David Lebas

David LeBas’ practice concentrates in the construction, agriculture, and banking industries. Mr. LeBas is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law. He handles commercial disputes, including trials, arbitrations and appeals, and transactions in his areas of concentration. Mr. LeBas is a recipient of the 2016 Excellence in Agricultural Law Award from the American Agricultural Law Association. He is a past president of the Amarillo Area Young Lawyers Association, a past director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, former chair of the State Bar’s Agricultural Law Committee, and a member of the Construction Specifications Institute.

Honors & Recognition

• Excellence in Agricultural Law Award, American Agricultural Law Association, 2016
• Texas Super Lawyer, Thompson Reuters Legal, 2018 - 2019

Representative Matters

• Bonsmara Nat. Beef Co., LLC v. Hart of Tex. Cattle Feeders, LLC, 603 S.W.3d 385 (Tex. 2020)
• ​L & S Meats, LLC v. USA Feedyard, LP, 2020 Tex. App. LEXIS 590, 2020 WL 371726 (Tex. App.—Amarillo 2020, pet. denied).
• Morrison v. W. Builders of Amarillo, Inc., 555 F.3d 473 (5th Cir. 2009)
• Rogers v Ardella Veigel Inter Vivos Trust No. 2, 162 S.W. 3d 281 (Tex. App. Amarillo 2005)
• T.C. Petroleum, Inc. v. Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (2004)
• Haley v. GPM Gas Corp., 80 S.W. 3d 114 (Tex. App. Amarillo 2002)
• Continental Grain Co. v. Brandenburg, 587 N.W. 2d 196 (S.D.1998)
• Williams v. Gaines, 943 S.W.2d 185 (Tex. App. Amarillo 1997)
• Continental Grain Co. v. Heritage Bank, 548 N.W.2d 507 (S.D. 1996)
• Marklyn Controls Supply v.Pall Trinity Micro Corp. By and Through Pall Corp., 862 F. Supp. 140 (W.D. Tex. 1994)
• Texas Beef Cattle Co. v. Green, 860 S.W.2d 722 (Tex. App. Amarillo 1993)
• In re Boyd Elevator, Inc., 63 B.R. 689 (Bankr. N.D. Tex. 1986)