The Law Offices of Vance & Whitley, L.L.P. - San Antonio, TX

The Law Offices of Vance & Whitley, L.L.P. Law Firm Overview

A Family-Focused Texas Law Firm Where Clients Are Never "Just Clients"

At The Law Offices of Vance & Whitley, L.L.P., in San Antonio, we handle a wide range of legal needs for clients throughout Bexar County and surrounding areas of Texas.

In general terms, however, we have built a practice that focuses on family-related legal matters and on the success of each individual family member. We also feature an outstanding team of attorneys who have been repeatedly recognized and honored for their skill and accomplishments. Some of the most important areas of our family-oriented practice are detailed below.

• Family law cases are our main focus as a law firm. Here, our legal team represents clients from all walks of life and offers extensive experience and expertise with family law cases of every type, including:
  • Divorce, contested and uncontested
  • Military divorce
  • Child custody, visitation rights and support issues
  • Property division
  • Post-divorce modifications
  • Grandparents’ rights
  • Collaborative law divorce and divorce mediation
  • Adoption
• Civil rights issues affecting same-sex partners and nontraditional families are also important to us. We help clients overcome legal challenges with carefully considered partnership and same-sex marriage agreements, surrogacy contracts, adoption assistance and estate planning strategies.
• Quality estate planning and probate services can be a tremendous benefit to any individual or family. We help clients identify goals, understand options and make good legal decisions regarding estate matters. Our law firm’s practice includes:
  • Individualized estate plans utilizing wills, trusts, powers of attorney and other estate planning tools
  • Elder law, including guardianships and Medicaid planning
  • Probate and estate administration
• Criminal law cases can have a profound impact on families as well. Our lawyers understand that and use their family law expertise to meet the needs of mothers and fathers whose family lives are threatened by criminal charges, parents whose children are in trouble with the law and juveniles who have criminal charges, school discipline matters and school-related constitutional law issues.

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Contact Our Mistletoe Ave, San Antonio Law Office

We are an AV Preeminent* peer review-rated law firm with a unique business model designed to increase efficiency, reduce costs and minimize stress while providing clients with first-rate legal talent.

To schedule an initial consultation at our west San Antonio office in the historic Monte Vista neighborhood, contact our law firm online or call us at either 210-807-8287 or 877-563-2149 toll free. Evening and weekend consultations are available on a limited basis by appointment. Major credit cards accepted.

Attorneys at The Law Offices of Vance & Whitley, L.L.P., serve clients throughout San Antonio and Bexar County, and in surrounding Texas cities and counties as well.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

Practice Areas

• Family
• Divorce
• Child Custody
• Estate Planning

Previous Law Firm Name

• Law Offices of Lisa Vance

Pro Bono Activities

• Ms. Vance was elected to the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas in 2003 & has retained that status every year since then.
• Ms. Whitley has managed and provided legal services for her family's dental business on the eastside of San Antonio, and was elected to the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas in 2010.