leadership Committee 2012-2015

- Chair, Leadership Grapevine Program 2010-2012

• Grapevine-Colleyville Education Foundation

- Director, Board of Directors 2017

• Grapevine Chamber Foundation

- Director/Officer, Board of Directors 2013-2015

• Grapevine 4B Economic Development Corporation, City of Grapevine, Texas

- Director, Board of Directors 2012-2016

• Citizens for a Better Grapevine, Political Action Committee – Member 2011, 2012

• Timberline Elementary School PTA

- Officer, Board of Directors 2012-2013

- Timberline Elementary Dad’s Club – Member/Leader 2010-2013

• Friends of Bryan Rupprecht “Roo” Foundation (scholarship foundation) Founder/President/Director, Board of Directors 2005-present

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Law Review 2001-03

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Law Review 2L Case Note Editor of the Year 2002

• Texas Tech University School of Law, Jurisprudence Awards Torts and Legal Practice 2001

Publications

• Mr. Halliburton is a frequent key presenter at business leadership events, professional development conferences and legal education courses throughout the U.S. Topics include diverse areas of law, business strategy and risk management matters. See link for Select Professional Presentations and Publications.

• Cory Halliburton's Presentations and Publications

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas
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Areas of Practice (12)

  • Tax Litigation
  • Criminal and White-Collar Defense
  • Blockchain and Crypto
  • Computer Intrusion and Cyber Litigation
  • Forensic Accounting and Investigations
  • Business Litigation
  • Tax Return Representation
  • State and Local Tax
  • International and Offshore Tax Compliance
  • Business/Tax Planning
  • Outside General Counsel
  • Probate, Trust and Fiduciary Litigation

Education & Credentials

University Attended:
Texas Tech University,, B.A., cum laude, 1999
Law School Attended:
Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2003
Year of First Admission:
2003
Admission:
2003, Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Languages:
Spanish
ISLN:
919709995
Transactions:
Formation/Exemption/Dissolution
Mr. Halliburton provides efficient and client-specific legal counsel for many organizations, large and small, in corporate formation and tax-exempt application processes, including federal, state and property, and he provides counsel for member and non-member organizations in the winding up, dissolution and termination processes.

Loan Transactions
Mr. Halliburton has served as borrower's counsel for multi-million dollar tax-exempt bond issue with complications of pre-issue construction activity and debt payoff, and has served nonprofit entities in other multi-million dollar construction loan transactions.

Real Property Matters
Mr. Halliburton represented a tax-exempt membership organization in a multi-million dollar real property buy-sell agreement with complicated ownership, governance, and title issues, and represented tax-exempt property owner in obtaining retroactive property tax exemption for property with complicated ownership and use histories.

Mergers/Combinations
Mr. Halliburton provided legal counsel for a membership corporation in merger with a separate membership corporation, and he served as counsel for merger of regional chapters of a national public charity into one solidified chapter organization. He also counsels clients through various options for combinations of entities.

Outside Advisor and Counselor
He serves as outside general counsel to international trade associations; with service including on-going review of governance matters, employment matters, numerous and complex vendor agreements and third-party arrangements, and many other areas of counsel.

Litigation
Mr. Halliburton represents WKPZ clients in various litigation matters and administrative proceedings, including disputes involving breach of contract, defamation, discrimination in employment and other employment-related claims, fraud, governance issues, real property, Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and others.

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