Congratulations to our 2024 Best Lawyers in America, Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, and Lawyer of the Year, Tom Veitch
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Every year, Woodward and White publishes their Best Lawyers in America list. These attorneys are selected by their peers as the top in their field. Congratulations to our 32 Best Lawyers in America and our 4 Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch for 2024. We also extend an extra special congratulations to Shareholder Tom Veitch for being named the 2024 Lawyer of the Year in Insurance Law for San Antonio. Those listed covered 23 different practice areas ranging from real estate to commercial litigation to trusts and estates.
2024 Best Lawyers in America
Jim Aycock
Trusts and Estates
Art Bayern
Litigation- Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates
Bill Bayern
Trusts and Estates
Mike Boyle
Litigation – Real Estate
Steve Brook
Banking and Finance Law
Real Estate Law
Steve Browne
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Clinton Butler
Oil and Gas Law
Charla Davies
Collaborative Law: Family Law
Family Law
Moulton Dowler
Family Law
David Gragg
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Litigation – Bankruptcy
Chris Hodge
Litigation – Trusts and Estates
Trusts and Estates
Jim Hoffman
Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
Arthur H. Bayern is a Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, and a member of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. He is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Bo...
With nearly four decades of legal and judicial experience, Catherine M. Stone brings a seasoned and realistic view to legal issues. Board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in civil appellate law, Catherine served as a justice on the Fourth Court of Appeals for nearly 21 years. ...
Charla Davies is a family law specialist, Board Certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
She has experience in high conflict family law matters including, divorce, child custody, child support, and enforcement of court orders. In addition to her trial practice, she also practi...
Chris Hodge is a Shareholder in Langley & Banack’s San Antonio Office.Mr. Hodge’s practice is focused primarily on Estates, Trusts, Fiduciary Litigation including will co...
Patrick Rouse is a Shareholder in the Real Estate and Corporate Law sections of Langley & Banack. Patrick’s real estate experience includes representation of both landlords and tenants in the negotiation of commercial leases, representation of buyers and sellers of commercial property, incl...
Jim Hoffman devotes his practice almost exclusively to bankruptcy litigation. His bankruptcy practice has included numerous Chapter 7, 11 and 13 Trustee representations, bankruptcy legal malpractice defenses, national creditor representations (including many Fortune 100 and 500 Companies) and gen...
James J. Aycock is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He served as the Estate and Gift Tax Editor and Editor in Chief of the Reporter published by the Real Estat...
Jim Lowry has a very broad-based business practice. He assists clients in forming corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships, joint ventures, professional corporations, professional associations, non-profit corporations and othe...
Jobe Jackson is a Shareholder in Langley & Banack’s San Antonio office. Mr. Jackson’s practice is focused primarily on Estate, Trust, and Fiduciary Litigation, as well as general Civil Litigation and appeals. Mr. Jackson has significant litigation and appellate experience, including: firs...
Joyce Moore is a Trust and Probate Litigation attorney who also handles commercial and oil and gas litigation matters. Ms. Moore is a frequent lecturer for the State Bar of Texas and...
Fred Jones’ practice includes a broad range of complex claims and litigation in the areas of real estate, land use, municipal, insurance, and business. He currently represents three of the largest title insurance underwriters in the United States. Fred handles complex title insurance, rea...
Mr. Spencer has decades of experience in handling a wide variety of civil cases in both state and federal courts, with first chair jury trials to verdict in lawsuits ranging from RICO to wrongful death, from breach of fiduciary duty to rock quarry nuisance, and from legal malpractice to scope of ...
Mr. Schnall practices in the areas of real estate, municipal, business, corporate formation and transactions, and probate and estate planning. He is Board Certified in Commercial Real Estate Law and Residential Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
F. Matthew “Matt” Flores practices in the areas of Estate Planning and counsels fiduciaries (administrators, trustees and agents) with issues involving the administration of estates. Mr. Flores is Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. H...
Moulton Dowler has a very broad-based civil practice with emphasis on family law and general litigation. Mr. Dowler is a San Antonio Family attorney that has been involve...
Stephen E. Walraven has been practicing as a trial lawyer in San Antonio and South Texas since 1975. He has successfully handled a variety of commercial lawsuits, including contract disputes, construction claims, negligence suits, and in particular insurance disputes....
Steve Browne practices in the area of general civil trial law, including construction, legal malpractice, commercial matters, and all facets of insurance litigation (personal injury defense, first party cases, and coverage). He has been Board Certified...
Clinton Butler is a Shareholder who works in both the San Antonio and Karnes City Offices and also serves as the Chair of Langley & Banack, Inc.’s Oil, Gas & Energy practice group. Clinton’s oil and gas practices primarily center around representing landowners in transaction and lit...
Ian McLin is a Shareholder in Langley & Banack’s San Antonio Office. Mr. McLin’s practice is focused primarily on construction, surety, insurance, and commercial litigation. He has represented clients in complex multi-party construction disputes regarding non-performance or defective perf...
Steve Treu is a Shareholder in Langley & Banack’s San Antonio office. Mr. Treu’s practice focuses on Civil Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Collections Law, Extraordinary Remedies, Landlord-Tenant, Construction...
Steve Brook has been practicing in the area of real estate and mortgage lending in San Antonio since 1980. His real estate practice includes a broad range of representation of landlords and tenants in commercial leasing, and the buying and selling of r...
Ms. Thomson is a family law specialist, board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She focuses on divorces with complex or high net worth estates and complicated custody issues. Ms. Thomson has tried numerous cases, but is also highly experienced in negotiated settl...
Roger Kirstein’s practice is concentrated in the area of Civil Litigation. Over time, the majority of his practice has involved commercial litigation pertaining to a wide range of disputes (i.e. real estate, corporate, construction, consumer, emp...
Mr. Gragg represents debtors and trustees in Chapter 11 proceedings and related litigation. He also represents creditors in preference actions, claims objections, and reclamation actions. In addition to his extensive bankruptcy practice, Mr. Gragg also handles a varie...
Thomas Lillibridge is a civil trial attorney whose practice is primarily concentrated on construction litigation, including construction and design defect claims as well as construction delay claims. Thomas has experience in litigating and arbitrating claims by and against developers, residential...
Lauren M. Miller is an Associate in the San Antonio office of Langley & Banack, focusing primarily in Estate Planning and Probate Law. Ms. Miller was admitted to the State Bar of Texas on October 25, 2019. Lauren was born and raised in San Antonio and graduated from Saint Mary’s Hall in 200...
Engaged in the practice of law since 1973 in San Antonio, Texas, Mr. Veitch’s practice focuses on Insurance Law, Insurance Claims and Coverage, Wills, Trusts, Probate Law and Litigation, Expert Witness/Consulting, and General Business Law. Mr. Veitch was previou...
Peter Kilpatrick has a varied commercial litigation practice. He has tried over 75 cases to verdict for both plaintiffs and defendants in his almost 40 years of practice, many involving contract and business disputes, injunction and real estate relat...
Rob Ramsey is an appellate specialist who is board-certified in civil appellate law and family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. In addition to his appellate practice, he has authored or co-authored six ...
Ms. Marmor’s practice is primarily devoted to the area of medical/nursing malpractice defense, including representation of various types of health care entities, including hospitals, physicians, clinics, skilled care facilities, and health care ...
Sara Murray is an appellate attorney whose practice embraces all aspects of civil appellate law. In state and federal appellate courts, her practice includes briefing, oral argumentation, and motions. In state and federal trial courts, she provides litigation support to clients and trial atto...
Langley & Banack possesses one of the most experienced, successful and respected team of litigation attorneys in Texas. Langley & Banack’s Texas litigation attorneys regard all litigation as “business” and therefore couple their experience with ...
The Texas real estate market offers a variety of challenges, both urban and rural. Langley & Banack’s real estate attorneys have assisted clients with all aspects of real estate transactions and have represented investors, lenders, ...
Estate Planning Attorneys Langley & Banack offers some of the most comprehensive estate planning services in Texas. Our estate planning attorneys have extensive experience with counseling clients regarding the most effective and appropriate planning for ...
Langley & Banack seeks to provide our clients with practical and efficient solutions to business issues. Our corporate and business lawyers have extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, purchases and sales of business assets, ...
Langley & Banack’s appellate attorneys have a long history of success in state and federal appellate courts throughout Texas and beyond. Our lawyers have extensive appellate representation and support experience in a wide variety of ...
FIDUCIARY LAW, ESTATE, TRUST AND WILL CONFLICTS Langley & Banack’s Will Contest/Estate, Trust, and Fiduciary Litigation Team collectively has decades of experience in all types of inheritance and fiduciary disputes. In general, fiduciaries like executors, ...
Langley & Banack is proud that it can offer its clients one of the strongest insurance law groups of any law firm in South and Central Texas. Langley & Banack’s insurance attorneys have a wealth ...
The medical malpractice attorneys at Langley & Banack, Inc. have extensive trial and appellate experience defending medical malpractice lawsuits. Our law firm focuses primarily on the defense of physicians and hospitals in medical negligence cases. ...
EXPERIENCED BANKRUPTCY LAW PRACTICE Langley & Banack has a very active business and personal bankruptcy practice. Our bankruptcy lawyers have been involved in virtually every type of bankruptcy-related case, including litigation arising in the context ...
Family & Divorce Attorneys Family matters are complicated situations that require expertise to run smoothly. If you are having difficulty with where to start our law firm can help you start moving in the right ...
What is a collaborative divorce? A collaborative divorce is a divorce that uses the collaborative law process. This process looks at the divorce as a problem to be fixed instead of a fight to be ...
EXPERIENCED CONSTRUCTION LAW PRACTICE Langley & Banack’s construction attorneys have a broad range of construction law and construction litigation experience. We have experience representing developers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, design professionals, sureties, insurers, and all others ...
Langley & Banack has extensive experience in representing financial institutions in a variety of loan transactions. These loan transactions typically involve working capital lines of credit, guidance lines of credit, construction loans, interim and permanent ...