Education
- J.D., University of Texas, 1975
- Ph.D., University of Texas, 1973
- Nuc.E., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969
- M.A., University of Texas, 1968
- B.S., University of Texas, 1966
- B.A., University of Texas, 1966
License to Practice
Specialties and Courses
- Contracts
- Business Associations
- Federal Income Tax
- Secured Transactions
- Sales
- Commercial Paper
- Securities Regulation
- ERISA
Biography
After earning multiple degrees in physics, Professor Flint pursued a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1987, Professor Flint practiced corporate law and federal securities for 12 years. He became a shareholder at Naman, Howell, Smith and Lee, P.C., in Waco, Texas, from 1982 to 1984 before becoming a senior associate for Lapin, Totz and Mayer in Houston, Texas, from 1984 to 1986.
As securities counsel, he represented both private and public companies selling securities, including several initial public offerings, one a high yield bond offering. He also handled the periodic SEC filings for several public companies.
As an Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) counsel, his practice included designing and operating the firm’s ERISA system, administrating the plan adoption, submitting annual reporting and determining the plan’s termination and amendments. As such, he administered about 200 plans for clients. He also served as in house counsel on ERISA matters for Exxon in Houston.
Professor Flint has published nearly 30 articles on corporations, securities regulation, secured transaction and ERISA. His memberships include the Committee on Federal Securities and Committee on Employment Benefits.
Highlights
Adjunct Professor of securities law, Baylor University Law School
Publications
Articles in a Periodical
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- “Securities Regulation,” 3 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. (To be published)
- “Securities Regulation,” 2 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. 437 (2015)
- “Securities Regulation”, 1 SMU Ann. Tex. Surv. 101 (2014).
- “The Moench Presumption: Butchering ERISA”, 59 Wayne L. Rev. 461 (2013).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 66 SMU L. Rev.1129 (2013).
- “Secured Transactions History: Protecting Holmes’ Notes Through the Conditional Sales Acts,” 44 St. Mary’s L.J. 317 (2013).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 64 SMU L. Rev. 1107 (2011).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 63 SMU L. Rev. 795 (2010).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 62 SMU L. Rev. 1435 (2009).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 61 SMU L. Rev. 1107 (2008).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 60 SMU L. Rev. 1293 (2007).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 59 SMU L. Rev. 1541 (2006).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 58 SMU L. Rev. 1135 (2005).
- “ERISA: Fumbling the Limitations Period”, 84 Neb. L. Rev. 313 (2005).
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 57 SMU L. Rev. 1207 (2004).
- “Secured Transactions History: The Impact of Southern Staple Agriculture on the First Chattel Mortgage Acts in the Anglo-American World,” 30 Ohio N. L. Rev. 537 (2004), with Marie Juliet Alfaro.
- “Secured Transactions History: The First Chattel Mortgage Acts in the Anglo-American World”, in 30 William Mitchell Law Review 1403 (2004), with Marie Juliet Alfaro.
- “ERISA: A Co-Fiduciary Has No Right to Contribution and Indemnity”, 48 South Dakota L. Rev. 7 (2003), with Philip W. Moore.
- “Secured Transactions History: The Impact of English Smuggling on the Chattel Mortgage Acts of the Spanish Borderlands”, 37 Val. L. Rev. 703 (2003), with Marie Juliet Alfaro.
- “Securities Regulation: Annual Survey of Texas Law”, 56 SMU L. Rev. 1995 (2003).
- “Secured Transactions History: The Impact of Textile Machinery on the Chattel Mortgage Acts of the Northeast”, 52 Okla. L. Rev. 303 (1999).
- Secured Transactions History: The Struggle to Defeat the Judgment Lien in the Pre-Chattel Mortgage Act Era”, 20 N. Ill. L. Rev. 1 (1999).
- “Secured Transactions History: The Fraudulent Myth”, 29 N. Mex. L. Rev. 363 (1999).
- “ERISA: Reformulating the Federal Common Law for Plan Interpretation”, 32 S.D. L. Rev. 955 (1995).
- “ERISA: Extracontractual Damages Mandated for Benefit Claims Actions”, 36 Ariz. L. Rev. 611 (1994).
- “ERISA: Jury Trial Mandated for Benefit Claims Actions”, 25 Loy. L.A.L. Rev. 361 (1992).
- “ERISA: Anti-Alienation Superiority in Bankruptcy”, 94 W. Va. L. Rev. 411 (1992).
- “ERISA: Nonwaivability of Preemption”, 39 Univ. Kan. L. Rev. 297 (1991).
- “ERISA: The Arbitrary and Capricious Rule under Siege”, 39 Cath. Univ. L. Rev. 133 (1989).
- “SEC and FRB Treatment of Options: An Experiment in Market Regulation”, 53 Tex. L. Rev. 1243 (1975).
- “Corporations, Proxies, Election Inspectors have Judicially Reviewable Discretionary Authority to Determine the Validity of Proxies.” Salgo v. Mathews (Tex. Civ. App. 1973), 52 Tex. L. Rev. 1433 (1974).
