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AWARDS

Woman of the Year (for the field of the practice of family law): National Association of Professional&Executive Women: 2008

The Bar Register of Pre eminent Lawyers:   EVERY year since 2002

Listed in "Outstanding Lawyers of America":   EVERY year since 2003

Best Lawyers in San Antonio: Family Law:    2006, 2007&2008
According to
"Scene in S.A. Monthly."

National Association of Professional & Executive Women   2007,2008

Listed in "Best Lawyers in the U.S." :    2007,2008

Listed in " Best Lawyers in America" :   2003,2004,2005,2006

Texas Super Lawyers:   2003,2004 according to "Law & Politics Magazine"

Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review ratings

(international quality and ethics ratings of lawyers):
AV rated: EVERY YEAR SINCE 1996:

AV = highest level of competency and ethics:   

This prestigious award is presented to only 5% of firms in any state

(The above awards apply to the firm’s founder, Lisa Vance)


Vance&WhitleyFirmOverview

Find an Attorney, San Antonio, Texas
Collaborative law, International law, Commercial Law

PRACTICE AREAS

FAMILY CHALLENGES

access and possession
adoption
collaborative law
custody
divorce
elder law
guardianships
high conflict divorce
     custody matters
international custody
      kidnapping
      abduction
military law
possession and access
post-nuptial agreements
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (“QDROs”)
same sex partnership agreements
      adoptions
      estate planning
surrogacy
visitation

COLLABORATIVE LAW


negotiations and meetings to solve conflicted disputes and avoid the courtroom
ESTATE PLANING


elder law
estate planning
guardianships
probate
retirement
trusts
wills and estates
MILITARY LAW

military benefits
military law
military law issues for divorcing families
military retirement
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS

contracts,.
corporations
real estate

COMERCIAL LITIGATION: BUSINESSES IN TRIAL

business disputes of all kinds
HEALTH LAW

administration and practice formation
professionals before their regulatory health boards
regulations, rules, laws and policies affecting the delivery of health care

INTERNATIONAL LAW

international adoptions
international business relationships,
      distribution and representation agreements
international custody,
      possession,
      access and visitation
international kidnappings
ANIMAL LAW

animal welfare organizations and the laws that govern them
enforcement of animal welfare legislation with the parties who can litigate for animals
investigation of animal's human companions who commit animal cruelty
"OUTSIDE THE LEGAL BOX"

estate planning for same sex couples
gay and lesbian legal quandaries
partnership agreements for same sax families
same sex adoptions: the "stepparent" adoption path
same sex partnership agreements
sperm and egg donation: who owns the embryo?
 
trans gendered people