Practice Areas

Langley & Banack has become widely respected for our ability to match our expertise to the needs of a diverse client base. Our practice areas are staffed by attorneys who, in majority, have between 10 and 30 years of experience in their respective areas of expertise. Our attorneys combine top academic credentials with their broad range and depth of experience to provide the highest quality legal representation to our clients.

Litigation
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 their “putting the client first” ethic to ensure preparedness without sacrificing economic feasibility. Langley & Banack’s years of experience handling […]
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Real Estate Law
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, builders, brokers, municipalities, developers, and end-users. Given our extensive experience working with clients doing business in Texas, our real estate […]
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Estate Planning
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 their specific estate and family circumstances. Our experience includes utilizing the most sophisticated planning techniques for preserving family wealth. In addition, though we […]
- Estate & Gift Taxation
- Estate & Trust Administration
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Corporate and Business Law
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, corporate restructuring, entity selection, formation and operation, including the formation and operation of partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies and […]
- International Business Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
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Cybersecurity, Data Protection Law and Privacy

Data Protection Law, Policy and Procedures Our Cybersecurity, data protection and privacy attorneys counsel clients on a broad spectrum of data collection and data protection best practices and will assist you with minimizing your company’s risk of a data breach. Data privacy laws on the federal and state level work on a sectoral basis. Financial, […]

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Governmental Law
The Governmental Law practice at Langley & Banack encompasses both municipal and school law practices. The municipal law practice includes service by specific Langley & Banack attorneys for both home rule and general law cities in the San Antonio area and in South Texas. The Firm currently represents various forms of local governmental and quasi-public […]
- Municipal Law Attorneys
- School & Education Law
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Appellate Law Practice

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 litigation, including business, complex commercial, personal injury, professional responsibility, malpractice, trust and estate, family law, class action, oil and gas, […]

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Fiduciary Law, Estate, Trust and Will Contests

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, trustees, and administrators owe their beneficiaries some of the highest duties provided by law. When a dispute arises about whether fiduciary duties were breached in any of […]

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Insurance Law

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 of experience dealing with a wide variety of insurance policies and issues. This experience includes dealing with property insurance, liability […]

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Medical Malpractice Defense

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. Our defense attorneys have an up-to-date knowledge of the current statutory amendments to the Medical Liability Act and are dedicated […]

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Tax Law

We provide tax advice and planning for individual, partnership, and corporate transactions, and offer expert guidance for clients in connection to real estate sales, exchanges, leases, mergers, acquisitions and business combinations. We also handle tax controversies in the areas of income tax, gift and estate tax, corporate and partnership issues, buy-sell agreements, and ERISA matters.

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Bankruptcy and Workouts

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 of the bankruptcy process and related proceedings. Langley & Banack is proud of its reputation and expertise in the restructuring […]

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Family Law
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 direction. Langley & Banack’s Family Law Group has extensive experience in all areas of family law. We work hard to […]
- Collaborative Law
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Labor and Employment Law

Langley & Banack has diverse experience representing private and public clients in practically every type of employment and labor law matter and dispute. Langley & Banack employment attorneys work proactively with business clients to provide inexpensive solutions to avoid employment law disputes from arising in the first place. Sometimes, however, no measure of planning can […]

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Energy, Oil & Gas

Energy, Oil & Gas in South Texas With oil plays throughout the state causing an increase of legal issues involving the ownership, exploration, production, gathering and distribution of oil and gas, Langley & Banack’s energy attorneys are uniquely positioned to assist with all aspects of oil, gas, and energy matters. Our attorneys’ energy, oil and […]

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Construction Law

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 involved in the construction process. Whether starting a new project, or adding to an existing one, our attorneys can help. […]

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Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

The lawyers at Langley & Banack recognize that disputes are sometimes best resolved outside of the court system through alternative dispute resolution methods. The law firm’s Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Group offers a full range of ADR options. The Group’s members are active attorneys with years of substantive legal practice and with extensive experience serving […]

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Banking and Finance
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 financing for commercial and residential real estate or home equity loans. Additionally, Langley & Banack banking and finance attorneys have […]
- Financial Institutions Corporate and Regulatory
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Emerson “Buddy” Banack Jr.

Emerson “Buddy” Banack, Jr. was a legal legend whose career and service to the community were unparalleled. His accolades included a Texas Lawyer Lifetime Achievement Award, membership in the American College of Trial Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America honors and most recently the 2019 Joe Frazier Brown, Sr. Award of Excellence. The Texas legal community lost one of the greats.

Emerson “Buddy” Banack Jr., “a humble gentleman lawyer,” passed away on July 31, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas. We celebrate a lifetime of leadership, service, and love. He was born in Galveston Texas on January 11, 1938. Buddy graduated from the University of Texas School of Business in 1961, joined Phi Kappa Psi, and graduated in the top 10% at the University of Texas School of Law in 1965. He served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He practiced his entire legal career as an attorney with the Langley & Banack law firm in San Antonio.

Buddy leaves behind his wife of 59 years, Rose Marie, his son Trey, married to Stacie Skillman Banack, his daughter Courtney, married to Chris Lynn Schultz, his grandchildren Ramsey and McKenzie Schultz, and his sister Jackie Andress and her family. He loved watching his children and grandchildren grow up and they all loved his unconditional love. His son and daughter learned how to have a great work ethic by his example, watching him read countless depositions in the backyard by the pool.

Buddy developed a deep love for the Lord as a teenager in Odessa Texas. He also learned to have a strong work ethic working in the oil fields. He first went to Hardin Simmons, serving as class president, before transferring to UT. He transferred to UT where he went on a blind date with his true love, Rose Marie. He loved practicing law, spending time with his family, playing golf, running, skiing, traveling, and watching Texas Longhorn football. He was a consummate professional and a mentor to many young lawyers in his community.

Because of Buddy’s love of law and his dedication to excellence, Buddy received many accolades during his distinguished career. Buddy was named one of the Best Lawyers in America in Litigation for 23 years as well as a Texas Super Lawyer for 12 years. He was selected as a Best Lawyer in San Antonio in Commercial Litigation by Scene in SA magazine since 2004; San Antonio’s 2009 Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation; a Lifetime Achievement Award winner for the San Antonio Business Journal Best Lawyer Awards in 2010; San Antonio’s 2012 Lawyers of the Year for Construction Litigation; and the Texas Bar Association recipient of the Professional Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award winner in 2018. He has also been selected as the 2019 recipient of the San Antonio Bar Association Joe Frazier Brown, Sr. Award of Excellence.

Buddy had a strong since of civic duty and served on many boards. Buddy was a member of the Board of Governors for the Cancer Therapy Research Center for the UT Health Science Center. He served as a State Chairman of the American College of Trial Lawyers, President of the Board of Governors of Oak Hills Country Club, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Plaza Club, Chairman of the Executive Committee for the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center, and President of the San Antonio Chapter of the UT Exes.

Ralph George Langley

At the time of his death on October 16, 2003, Ralph Langley was one of this firm’s two named shareholders and still actively participated in the firm by coming into the office on a daily basis. He had been licensed to practice for sixty-six years and epitomized what every lawyer strives to be. He was an outstanding attorney who was recognized by his peers through election as a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He served as President of the San Antonio Bar Association and as a Director of the State Bar of Texas and was one of the six founders of the School Law Section of the State Bar Association. Mr. Langley not only trained young attorneys in his own firm in the intricacies of a profession he loved, but also served as a mentor to many young attorneys in the general San Antonio community. He was a Master of the Bench in the William Sessions Chapter of the American Inns of Court and, in 1999, received the Joe Frazier Brown Award of Excellence for outstanding leadership and service to the members of the legal community and the citizens of the State of Texas.

In addition to his active service to the legal community, Mr. Langley served the San Antonio community as Chairman of the Board of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the Board of the San Antonio Public Library System. He served on many Bond Study Groups for the City of San Antonio and he also served as a member of the San Antonio Charter Revision Commission. He was a charter member of the San Antonio Good Government League and was instrumental in the adoption of the Council-Manager form of government for San Antonio. Mr. Langley also served two terms as President of the Oak Hills Country Club. Since his graduation from the University of Texas School of Law in 1937, the only time that Mr. Langley did not practice law was during his service in World War II when served in the United States Army from 1941-1946. He rose from the rank of 2nd Lieutenant to Lt. Col. and received the Bronze Star for his service in the China Burma India Theater of Operations where he was Deputy Fiscal Director.

The lessons he taught were simple, but not easily forgotten. Mr. Langley espoused that hard work, preparation, and loyalty to the client were paramount virtues to be found in an effective and accomplished attorney. He taught that “zealous advocacy” was not antithetical to civility or professionalism. He desired all attorneys to be active participants in both the legal and the overall community in which they lived and practiced. Mr. Langley also recognized that a legal career did not justify a diminishment in meeting one’s obligations to family, church or fellow citizens. While it would be very difficult to equal Ralph Langley’s accomplishments, it certainly is a goal of Langley & Banack to emulate his efforts and examples.

Practice Areas

Litigation

Real Estate Law

Estate Planning

Corporate and Business Law

Cybersecurity, Data Protection Law and Privacy

Governmental Law

Appellate Law Practice

Fiduciary Law, Estate, Trust and Will Contests

Insurance Law

Medical Malpractice Defense

Tax Law

Bankruptcy and Workouts

Family Law

Labor and Employment Law

Energy, Oil & Gas

Construction Law

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Banking and Finance

John Norman Wright Petry

Otto (Skip) Stoler Good

Bruce Kirk Spindler

Emerson “Buddy” Banack Jr.

Rodrick Glen Ayers

Ralph George Langley