The Attorneys of Checkett & Pauly, P.C. in Carthage, Missouri

Chuck Pauly

Chuck Pauly has been practicing law for more than 31 years. He practiced law in Dallas, Texas for 15 years with large law firms and primarily represented privately owned businesses. His clients now include a publicly traded Fortune 500 company. His clients have been involved in a variety of manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services industries, including real estate development, trucking, aviation, and insurance, as well as feature films and music. Mr. Pauly's experiences in financial matters include privately placed debt securities, venture capital, receivable and mortgage backed lending, restructurings, and workouts. His representation has included sales and acquisitions of companies, corporate mergers, and a broad range of litigation involving lenders, borrowers, builders, oil and gas operators, and corporate shareholders.

Mr. Pauly is AV Peer Review Rated through Martindale-Hubbell.* The rating attests to a lawyer's legal ability and professional ethics and is based upon the confidential opinions of members of the bar and judiciary. The A indicates a high to pre-eminent legal ability, while the V is an endorsement from other members of the bar of the highest ethical standards denoting an adherence to professional conduct, ethics, reliability, diligence, and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities (http://www.martindale.com/ratings).

Mr. Pauly has been listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. For over 90 years, the Bar Register has been a unique guide to the legal community's most eminent professionals. It includes only those select law practices that have earned the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and have been designated by their colleagues as preeminent in their field.

Mr. Pauly sits on the board of directors of Tri-State Motor Transit Co.

Mr. Pauly is an active member of the Missouri Bar, an inactive member of the Texas Bar and a past member of the Minnesota Bar. He is past chairman of the Missouri Bar Sports and Entertainment Section, the Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and a past member of the Legal Aspects of the Arts Committee to the State Bar of Texas.

*CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.

Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories - legal ability and general ethical standards.

Areas of Practice

• Corporate, Business and Commercial Law
• Real Estate and Construction Law

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1976
• Missouri, 1991
• Minnesota, 1999

Education

• University of Tulsa College of Law, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1976
  J.D.
  Honors: Order of the Coif Chair
  Law Journal: Tulsa Law Journal, Note and Comment Editor
  
  
• University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1973
  B.A.
  Major: Sociology
  
  

Representative Clients

• Leggett & Platt, Incorporated
• Tri-State Motor Transit Co.
• H.E. Williams, Inc.

References

• Hometown Bancshares

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Missouri Bar
  Member
  
  
• Missouri Bar, Sports Entertainment, and Gaming Section
  Past Chairman
  
  
• State Bar of Texas, Entertainment and Sports Law Section
  Past Chairman
  
  
• State Bar of Texas, Legal Aspects of the Arts Committee
  Member
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Jackson & Walker (Dallas, Texas), Partner
• Shank Irwin (Dallas, Texas), Partner
• Finley, Kumble (Dallas, Texas), Partner

Fraternities/Sororities

• Phi Delta Phi

Birth Information

• 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America