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(September 1, 2009)
J. Cary Barton is a graduate of Baylor University (B.A. 1962) and Harvard Law School (LL.B. 1965) and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1965.
He worked for the Federal Power Commission and the U.S. Tax Court in Washington, D.C., following his graduation from law school and served in the United States Air Force during the U.S.S. Pueblo crisis in Korea. He has been engaged in the private practice of law in Texas since 1969, consisting of six (6) years in Corpus Christi, 13 years in Austin and the period since 1988 in San Antonio.
He is currently a partner in Barton, East & Caldwell, L.L.P., a ten-lawyer firm in San Antonio, Texas, that was founded in 1993. He is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and his law practice consists primarily of representing real estate developers and investors in commercial real estate transactions.
Mr. Barton is a member of the Council of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He is also a member of the Commission of the Texas Board of Legal Specialization that administers the annual examinations for board certification of real estate legal assistants. He has been a member of the Real Estate Forms Committee of the State Bar of Texas since 1986.
Texas Lawyer named Mr. Barton as one of five Go To/Top Notch real estate attorneys in Texas in 2007. He was selected as a Texas Super Lawyer 2003-2009 by Texas Monthly and Law & Politics Magazine, including recognition as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Central and South Texas in 2006, 2007 and 2009 and recognition as one of the Top 100 Texas Super Lawyers in 2007. He was listed as one of San Antonio's Best Attorneys in Scene in SA Monthly in 2004-2009. He has been included for many years in The Best Lawyers in America (Real Estate).
Mr. Barton received the fourth annual lifetime achievement award for contributions by a distinguished Texas real estate lawyer from the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas in 2003.
He received the Best Speaker Award for the 2004 Advanced Real Estate Law Course of the State Bar of Texas for his presentation entitled “Feasibility Issues/Can I Do the Deal?”
He was one of four Texas lawyers granted a “Standing Ovation” award in 2009 for his contributions to continuing legal education programs sponsored by the State Bar of Texas.
He received the Ralph A. Mock Award from Texas Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in 2009 in recognition of his assistance to impaired lawyers in Texas.
He is the editor of Texas Practice Guide: Business Entities, Volumes 1-4 (Thomson-Reuters, 2009).
Mr. Barton has made numerous presentations to lawyers and other professional groups pertaining to commercial real estate financing issues and related subjects.
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