Emerson Banack, Jr. (Buddy)

P: (210) 736-6600, ext.139
F: (210) 735-6889
ebanack@langleybanack.com

Shareholder | San Antonio

Emerson (Buddy) Banack, Jr. was admitted to practice law in 1965. He is a trial lawyer whose trial practice experience is extensive and varied. Mr. Banack has represented numerous governmental entities, corporations, businesses, individuals, physicians, lawyers, engineers and architects in malpractice cases, products liability cases, negligence cases and business litigation. During the last several years, he has practiced primarily in the field of business and corporate litigation and defense of large malpractice cases as well as anti-trust litigation. Due to the type of practice that Mr. Banack is currently engaged in, he represents both plaintiffs and defendants.

Practice Areas
Business Services
Commercial Litigation
Commercial/Anti-Trust/Trade Regulation
Fiduciary Litigation
Litigation
Medical Malpractice Defense
Municipal Law

Education

University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, LL.B., 1965
University of Texas, Austin, Texas, B.B.A., 1961

Bar Admissions

The State of Texas, 1965
United States District Court Western District of Texas, 1967
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit, 1972
United States District Court Southern District of Texas, 1979
United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit, 1981

Professional Associations

State Bar of Texas, Member
San Antonio Bar Association, Member
Federal Bar Association, Member
San Antonio Bar Foundation, Member

Class/Seminars Taught
Witness Preparation and Direct Examination: Discovery and Trial, State Bar of Texas Evidence and Discovery Techniques Seminar
Examination of Experts, South Texas College of Law Advanced Civil Litigation Seminar
Witness Preparation, State Bar of Texas 12th Annual Advanced Civil Trial Course

San Antonio Advanced Civil Trial Course: "Lions of Litigation: Lessons I Learned"

Additional Information
Buddy Banack has been named a Texas Super Lawyer in Business Litigation for the Central and West regions of Texas from 2003 to present. He has also been named as one of The Best Lawyers in America for over 15 years. Mr. Banack was named by his peers as a Super Lawyer in Business Litigation for the State of Texas in Super Lawyer's Corporate Counsel edition in 2008 and 2009 and as one of the Best Lawyers in San Antonio in Scene in SA magazine since 2004. He is also a Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. In 2009, he was named Best Lawyer's In America's Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year for San Antonio.

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