Crawford, Sally L.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Sally Crawford practices in the areas of corporate finance, general corporate, and securities law, with particular concentration in the area of representation of growth companies, both private and public, in the technology, transportation, manufacturing, and service industries. She also has organized and represented numerous nonprofit corporations. Sally has extensive experience in the negotiation of contracts for, and providing corporate governance and general business advice to CEOs of, privately held middle market companies and nonprofit corporations. She was formerly a vice president of administration for an international mechanical contracting company.

Sally is a director of the Dallas Bar Association, Texas Business Law Foundation, Dallas Entrepreneurship Institute, the College of the State Bar of Texas, and Legal Aid of North West Texas. She has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for more than 10 years, a Fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation and the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, and a member of the Texas Bar Foundation. Sally also serves on the board of the Richardson Symphony League in Richardson, Texas.

Sally serves as pro bono coordinator of the Dallas Office of Jones Day. She has been actively involved in pro bono work since 1986 and was named the pro bono attorney of the year by the Women's Advocacy Center in 2003 and by the Dallas Bar Association in 2005. Most recently she received the Frank J. Scurlock Award for outstanding pro bono work in the field of providing legal services to indigents.

Areas of Practice

• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Consumer Products & Retail

Representative Cases

• After major litigation, a nonprofit receives assistance in its reorganization , (2010)
• CASA receives assistance with merger of children's advocacy groups , (2006)
• Client cleared of liability on forged Sallie Mae loan documents
• Client reclaims property after wrongful eviction , (2009)
• Firm volunteers services at South Dallas Neighborhood Legal Clinic , (2009)
• FocusDriven - Advocates for Cell-Free Driving gets assistance in raising awareness , (2009)
• Jonathan Bailey Associates settles former executive's employment tribunal claim
• Local landmark small business, Pizza Getti, stays in business while providing much-needed jobs
• Medical City contributes to newly formed downREIT , (2009)
• Mothers' custody of Zion Ranch children restored by Texas Supreme Court , (2009)
• Parent company of Smith Alarm Systems acquired by Ameritech
• The MHA Group acquired by AMN Healthcare Services
• Toni & Guy's Mascolo brothers sell TIGI hair product business and advanced education academies for $411.5 million to Unilever , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• Southern Methodist University
• U of Texas - Dallas

Address

2727 North Harwood Street
Dallas, TX 75201-1515

Phones

1.214.969.2916 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.214.969.5100 (Business Fax)

Emails

Contact Us (Business Email)

Websites

http://www.jonesday.com