The Martinez de Vara Law Firm is pleased to announce that after a lengthy process, the U.S. Department of the Interior has approved a plan by the Witte Museum and Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation to reinter Aboriginal individuals in their ancestral lands in West Texas. The Martinez de Vara Law Firm represents the Tāp Pīlam …
Each year San Antonio Magazine polls the legal community of Bexar County, and surrounding areas, to create their list of “Top Attorneys in San Antonio” In 2023, Art Martinez de Vara and Adrian A. Spears, II, were both named Top Attorneys in San Antonio in the category of Civil Litigation. This is the third year …
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Combined effort leads to repeal of statute that put ESDs under the thumb of City of San Antonio By Art Martinez de Vara, June 2023 Bexar County’s Emergency Services Districts had burdens that no other ESD in the State had to bear. It needed the permission of the City of San Antonio in order to …
Texas History: José Francisco Ruiz is the ‘Tejano Patriot’ you don’t know Michael BarnesAustin American-Statesman Tell me what you know about José Francisco Ruiz. Until recently, I could only, with help, identify him as one of two native Texans, along with his nephew José Antonio Navarro, to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence in March …
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Annexation plans raise ire of residents Jul 19, 2019 By MIKE EDDLEMAN Liberty Hill Independent More than 30 defiant residents crowded into the Liberty Hill City Council meeting July 8, addressing the Council one at a time for more than an hour, to voice their opposition to plans to annex their properties into the City. …
In 2013, the Martinez de Vara Law Firm represented the Committee to Incorporate Sandy Oaks, a group of residents seeking to incorporate their community into a municipality and avoid annexation by the City of San Antonio. The City of San Antonio announced an aggressive plan for southside annexation, which included the area now known as …
