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Gary M Bellair
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Gary M Bellair
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Gary M. Bellair, Partner
1500 Broadway, Suite 400 (79401)
PO Box 1979
Lubbock, Texas 79408-1979
Phone: (806) 744-3232
Fax: (806) 744-2211
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GARY BELLAIR, an AV® Peer Review Rated * lawyer, is a graduate of St. Johns University (B.S.) and Texas Tech University (MBA & JD).
Bellair's first appeal, Avmanco, Inc. v. City of Grand Prairie, 835 S.W.2d 160 (Tex. App.-Fort Worth 1992, pet. dism'd), was, until recently, one of note.
The appeal resulted in a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.
Avamanco, 835 S.W.2d at 165 (holding, inter alia, the city had no immunity from suit because its charter provided that the city "may sue and be sued" and section 51.075 of the Local Government Code provided that municipalities may "plead and be impleaded").
But the victory lost some of its luster when a majority of the supreme court jettisoned "established law" without "a compelling reason," Tooke v. City of Mexia, 197 S.W.3d 325, 356 (Tex. 2006) (O'Neill, J., dissenting), by holding that the words "sue and be sued" and "plead and be impleaded" are, standing alone, neither clear nor unambiguous waivers of a sovereign's immunity from suit, id. at 342.
Bellair, who principally practices civil trial and appellate law, is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in the field of civil appellate law.
Bellair also is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a member of the State Bar College, the Lubbock County and American Bar Associations, the State Bar of Texas, and the Municipal Judge for Ransom Canyon, Texas.
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