Top best Real Estate Lawyers in San Antonio near me

Victor Maas has been executing real estate transactions as a lawyer since 2002 and as an investor since 2003. Since there are so many nuances with real estate, we hope that you contact us with your questions. We are available during regular business hours. Victor Maas is a real estate attorney and broker, which makes his expertise long-standing and efficient.. Victor Maas is known for his “problem solving” attitude. Victor served in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio, and graduated from the Creighton School of Law in 2000. Victor Maas is the president of the San Antonio Real Estate Investors Association (SAREIA). He mentors new and experienced real estate investors

Vanessa is a third-generation attorney and is proud to continue two of her family’s legacies: practicing law and business ownership. Vanessa is a diligent and passionate attorney who cares deeply about helping her clients solve their problems. Whether it is representing a client in the largest transaction of their lives in purchasing or selling real property, helping a client probate a family member’s will in a probate proceeding, or representing a client who has been harmed through the acts of others, Vanessa represents her clients’ interests with professionalism and a steadfast commitment to a resolution.. While at St. Mary’s School of Law, Vanessa was the proud recipient of the Dean’s Scholarship. She was chosen for the Retired Chief Justice Alma L. Lopez Woman in Law Leadership Award as an exemplary student who maintained honor, integrity, and personal authenticity in educational pursuits, personal life, and career goals, as well as providing advocacy on behalf of low-income, battered, and abused women and children. Additionally, Vanessa interned with private firms and with a sitting State Senator while in law school. Vanessa also received a Community Service Certificate upon graduating for an exceptional number of hours devoted to bettering her community. Vanessa has continued this devotion to pro bono work to this day as a proud participant in the San Antonio Bar Association’s free legal clinics available to the San Antonio community.. After graduating from law school, Vanessa spent five years working for the largest publicly-traded bank headquartered in San Antonio. As such, Vanessa spent years in a leadership role for her organization, working with upper management on a daily basis to maintain the company’s compliance with regulatory laws, rules, and regulations. After leaving the company, Vanessa joined a San Antonio law firm and developed skills that have become critical for the practice she has to this day. She was recently selected as a member of the inaugural class of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation’s LEAD Academy, and enjoyed her time as a member of Leadership San Antonio, Class 39. Vanessa has recently decided to follow in her family’s footsteps and open a practice dedicated to bettering the lives of her clients.

The Law Offices of Paul G. Vick opened in June 1995.  The firm is dedicated to the representation of small businesses and individuals, primarily in the areas of litigation and organization.  In addition, the firm actively practices in the areas of mediation and alternate dispute resolution. The firm, when feasible, handles cases for those businesses and individuals where hourly billing is not practical.  Many small businesses and individuals simply can not absorb the cost of hourly rates in order to pursue valid claims against larger and more financially empowered entities.  It is these clients, as well as those which are retained on an hourly basis,  that the firm has attracted since its inception, and with a great degree of success.

Rhonda Jolley is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Group. Her law practice centers primarily on commercial real estate and the most current topic of water law. Having previously owned her own practice in Hondo, Texas, and having been a joint owner of Medina County Abstract Company, Inc., she has a varied background in a broad range of general business, residential real estate, commercial leasing and real estate litigation matters.. Rhonda is active in State Bar CLE Programming having been a member of the Planning Committee and Co-Chair of various seminars including the Advanced Real Estate Drafting Seminar, the Advanced Real Estate Seminar and the Changing Faces of Water Rights in Texas Seminar. She is a frequent speaker at all of these seminars. She has been a facility member at the South Texas College of Law Real Estate Law Conference and the University of Texas Mortgage Lending Institute. Rhonda also served on the State Bar’s Real Estate Forms Committee. Rhonda has helped draft and complete the Water Section of the State Bar Real Estate Forms Manual.. As head of the firm’s Water Law Section, she leads the client efforts to handle the purchase and sale of both groundwater and surface water rights, groundwater development, joint use and water sharing agreements throughout the State of Texas. Rhonda and her team have particular experience in matters related to the regional groundwater conservation districts including the Edwards Aquifer Authority. Additionally, several of our lawyers act as counsel to groundwater conservation districts. Branscomb’s water law team has experience in transferring and amending surface water rights, as well as working with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Our team also has experience related to obtaining water supplies for real estate development and industrial use and reserving and preserving value of water rights connected to real estate.

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Over 80 years of Law Experience!. Father and son, Jack & Barry Efron have dedicated their lives to serving the San Antonio & nearby communities with their legal needs. Jack has been practicing law for over 60 years and continues to be a wonderful role model for his son, Barry who has just celebrated his 22nd year practicing law.. Efron & Efron, Inc. specializes in Real Estate law, Civil law, Family law, Probate Law, and General Civil litigation.Real Estate law - Foreclosure Law including prevention of foreclosures, loan modifications, and conducting foreclosure process, real estate transactions (representing buyers/sellers/lenders), and real estate document preparation and commercial litigation.Civil Law - Contracts/Contract Violations, Landlord/Tenant Disputes, Deeds, Civil DefenseFamily Law - Prenuptial agreement, Child Support, Custody, Adoption/Termination, Divorce, Paternity Probate & GuardianshipEstate Planning - Last Will & Testament, Power of Attorney for Medical/Property, Advanced Directive. Real Estate:Including representing buyers, sellers and/or lenders in connection with the purchase, sale or financing of real property; including the preparation of all necessary paperwork, such as deeds, promissory notes, deeds of trust and other ancillary documents, including loan documents.. Real Estate Title Work:Review of records to determine ownership of property, including review of the Official Real Property Records of Bexar County (or other counties); review of District Clerk Records and County Clerk Records and tax records. I also prepare documents in order to clear title to property, including the preparation of deeds, assignments and affidavit of heirships.. Probate:I handle estates and file wills as a muniment of title or for independent administration and in certain circumstances as a dependent administration. If a person does not have a will, I can prepare an affidavit of heirship, small estate affidavit or an heirship proceeding.. Litigation:Matters in all of the above, including suits to quiet title, suits to trespass to try title, declaratory judgment actions and various matters in probate proceedings, representing heirs and administrators.. Business LawI can form entities including LLCs, corporations, limited partnerships, as well as operating documents such as minutes, by-laws, and the formation of series for an LLC.. Family LawI accept cases involving divorce, custody, support, property division, adoption or any other legal issue that may arise.. Additionally, I can assist you with the preparation and/or the review of Premarital agreements, post nuptial agreements and partition agreements.

Mr. McNelis has considerable experience in representing owners and general contractors on large construction projects, as well as their subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals, throughout the project development and construction process. Through his extensive construction litigation background, Mr. McNelis is able to provide valuable risk-assessment, management and liability guidance during all phases of the construction, as well as highly-developed dispute resolution skills and strategic planning. Mr. McNelis has also been selected to serve as a mediator in complex construction project disputes involving multiple parties with sometimes conflicting interests.. In 2004, Mr. McNelis formed McNelis + Associates, PLLC to provide superior legal services to the construction and real estate development industries. While all members of the firm have extensive commercial litigation and contract drafting experience, Sean McNelis’ construction law career commenced nearly 25 years ago as a law clerk with H.B. Zachry Co.’s in-house legal counsel. In that time he has practiced law in Dallas with the State’s foremost construction law firm of Canterbury, Stuber, Pratt, Elder & Gooch, developed and led the construction law practice team at the State’s second oldest and San Antonio’s largest law firm of Matthews and Branscomb, PC, and left in 2004 to form one of the State’s most experienced and respected boutique law firms providing superior legal services to the construction and real estate professionals.. Mr. McNelis has decades of dedicated experience in representing the legal needs of owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers and design professionals throughout the construction process and throughout the State. Mr. McNelis has successfully litigated numerous lawsuits, arbitrations and other forms of alternative dispute resolution processes involving all manner of construction disputes before both state and federal courts, to include defective construction claims, delay claims, hindrance claims, deficient design document claims, impact claims, payment and performance bond claims, surety obligations and lien claims.. A large portion of Sean’s practice is dedicated to assisting parties in drafting both simple and extremely complex construction agreements (including negotiated contracts, design-bid-build contracts, design-build contracts, contracts and cost-plus contracts), project management contracts, design contracts, subcontract agreements, supply contracts and purchase orders. From straightforward supply contracts to complex design-build contracts involving multiple parties, phases and funding mechanisms, Mr. McNelis has demonstrated the skill and the expertise needed to craft comprehensive contract documents to help ensure a successful project while protecting the interests of his clients. Mr. McNelis is able to utilize his extensive construction litigation background to provide valuable risk-assessment, management and liability guidance, as well as highly-developed dispute resolution skills and strategic planning, throughout the contracting process. Particular attention is given to minimizing potential disputes on the project by drafting contracts with clear delineations of authority, obligations and risk assumption.. Sean McNelis has served as the president of the Construction Law Section of the San Antonio Bar Association, after serving on its board for over five years. He also served as on the San Antonio Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (“AGC”)’s board of directors, and his firm was awarded the AGC Service Provider of the Year award in 2011. Mr. McNelis is active in the Texas and American Bar Associations’ Construction Law Sections, as well as in local construction industry trade associations. Mr. McNelis has conducted numerous seminars for clients and industry professionals regarding legal topics as diverse as perfecting lien and bond claims to risk mitigation in contract drafting, to legislative updates on issues impacting the construction industry.. As part of our firm’s ongoing commitment to our clients to be at the very forefront of changes in the construction industry, Mr. McNelis has achieved the U.S. Green Building Council’s training and accreditation to become LEED Accredited. By becoming LEED accredited, Mr. McNelis is best prepared to assist you in managing the risks, responsibilities and administrative procedures inherent in commercial and residential projects seeking LEED Certification. Most recently, Mr. McNelis, was distinguished by the State Board of Legal Specialization as being one of the very first lawyers within the state of Texas to become Board Certified as a specialist in Construction Law.

Mr. Deffenbaugh can offer over thirty years of legal expertise in an array of legal areas. He has worked on cases involving contracts, probate, taxation, insurance, real estate, oil and gas, business startups, and credit unions.. He received his Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Mary’s University in 1975 and become a Certified Public Accountant in 1977. Mr. Deffenbaugh went on to complete his Master of Business Administration at the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1982. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from St. Mary’s University Law School in 1992.. Mr. Deffenbaugh has been a small business owner for almost 40 years. In the past, he has worked in the oil and gas measurement industry. He currently works as a Certified Public Accountant and the Senior Legal Partner at Deffenbaugh and Lange, P.L.L.C.

Matthew D. Massar has a diverse practice focused on commercial real estate, natural resources, and business matters. He represents a variety of clients looking to navigate the legal issues associated with ownership transactions, ongoing management, and reorganization of specialized property types (whether commercial, agricultural, residential, or assets produced through ownership of same) - utilizing his unique business background and seasoned legal experience to provide timely, reasoned and valuable advice.. Mr. Massar performed his undergraduate studies at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where he earned a degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Public Administration/Economics; and earned his law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas, serving on The Scholar Law Review (as a Staff Writer and Comment Editor), and being a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Honors Fraternity.

Lisa founded her law firm in order to provide her clients with more personal attention in resolving their legal matters in a timely, efficient way, and to be able to better help those in need of legal services. Her practice focuses on estate planning, estate settlement and litigation, elder law, real estate, and tax controversy matters.. Lisa earned her Bachelors of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of Miami before going on to earn her Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. She is licensed to practice in the State of Texas and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and United States Tax Court. Lisa is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate, and Trust Law Section, the State Bar College, and the San Antonio Bar Association.. Prior to starting her own law practice, Lisa worked as a legal services attorney where she was able to represent hundreds of clients in issues ranging from simple estate planning matters to landlord/tenant and real estate litigation. Lisa has litigated cases in federal and state courts and at all times, has served as a tireless advocate for her clients.  Following her tenure as a legal services attorney, Lisa went on to work for a national tax consulting firm, where she counseled and defended dozens of companies with regard to their Internal Revenue Service disputes.. Lisa is particularly passionate about representing elderly clients and protecting them from fraud and abuse, helping them obtain appropriate support in the home, safeguard their assets, and plan for the future. Lisa enjoys counseling all of her clients on how to make provisions for future generations and how to leave a legacy for their loved ones, no matter how large or small their estate may be. She believes that estate planning is not simply a way to distribute assets, but rather, a way to provide for your family and loved ones in a meaningful way.. Aside from her dedication to the practice of law, Lisa is also committed to her community. She is a native Texan and has called San Antonio home for over a decade. During that time, she has been involved with various social organizations. Lisa provides pro bono legal services for senior citizens through the San Antonio Bar Association and is a volunteer for Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts. In her free time, Lisa enjoys exercise, cooking, music, reading, and her Siberian husky, Presley.

Laurie is a San Antonio native and graduate of Trinity University and St. Mary's University School of Law.  She is an active member of the Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas (REPTL), is a graduate of the REPTL Leadership Academy, and has spoken frequently on issues related to title insurance and probate and estate issues to law students, community groups and at State Bar seminars.  Laurie is a proud member of the Junior League of San Antonio.

Jeremy is a graduate of Winston Churchill High School, in San Antonio, Texas. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Texas, Austin. Jeremy received a doctorate of jurisprudence from St. Mary’s Law School in 2009.. Jeremy lives in San Antonio, Texas with his wife Julie Rivera Gilbreath, and his two sons, Matias and Antonio. He is a member of Oak Hills Church. Jeremy enjoys coaching little league and spending time with his family doing outdoor adventures.

I'm a proud, a sixth generation Texan - born in San Antonio, attended Plano public schools, and obtained my bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University.  I attended law school at St. Mary's Universit, during which I was a member of the St. Mary’s Law Journal and was a national liaison for the American Bar Association’s Law Student Division.  I've had the chance to work in both the public and private sectors, for non-profit organizations, and in 2009, I started a business helping consumers with credit-related problems, which was converted to my law firm in 2012.  I am proud to represent a variety of clients, who have come to trust me to be relentless in achieving their objectives.  It's a trust I take deeply personally, and it's my higest honor that clients entrust me with their most significant problems.

I graduated from Baylor University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Financial Services & Planning and International Business. In December 1997, I received my J.D. from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas. I am licensed to practice in Texas and the Federal Courts for the Western and Southern Districts of Texas.. My law practice has an emphasis on the representation of condominium and homeowners' associations in general legal matters, assessment collection, and covenant enforcement actions.  During several sessions of the Texas Legislature, I provided testimony in front of various Texas House of Representative and Senate Committees regarding bills related to the operation, management, and authority of homeowners associations.. Professionally, I am a member of:. I have been a speaker for many Community Association Institute educational programs and for Lorman Educational Services regarding various association related topics. Additionally, I am involved with volunteer work and fundraising for various causes in the community. My husband of 16 years and I  three school aged children. I am passionate about cooking, nutrition, Smart Barre classes, gardening, and travel.

I am attorney Matthew Obermeier, and I provide clients in San Antonio and throughout Texas with exactly this type of representation. I will take the time to fully understand your legal matter, and then provide you with legal solutions that are tailored to your situation. At all stages of your case, I give you the personal attention and straightforward advice that you need to feel confident about the representation you receive.

Gerardo Menchaca heads the immigration section of Escamilla & Poneck LLP and is licensed to practice law in every immigration court in the United States. He has dedicated his legal career to helping people from all over the world deal with the complexities of the US immigration system. As an attorney practicing immigration law, his job is to help people become part of the best country in the world.. Gerardo is a graduate of St. Mary's University School of Law and has an economics degree from Texas State University. Additionally, he is a current member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the Texas Bar Association, and the Mexican Entrepreneurs Association. He was voted one of San Antonio's Best Immigration Lawyers in 2017, 2016, 2014, 2012 and 2011 (SA Scene Magazine).

David Denton has the breadth of experience, knowledge and skills to be his clients’ advocate in the courtroom and their trusted advisor outside of it. After practicing law at San Antonio’s largest law firm as well as a boutique real estate litigation firm, Mr. Denton opened his office in 2017 to have the flexibility and independence to meet the varying needs of his clients.. David is a native of the Texas Hill Country, having been born and raised in Kerrville, and has practiced law in San Antonio and South Texas his entire career.

As a licensed Attorney and real estate Broker, I offer my clients a powerful combination of skills to assist them with the acquisition, disposition and leasing of real property. I negotiate real estate transactions from a business, legal and investment perspective. I have the experience and the education to be as flexible and responsive as my client's needs require, and I thrive on finding creative solutions to difficult transactions. In addition to representing residential buyers and sellers, I represent commercial real estate buyers/sellers, landlords/tenants and investors. Through my law practice, I assist my clients with private equity management and investment in real property.Every transaction receives my full attention regardless of the size, if I represent you then you are my priority. My promise to you is that I will not be out-hustled.--Micah Harper

Adam was born in Wichita, Kansas and attended the University of Kansas and the Washburn University School of Law before moving to Texas to begin his career. He was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity and wrote for the University Daily Kansan. While in law school, he joined the Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing department as a teaching assistant, and worked for the university’s Criminal Defense Clinic.. While in Kansas, Adam worked in disability rights, criminal defense, and lobbying. After becoming a member of the Texas Bar, he worked in Austin doing judgment enforcement and helping clients protect their Second Amendment rights with National Firearm Act Trusts before moving to San Antonio to join the Nichols Law Firm in 2015. He is known for his hard work, eagerness to learn from new experiences – large or small – and professional service.

Aaron M. Barton practices in the areas of Business and Real Estate Law. Aaron has practiced law in South-Central Texas since 2007, representing businesses, lenders, and individuals in a wide variety of business and real estate transactions..