Biography
Michael Lantrip, Attorney at Law, is licensed to practice in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
He has a B.B.A. in Finance from the University of Houston School of Business, and he has a Juris Doctor (J.D.) in Law from the University of Texas School of Law.
He is admitted to practice in all Courts in Texas, North Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, as well as the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Federal District Court, Eastern District of Texas, and the D.C. Court of Appeals.
He practices in the fields of Tax Law, Real Estate Law, Corporate and Business Law, and Wills, Trusts and Estates.
As a Criminal Defense Attorney, he has taken three cases to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, winning two of them.
As a County Attorney, he handled almost 2,000 misdemeanor criminal cases.
Formerly a Tax Examiner for the IRS, and a Tax Accountant for a Big 8 Accounting Firm, he has also been a Newspaper Reporter, Radio Announcer, Radio News Director, Television Reporter and Anchorman, Television Executive News Producer, and Military Intelligence Analyst.
In addition to 40 years of practicing law, he built one of the first computerized Abstracts Plants and operated his own Title Insurance Company, and has been an Approved Title Attorney for seven national Title Insurance Underwriters.
He has handled over 2,000 real estate closings.
As a Real Estate Investor, his activities have ranged from Travel Trailers to Office Buildings, and from on-campus Condos to hundreds of acres of land.
Prior to his law career, he was a Radio Announcer at WQTE in Detroit during the “Motown” era, and he was a DJ at KIKK in Houston when it was named “Country Music Station of the Year” by Billboard Magazine.
He collects and refurbishes Vintage Audio Equipment.
He has written over 700 stories as a daily Newspaper Reporter.
He has written and produced more than 1,000 half-hour Television Newscasts.
He has logged over 8,000 hours on the radio.
He was named a Top Writer by Quora.com, where his Answers have been viewed more than 2,630,000 times.
He is a Lifetime Member of Mensa.
His Amazon Author Page is:
www.Amazon.com/author/michaellantrip.
His LinkedIn Profile Page is:
www.LinkedIn.com/in/MichaelLantrip/
His Quora Page is:
www.Quora.com/profile/Michael-Lantrip-1.
His Personal website is MichaelLantrip.com.