Family Law

• Divorce
  Ms. McKim serves on the State Bar of Texas Family Law Section Council and currently fills the role of Chair-Elect. The section seeks to promote professionalism, education, and excellence in the practice of family law, and Ms. McKim is a frequent speaker for State Bar continuing legal education programs on various family law issues. She is also a member of Collaborative Divorce Texas and believes the best solutions for families in transition are found by educating, empowering, and encouraging parties to customize agreements that lead to the best possible result for the modified family unit.
• Child Support
  Jennifer White Steward practices primarily in the area of family law. Ms. Steward worked in the San Antonio legal community for over 25 years. Prior to becoming a licensed attorney, Ms. Steward began her career as a senior paralegal, law clerk and law firm manager. During her tenure as a paralegal and law firm manager, Ms. Steward developed a passion for the law and attended St. Mary’s University School of Law. After graduating wither her Juris Doctor, Ms. Steward continued her legal career as an attorney working with the great Arthur Augustine. In 2015, Ms. Steward opened her own law practice. Ms. Steward joined Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C. in 2022 and has continued to advocate for clients in high-conflict family law cases. Ms. Steward is experienced in representing clients in divorces, including those involving member of the armed forces and same-sex couples, establishing child custody orders, grandparent rights cases, and child support matters. She additionally has experience with military retirement issues.
• Child Custody and Visitation
• Adoption
• Paternity
• Guardianship
  The Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C. team includes six seasoned trial attorneys who represent clients in all types of disputes related to oil and gas leases, joint operating agreements and salt water disposal agreements.  In addition, we frequently represent clients in cases in which oil and gas constitutes a significant asset of our client’s estate such as divorce, commercial litigation, probate, guardianship and trust litigation, fiduciary litigation and co-tenant disputes between mineral and or surface owners.
• Spousal Support

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Wrongful Death
  Through arrangements with insurance carriers, large and small, Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C., has represented hundreds of clients in a wide variety of legal matters, ranging from the defense of slip and fall claims to wrongful death actions. From beginning to end, our attorneys and paralegals will work with your adjusters to evaluate claims properly, arrive at case management strategies and aggressively defend insured parties in state court and/or before administrative agencies.
• Theft

Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Clients of Mr. Aycock consist of banks, factoring and leasing companies, architecture and engineering firms, general contractors, insurance companies, trust departments, real estate investors and property managers, automobile dealerships as well as individuals. His bankruptcy practice involves both creditor's rights and the reorganization of business entities and farmers in Chapters 11 and 12 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. He has assisted clients with issues such as tax litigation, professional malpractice litigation and mergers and acquisitions of business entities.
• Business Disputes
  Mr. Frost practices primarily in the area of civil litigation, with an emphasis on commercial and business disputes, as well as insurance defense. He practices in state and federal courts, including bankruptcy courts.
• Business Transactions
  Ms. Deviney practices primarily in the areas of business organization and commercial transactions; federal, state, and local tax; estate and gift tax return preparation; estate planning and probate administration; oil and gas; and real estate law.
• Limited Liability Companies
  In our representation of public and private companies, our attorneys routinely advise clients regarding entity formation and governance. In assisting clients with the formation of their entities, our attorneys provide advice on the choice of entity, including an in-depth analysis of corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, public charities, and private foundations. In addition, our attorneys draft documents in connection with the formation of such entities as well as the governance thereof.
• Trade Secrets

Employment Law

• Wrongful Termination
• Employment Contract
  Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C., offers a wide-variety of expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts, including, real estate contracts, oil and gas leases, wind energy leases, farming, grazing and hunting leases, franchise agreements, employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, buy-sell agreements, management agreements, and loan agreements.
• Sexual Harassment

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Mr. Wade practices primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, creditor’s rights, probate, estate, and trust litigation, and real estate litigation. His clients include financial institutions, credit providers, businesses, as well as those serving as trustees or executors, and the beneficiaries of estates and trusts. Mr. Wade practices in federal court, bankruptcy court, and state courts throughout Texas and New Mexico.
• Premises Liability
  His defense practice includes auto liability, construction defects, premises liability, product liability, environmental liability, and employer liability.
• Construction Litigation
  Bill was Of Counsel at Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C. where he specialized in general civil litigation, construction law and insurance defense law. He was Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 1988. Bill was a member of the Defense Research Institute, a life Fellow of the Texas Bar Association and served on the board for the Texas Association of Defense Counsel. Since 1990 Bill maintained a peer review rating of “A V” with Martindale-Hubble. Bill was a mentor and friend to all, always lending an ear and, if needed, advice. Bill was a cherished part of Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C. and is greatly missed.
• Real Estate Transactions
  The transactional attorneys routinely assist clients with complex real estate transactions. In advising our clients with these real estate transactions, our attorneys have assisted in the development, construction, leasing, financing, and acquisition of real estate, including single-family homes, farms and ranches, large commercial projects, and dairies. Our attorneys have also advised real estate clients with respect to 1031 exchanges and drafted all documents related to such 1031 exchange.
• Eminent Domain
  “Clashes of Rights in Eminent Domain,” presented at the State Bar of Texas Advanced Civil Trial Course, San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston, Texas, 2011
• Easement
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  His commercial practice includes representing clients in all business matters, including those related to contractual disputes, banking, construction, real estate, agriculture, landlord-tenant, employment, and creditor’s rights and bankruptcy.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  J. Paul Manning is a seventh generation Texan with deep roots all over Texas.  Over the past 25 years, J. Paul Manning has represented numerous individuals and entities in complex commercial and probate litigation, inclusive of employment, real estate, construction, banking, and fiduciary litigation, as well as personal injury matters.  J. Paul has tried in excess of 65 cases to judgment, the majority of which were tried to a jury.  He has litigated in State and Federal Courts in Nevada, New Mexico, Arkansas and Texas and his creative work has led to many favorable judgments and/or dismissals.  He has also framed, briefed and/or argued several successful appeals in Texas Appellate Courts.
• Medical Malpractice
• Medicaid Planning
  Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C., is a full service probate and estate planning law firm. We provide solutions for our clients' estate planning needs, from the simple will to the most intricate tax planning matter. Solutions are customized to each of our client's goals. We utilize various techniques to achieve our client's objectives including wills, trust agreements, business succession planning, tax planning, insurance planning, charitable gift planning, lifetime transfers of assets, Medicaid planning as well as planning for incapacity. The focus is and always has been on the individual client.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  We work closely with our tax attorneys to insure that our clients’ transactions are structured to avoid adverse tax consequences when the law allows. We draw on over 80 years of collective experience in assisting the mineral owner who is faced with the daunting prospect of negotiating an oil and gas lease with a big oil company or an experienced landman.  We gather as much information from our clients as possible so that the resulting lease is customized according to each client’s specific needs.  Our philosophy is that negotiating an excellent bonus and royalty is only the beginning of our job.  We are dedicated to negotiating terms that will best serve our clients’ goals of maximizing income from their mineral and surface interests while preserving those interests for the next generation.  In accomplishing this task, we utilize not only those attorneys who focus on oil and gas, but those tax attorneys, attorneys with experience in the formation of business entities and our estate planning specialists.
• Wills
  Mr. Field’s practice centers on wills and trusts, business structuring, family limited partnerships, advanced asset transfer techniques, real estate and probate. He advises mainly individuals in complicated business ventures including project acquisition and disposition and regularly counsels clients engaged in the operation or lease of various types of real estate projects, including oil and gas. Mr. Field's probate practice involves representing executors in the administration of substantial and complex estates and trusts as well as consulting with beneficiaries on how to protect their interests in estates and trusts.
• Trusts
  His practice primarily consists of estate planning, probate and estate administration, tax planning, trust administration, business planning, and real estate.
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Panelist discussing Chapter 12 in the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 at the Twenty-First Annual Farm, Ranch and Agri-Business Bankruptcy Institute held September 15-16, 2005
• Tax Law
  Field Manning Stone Aycock P.C., represents clients with respect to federal, state and local tax matters, from advance planning with respect to such matters to litigating disputes regarding such matters with applicable governing authorities. Our attorneys confer with each client, the client's accountant and other professionals as needed to not only develop an effective plan uniquely situated to meet the needs of the client, but also to implement the plan developed. In developing and implementing each client's plan in these areas, our attorneys utilize the extensive experience collectively held by the firm, as well as resources available to the firm's attorneys through their continuing participation in related educational programs and self-study opportunities.