Lawson, Fields & Calhoun, Dallas, Texas
Attorney Gary Lawson
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Gary Lawson was formerly a department chairman of one of Dallas' largest law firms. After co-founding the Dallas Bar Association section on Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation, he went on to become that group's chairman. Later, he was selected to be the first chairman of the IRS Key District EP/EO Oversight Liaison Council, consisting of some 18 attorneys and actuaries representing the ten states in the Dallas Key District.
He was a Founding Director of two national charitable organizations, MediSend International and the Children's Hope Foundation. Today he still serves on MediSend's International Advisory Board, and is an active member of (i) the Dallas Bar's Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Sections, (ii) the National Association of Public Pension Attorneys, (iii) the Computer Law Association, and (iv) the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Mr. Lawson has been a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas for many years (the College of the State Bar of Texas is a special bar organization designed to recognize exceptional annual dedication to higher-than-required levels of continuing legal education).
He assisted in drafting two amendments to the Texas constitution to afford greater protection to participants in Texas governmental pension plans.
Mr. Lawson is the author of numerous articles on pension and tax matters and has been cited in the United States Court of Appeals decision of Morse v. Stanley, 732 F.2d 1139 (2nd Cir. 1984). A frequent speaker before such groups as TEXPERS, the National League of Cities, Guns & Hoses, the State Bar of Texas and others, he has spoken on dozens of occasions across the United States. Mr. Lawson also served as an Observer and active participant in representing the interests of public pension funds during the Uniformed Law Commissioners development of the 1997 National Conference of Commissioners on Uniformed State Laws Development of the Uniform Management of Public Employee Retirement Systems Act.
Mr. Lawson has served as an expert witness before the United States Congress on pension and health matters as well as in several pension malpractice cases, including a recent $200M legal malpractice case. He successfully prosecuted a $1M legal malpractice case against an out of state law firm involving a Texas based ESOP. In 1999, Mr. Lawson was appointed by the U.S. Federal District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to help the Court select a neutral ERISA mediator for two consolidated ERISA class action lawsuits.
Gary Lawson, Eric G. Calhoun and Gus Fields obtained a final judgment for a public pension fund, defeating a challenge to an election that determined who could serve on the pension board, the methodology of voting for trustees and whether the ballot was misleading to voters. The case involved a dispute concerning the validity of the ballot, and the constitutionality of the election process.
Gary Lawson and Gus Fields successfully represented the Austin Police Pension System in Wisian v. Austin Police Pension System in District Court in Austin, TX.
Successfully defended the Dallas Police and Fire Pension System in both Fifth Circuit and in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court in Alma Faye Russell v City of Dallas and the Board of Trustees of the Firemen, Policemen and Fire Alarm Operators' Pension Fund of Dallas, TX October 1992.
Successfully co-counseled the defense of Andy Granatelli, as Trustee in Brown v. Granatelli, as Trustee of Tuneup Master, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan in both the Fifth Circuit and in Opposition to Petition for Writ of Certiorari before the U.S. Supreme Court, October 1990. |
Past Employment Positions
| MediSend International and the Children's Hope Foundation, Founding Director |
Published Works
| "New Payroll Credit ESOP", Taxation for Lawyers, January, 1982 "A Lure for Talented Employees, Incentive Stock Options", National Underwriter, September, 1982 "Forfeiture-for-Cause 'Bad Boy' Clauses; Is There Any Life Left After ERISA? -- Confusion in the Arena", TAXES, November, 1982 "Incentive Stock Options: An Area of Change and Opportunity", Taxation for Lawyers, July, 1983 "The Lure of the Paysop", The Pension Actuary, January, 1984 "The Accounting Standards Board Proposal and the Demise of the Defined Benefit Pension Plan", The Pension Actuary, March, 1984 "Post-Retirement Health Benefits and the Courts", Pension World, January, 1988 "Golden Parachutes, Golden Handcuffs and Rabbi Trusts", The Chief Executive, December, 1988 "Managing Hardship Withdrawals/Safe Harbor", Employee Benefit Plan Review, May, 1989 "Legal Eagle" column (Contributing bi-monthly author), Institute for Investment Management Consultants, 1994 to 1996 "Litigation Hazards in Employee Healthcare Plans", Law Education Institute, Inc. and The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., 1997 "Lessons to be Learned from Enron's 401k Meltdown" (Co-author), Professional Liability Underwriting Society Journal, April, 2002 |
Professional Associations and Memberships
| Dallas Bar Association American Bar Association Association of Trial Lawyers of America Dallas Chapter Texas Association of Business, 1988 Past DirectorDallas Bar Association, Employee Benefits/Executive Compensation Section, 1989 ChairmanState Bar of Texas Committee on Employee Benefits MemberSouthwest Pension Conference, 1986 - 1988 DirectorSouthwest Pension Conference Chairman, Legislative Affairs CommitteeAmerican Electronics Association Southwest Council, 1986 - 1988 Past Member, Human Resources CommitteeIRS EP/EO Advisory Council, 1989 ChairmanTexas Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems, 1992 - Present Legislative Affairs CommitteeThe Computer Law Association, 1995 National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, 1995 ObserverNational Association of Public Pension Attorneys Texas Association of Public Pension Attorneys American Bar Association Committee on Employee BenefitsPension Policy and Legislation Committee City of Dallas, 1997 - 1999 Privatization Technical SubcommitteeState Bar of Texas Member |
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Hawkins shakes up Broncos rotationMLive.com, MI - Dec 1, 2008... offensive confidence for players such as freshman Demetrius Ward. The end-of-game lineup could remain Redell, Kool, Gary, Drews and center Donald Lawson. Lawson ready to roll again - The Press
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Bowls champs lose top NZ hopesStuff.co.nz, New Zealand - Nov 24, 2008Bowing out after the first round of the men's singles were national squad members Gary Lawson, Ali Forsyth and Shannon McIlroy while teammate Richard Girvan ... Hawkins seeks stability for second unit with new rotation - MLive.com
Hawkins seeks stability for second unit with new rotationMLive.com, MI - 8 hours agoThe end-of-game lineup could remain Redell, Kool, Gary, Drews and center Donald Lawson. "I told them to digest it, think about it, even talk to each other ... |
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