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Lisa A Vance
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 37 years experience

In the last several years, Ms. Vance’s practice has included a central focus on family and marital disputes. She promotes a gentler focus on marital termination, convinced that a family’s energies should be spent... Read More »
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Tammy Lyn Wincott
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 12 years experience
(210) 474-6221 900 NE Loop 410
Suite D-410
 San Antonio, TX 78209
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
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Originally from the Thousand Islands region of New York. I relocated to Texas via the U.S. Air Force in 1988. I spent the first 15 years in Austin, prior to attending law school at St. Mary's school of law. Once licensed, I relocated to San Antonio.
Benjamin E. Golden
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Castle Hills, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 9 years experience
(210) 802-9377 1100 NW Loop 410
One Castle Hills Building
 Castle Hills, TX 78213
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Probate and Real Estate
Texas Tech University School of Law
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Benjamin always had a deep desire to understand how things work and to help others. After gaining an understanding of the law through school, and an even more refined understanding through practice in and out of the courtroom for five years with matters relating to real estate, probate, and business, Benjamin is now able to help clients solve their legal challenges when it comes to taking care of a deceased loved one's estate, achieving their real estate goals, and bringing about business objectives.
Russell Aldrich
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 7 years experience
(210) 549-8087 8700 Crownhill Blvd.
Suite 200
 San Antonio, TX 78209
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Elder and Probate
University of Pennsylvania
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Lisa A Vance
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 37 years experience
(210) 582-5887 814 N. Alamo St.
Suite 1
 San Antonio, TX 78215
Estate Planning, Divorce, Elder and Probate
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In the last several years, Ms. Vance’s practice has included a central focus on family and marital disputes.

She promotes a gentler focus on marital termination, convinced that a family’s energies should be spent on the healthy development of children, rather than concentrating on marital angst. Ms. Vance works closely with mental health providers, so that clients can heal, rather than continue to wound those they do, and have, loved. As a result, the firm promotes collaborative law for marital disputes, whenever appropriate. When necessary, however, to protect families, Ms Vance's trial skills successfully promote the best interests of her...
James Meyrat
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 13 years experience
(210) 733-6235 5802 IH-10 West
 San Antonio, TX 78201
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
St. Mary's University School of Law
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James Meyrat executes an aggressive legal strategy to achieve your goals. James Meyrat is not the risk aversive type of lawyer looking to settle before actually preparing your case for trial.

In the decisive moments of your family law case James is ready to take your case as far as necessary in litigation to get what you really want.

Divorces and family law litigation can be emotionally stressful, financially taxing, and spiritually draining. You need a lawyer to be “in your corner.”

Whether your divorce is uncontested or you’re fighting over property, custody, or both, James Meyrat will aggressively...
Robert Steven 'Steve' Wilson
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 7 years experience
(210) 880-9988 3030 Nacogdoches, Suite 222C
 San Antonio, TX 78217
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Family and Probate
St. Mary's University School of Law
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I practice primarily family law and probate in Bexar County, Comal County, Guadalupe County, Wilson County, Atascosa County and Medina County and will travel to counties beyond those counties.

In our family law practice, we primarily represent parents in suits affecting the parent child relationship, grandparents and foster parents. Further, we represent clients with significant property issues in their marriage and in the unfortunate event of a death in the family.

Jaclyn Yvonne Roberson
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 16 years experience
(210) 224-4077 408 Dwyer Ave.
 San Antonio, TX 78204
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Family
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I have been a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas since 2003. In that time, I've focused on family law and estate planning/probate matters, with a special emphasis on child abuse and neglect cases. When it comes to child abuse and neglect cases, I've sat at every table in the courtroom, having represented parents, children and the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services during my career. At the Law Office of Jaclyn Y. Roberson, PLLC, we take a client-centered approach to legal representation, where we take into consideration the unique and specific needs of each...
Brian Maverick
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years experience
(210) 828-5151 6515 Broadway
 San Antonio, TX 78209
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Elder and Probate
University of Houston Law Center
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Harry Munsinger
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 24 years experience
(210) 776-7707 100 W. El Prado Dr., #205
 San Antonio, TX 78212
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
Duke University School of Law
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I am an experienced attorney working primarily in Estate, Trust, Wills, Real Estate, and Collaborative Divorce.

The Collaborative Process is a new way to settle your divorce case without going to court. It is totally private, you may schedule your meeting to fit your schedule, you and your spouse have total control of the matter, and the process allows the parents to salvage their parenting relationship and put the best interest of their children first.
Mr. Alfonso Cabanas Jr.
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 13 years experience
(210) 529-8317 310 S. St. Mary’s Street
Suite 955
 San Antonio, TX 78205
Estate Planning, Business and Real Estate
St. Mary's University School of Law
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Alfonso Cabañas, the founding attorney of Cabañas Law Firm, practices criminal defense in San Antonio and business law in both the U.S. and Mexico. His experience includes a variety of business cases, including insurance regulation, employment-based visas, liquidation, music royalties, and many others. Experience in a wide range of business law cases turned Alfonso into the highly-skilled business attorney that he is today. His practice combines the attention to detail and insight of a business lawyer with the aggressive courtroom presence of an experienced criminal defense attorney. As a bilingual lawyer, he is prepared to represent English- and Spanish-speaking clients...
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Brian Maverick
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 15 years experience

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J. Raymond Karam
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SAN ANTONIO, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 33 years experience
(210) 828-1241 110 SPRUCEWOOD
 SAN ANTONIO, TX 78216
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Bankruptcy, Probate and Tax
SMU Dedman School of Law, St. Mary's University School of Law and St. Mary's University School of Law
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Michael Baseluos
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney
(888) 728-9529 202 E Park Ave
 San Antonio, TX 78212
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Criminal and DWI
The University of Texas School of Law
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Michael Baseluos is licensed in Texas, New York, and New Jersey. He worked as a commercial and employment litigator for several well-known defense firms in the Northeast before starting the Baseluos Law Firm. He has been involved in complex environmental litigation, auto accident lawsuits, vaccine inury, and medical malpractice litigation. Mr. Baseluos is a West Point graduate and served for nine (9) years as a captain in the United States Army and Texas National Guard. Mr. Baseluos is conversational in Arabic, and he takes Spanish language lessons to serve the Hispanic community.

Mr. Baseluos has seen first hand the effects of...
Kim Moreau Pettit
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 38 years experience
(210) 558-4572 Union Square
10101 Reunion Place, Suite 600
 San Antonio, TX 78216
Estate Planning, Divorce, Family and Probate
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Joseph Lassen
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 17 years experience
(210) 610-9128 401 E. Sonterra Blvd., Ste 375
 San Antonio, TX 78258
Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Business and Divorce
Brooklyn Law School
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Prior to becoming an attorney, Joe Lassen served as a police officer with the New York City Police Department and retired as a Lieutenant after 20 years of service. He received his Bachelor of Science in 1993 from the John Jay College in Legal Studies and his Juris Doctorate from Brooklyn Law School in 2002. While in law school, Joe worked for the NYPD’s prosecutor’s office, handling high profile corruption cases. Joe was a first responder on September 11th at the World Trade Center and shares a special affinity for all military branches and first responders.

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Paul Premack
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 36 years experience
(210) 826-1122 8031 Broadway St
 San Antonio, TX 78209
Estate Planning, Elder and Probate
University of Houston - Main Campus
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Paul Premack is a Certified Elder Law Attorney through the National Elder Law Foundation. He was a founding member of the Council of Advanced Practitioners of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and has been a NAELA member since 1989. His practice encompasses estate planning for individuals, couples and families of all ages, probate to assist surviving heirs when a family member dies, and elder law to assist clients with specific legal challenges. Paul is a Geriatric Scholar via the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Paul writes a weekly legal column for the...
Kevin Shay
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 38 years experience
(210) 497-6300 14350 Northbrook Drive, Suite 220
 San Antonio, TX 78232
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Probate and Tax
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Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law by Texas Board of Legal Specialization and CPA
Tony Ray Bertolino
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 16 years experience
(210) 223-5553 115 E. Travis Street, Suite 108
 San Antonio, TX 78205
Estate Planning, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Bankruptcy
South Texas College Of Law
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Tony R. Bertolino is the Managing Partner with Bertolino LLP who is available to handle a diverse set of legal needs for his clients. His featured areas of representation include; trial and appellate litigation in both state and federal courts, debtor and creditor issues, business formation and contracts, and disputes regarding construction law. He also has experience working with clients on matters concerning entertainment and sports law, for which is he licensed as a Talent Agent and a Sports Agent in the state of Texas, as well as real estate, internet litigation, bankruptcy, legislative and governmental affairs, family...
Pamela Hailey-Petty
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 6 years experience
(210) 570-2458 9901 I.H. 10 West
Suite 800
 San Antonio, TX 78230
Estate Planning, Business and Probate
St. Mary's University School of Law
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Pamela Hailey-Petty is an experienced attorney and owner of Hailey-Petty Law Firm, PLLC. She has legal offices in both Austin and San Antonio. Since 2014, Mrs. Hailey-Petty has helped numerous Texans organize their futures through her knowledge and expertise in estate planning law. She also regularly provides legal counsel to clients navigating the probate process and to those interested in business formation.

Prior to her career as an attorney, Mrs. Hailey-Petty worked for the Governor of Texas. During her time at the Governor’s office, she served as the Investment Manager and Deputy Director of the 300-million-dollar Emerging Technology Fund.

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Adam Ramji
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 13 years experience
2806 Fredericksburg Rd #8
 San Antonio, TX 78201
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Insurance Claims, Personal Injury and Products Liability
South Texas College of Law
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Please call our VERY easy number 24 Hours a day. Choosing an attorney to represent you may be confusing. Who do I choose? Why should I choose them? My name is Adam and I am am ALSO a doctor. We have NO fees to you. We take a percentage of the settlement at the end. My law firm started from the ground up to represent injured people. When I used to see patients, my practice was only catered to injured victims. My dad use to do the same thing...so it runs in the...
Alan Dean Tysinger
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 20 years experience
(866) 957-2667 110 Broadway Suite 190
 San Antonio, TX 78205
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Personal Injury, Probate and Workers' Comp
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Alan Tysinger is a an attorney in private practice in San Antonio, Texas. He is a sole practitioner focusing on civil trial litigation. He is involved in plaintiffs' side personal injury litigation and administrative law, with particular emphasis on workers' compensation and nonsubscriber work-related injuries. He also represents select clients in estate and business planning as well as probate work. Alan graduated cum laude from the University Scholars program at Baylor University in 1996. He began his practice in 1999 after graduating from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law, where he was a founding...
Jason John Jakob
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 13 years experience
(210) 226-4500 The Historic Milam Building
115 East Travis, Suite 333
 San Antonio, TX 78205
Estate Planning, Appeals, Business and Consumer
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JASON J. JAKOB, ESQ. Mr. Jakob is a Co-Founder and Senior Partner of Diaz Jakob, LLC. His practice is focused on business and corporate litigation, commercial transactions, constitutional law, family law and civil litigation. Mr. Jakob received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from University of Houston Law Center, and his Bachelor's degree from University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas in Political Science, Magna Cum Laude. After attending law school he served as a General Counsel of Core Funding Group, L.P., until starting his own law firm in 2006. As General Counsel, Mr. Jakob managed the legal department of the company....
Carl Werner
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 24 years experience
(210) 377-4242 11010 Coachlight
Suite 100
 San Antonio, TX 78216
Estate Planning and Probate
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I am Board Certified in Estate Planning and Probate Law, by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Together with my two associates, and two assistants, we help clients make plans to ensure that death or disability doesn't cause a legal mess. We also help clients who have experienced a death or incapacitating incident in their family, and we help Executors, Trustees, and Beneficiaries solve problems in the operation of an estate or a trust. We operate in a quiet, drama-free office environment, centrally located in San Antonio.
Dana Jacobson
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 34 years experience
(210) 341-1333 6391 De Zavala Rd
 San Antonio, TX 78249
Estate Planning, Business, Divorce and Elder
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Anna Mary Torres
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 22 years experience
(210) 249-2143 85 NE Loop 410
 San Antonio, TX 78216
Estate Planning and Elder
St. Mary's University
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Anna Torres is the principal attorney at Anna M. Torres & Associates, P.C., and works in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate, Elder Law, Guardianships, and Special Needs Planning.
Michael Scott Zimmerer
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 21 years experience
(210) 224-7660 8918 Tesoro Dr., Ste. 575
 San Antonio, TX 78217
Estate Planning, Business, Probate and Real Estate
St. Mary's University School of Law
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Diana C. Davalos
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 7 years experience
(210) 308-0800 8207 Callaghan Rd.
Suite 150
 San Antonio, TX 78230
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
St. Mary's University School of Law and Florida State University College of Law
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I have been working for the Weisinger Law Firm for a few months now and I love it. I practice a lot of estate planning and probate. My passion is in helping my client achieve the level of peace they can only get through planning properly. I love helping people however I can.
Paul Kenneth Foley III
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer
(210) 816-3568 227 North Loop 1604 East #150
 San Antonio, TX 78232
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business, Family and Probate
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Agatha Laura Rode
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 8 years experience
(210) 233-6021 118 Broadway Street
Suite 227
 San Antonio, TX 78205
Estate Planning, Business, Divorce and Domestic Violence
St. Mary's University School of Law and St. Mary's University School of Law
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Kathy C. Elder
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SAN ANTONIO, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 14 years experience
(210) 735-0700 P.O. Box 782425
 SAN ANTONIO, TX 78278
Estate Planning and Elder
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Glen Yale
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 40 years experience
(210) 736-2222 2135 E. Hildebrand
 San Antonio, TX 78209
Free ConsultationEstate Planning
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Crista Marichalar Branch
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 21 years experience
(210) 229-2088 549 Heimer Rd, STE 200
 San Antonio, TX 78232
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce and Family
Southern Methodist University
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We protect families and preserve assets by providing legal services in the areas of family law. Crista M Branch has 19 years of legal experience and have focused specifically on family law for 15 years. The firm handles divorces, custody, child support modifications, termination and adoptions, pre and post-nuptials and grandparent rights cases.
Todd Alan Marquardt
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 12 years experience
(210) 530-4278 110 Sprucewood Lane
 San Antonio, TX 78216
Estate Planning, Business, Elder and Probate
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I perform legal service the way I would want to receive it - in an honest and straight forward manner. I'm married with children, am active in my church and community, and enjoy playing golf and hunting when I'm not coaching youth athletics. Feel free to call me if you have a question. You and I might discover that your question is easier to answer than you thought or we might find that your question is just the tip of an iceberg. Schedule a meeting with me and you'll find that I'm fair and honest just like a friend or...
James N. Voeller
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 39 years experience
(210) 651-3851 19311 FM 2252
 San Antonio, TX 78266
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Business and Elder
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Laird McNeil
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 52 years experience
(210) 299-4343 111 Soledad Street
Suite 300
 San Antonio, TX 78205
Estate Planning, Elder, International and Real Estate
University of Texas - Austin
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Darrell G. Stewart
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney with 26 years experience
(210) 826-3063 7300 Blanco Road Ste 301
 San Antonio, TX 78216
Estate Planning, Elder, Probate and Real Estate
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Jessica Ramirez
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 1 year experience
9901 I.H. 10 West
Suite 800
 San Antonio, TX 78230
Estate Planning and Probate
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I grew up in the small town of Hallettsville, Texas and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio. Prior to law school I worked as a petroleum landman where I researched title to land for oil and gas companies. I continued to work as a landman during and after law school. My extensive knowledge in tracing mineral title and conducting genealogy research helped me make a natural transition into probate law and estate planning.

I take pride in my ability to navigate through the legal process while maintaining a compassionate...
Jon Disrud
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 25 years experience
(210) 494-6633 13750 San Pedro Ave
 San Antonio, TX 78232
Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Criminal and Divorce
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Teresa Belem Morales-Ahnberg
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 13 years experience
(210) 745-2879 111 Soledad Suite 300
 San Antonio, TX 78205
Estate Planning, Business, Divorce and Elder
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Jim Cramp
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Attorney
(210) 832-8064 901 NE Loop 410
Suite 800
 San Antonio, TX 78209
Free ConsultationEstate Planning, Divorce, Domestic Violence and Probate
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I retired from the Air Force in the grade of colonel after having served 29 1/2 years active duty. I was a three-time commander at the detachment, squadron and group levels. My first passion is caring about and caring for families in the broader community because they are the foundation of our nation. My other passion is to continue what I did while on active duty - caring about and caring for servicemembers, federal civil servants and families -- whether still serving or in retirement -- in honor of their contributions to our nation.
Lisa Smith
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San Antonio, TX Estate Planning Lawyer with 18 years experience
(210) 863-7472 10004 Wurzbach Rd
 San Antonio, TX 78230
Estate Planning and Elder
Pepperdine School Of Law
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