Family Law

• Divorce
  She has experience in high conflict family law matters including, divorce, child custody, child support, and enforcement of court orders. In addition to her trial practice, she also practices Collaborative Family Law. She served as the President of the Collaborative Divorce Professionals of San Antonio from 2015-2017 as well as President of the San Antonio Bar Association Family Law Section from 2018-2020. She is currently serving on the Board of Directors of the San Antonio Bar Association.
• Child Support
  Mr. Moulton Dowler focuses on family law and general litigation. Mr. Dowler has worked on almost every aspect of family law including divorce, property division, enforcement of division, child support, custody modification, modification of child support, premarital agreements, and postmarital agreements. Mr. Dowler has been named one of the Best Lawyers in San Antonio from 2003 to the present. With his great representation and commitment to clients, he has represented some of his clients for over twenty years.
• Child Custody and Visitation
  Mr. Morley primarily practices family law in New Braunfels TX.  He is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and a frequent writer and speaker on family law topics.  He  has experience in divorce, enforcement (including contempt and jail), modification, child custody (fathers, grandparents, and mothers), visitation (supervised, standard, and fifty-fifty), rights and duties, child support (increases and reductions), complex property divisions, asset tracking (keeping separate property separate), spousal maintenance (alimony), paternity issues, prenuptial agreements, post-marital agreements, terminations, adoptions, protective orders (securing and defending), and uncontested matters.
• Adoption
• Paternity
• Premarital Agreement
• Guardianship
  Mr. Williams is certified in Texas to be appointed as an attorney for applicants for guardianship, as well as a court appointed attorney in guardianship proceedings, including an attorney ad litem.
• Spousal Support

Criminal Law

• Wrongful Death
• Restraining Order
  Has experience with both judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, home equity foreclosures and probate foreclosures.  Personal property foreclosures include delivery of notice of default and acceleration of maturity, retaking possession of collateral, and facilitating public or private sales of collateral.  In the event a financial institution is precluded with proceeding with a foreclosure by virtue of a restraining order, bankruptcy, or other judicial process...

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  In order to develop comprehensive solutions for our clients, our corporate law attorneys work closely with attorneys in our other practice groups of our law firm, including tax, real estate, labor and employment, employee benefits, litigation, bankruptcy.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Langley & Banack seeks to provide our clients with practical and efficient solutions to business issues. Our corporate and business lawyers have extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, purchases and sales of business assets, corporate restructuring, entity selection, formation and operation, including the formation and operation of partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies and corporations, buy-sell agreements, business and organizational planning, financing transactions, employment law, and private offerings of securities.
• Business Disputes
  Ms. Marmor’s practice is primarily devoted to the area of medical/nursing malpractice defense, including representation of various types of health care entities, including hospitals, physicians, clinics, skilled care facilities, and health care product manufacturers. Additional representative areas include representing individual nurses, health care paraprofessionals (including certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives), and physicians of various disciplines including Obstetricians, Emergency Room Physicians, Surgeons, Oncologists and Anesthesiologists. She has extensive knowledge of the evolving state medical liability law, including drafting and litigating medical expert challenges pursuant to statutory requirements. Ms. Marmor has also represented medical clients in employment defense matters, and represented individuals in contract disputes & lease disputes.
• Business Transactions
  Stephen Ahl is an attorney in Langley & Banack’s Carrizo Springs and San Antonio offices. Stephen’s practice is focused primarily on representing Texas land and business owners in both litigation and transactional matters. He began his career at the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office in the White Collar division where he was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of fraud cases involving complex business transactions as well the prosecution of public corruption cases. Stephen’s extensive litigation background helped him quickly transition into handling complex energy, oil and gas matters.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Beneficial Ownership Disclosure Starts January 1, 2024 Starting January 1, 2024, pursuant to the Corporate Transparency Act, with certain limited exceptions, corporations, limited liability companies, limited partnerships and any entity...
• Construction Contracts
  Led by Clinton Butler, our Construction podcast series includes topics covering major issues commonly seen in construction contracts including escalation clauses, indemnity clauses, and force major, major issues commonly seen in construction defect litigation including trends, multi-party litigation and additional insured claims as well as an overview of construction delay claims.
• Trade Secrets

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
• Non-compete Agreement
  The FTC originally proposed the Non-Compete Clause Rule on January 19, 2023, pursuant to President Biden’s 2021 “Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy.”  After review of approximately 26,000 public comments over the course of 15 months, the FTC adopted the final rule addressing non-competes.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  As an attorney, Eddie has a general practice focused on municipal law and civil litigation. He is Shareholder-in-Charge of the Eagle Pass office involving a diverse practice handling matters related to estate and probate, family and real estate law, commercial litigation, small business contractual law, and transactional work. Eddie’s practice is focused mainly on the state district court system throughout South-Central Texas. He serves as general counsel and provides legal advice to local and regional governmental entities in Maverick County and the surrounding communities. As an Eagle Pass native, Eddie has had the opportunity to serve and assist out-of-town legal counsel and their respective companies by serving as local counsel for the defense on numerous occasions in the South-Central counties surrounding Eagle Pass. His invaluable experience, relationships, and knowledge have equalized the playing field for attorneys and companies unfamiliar with the South Texas court system. In short, Eddie has become the go-to lawyer for local counsel work in Maverick County and the surrounding communities. Heriberto Morales, Jr. (Eddie) Full Bio
• Construction Litigation
  Because of Buddy’s love of law and his dedication to excellence, Buddy received many accolades during his distinguished career. Buddy was named one of the Best Lawyers in America in Litigation for 23 years as well as a Texas Super Lawyer for 12 years. He was selected as a Best Lawyer in San Antonio in Commercial Litigation by Scene in SA magazine since 2004; San Antonio’s 2009 Lawyer of the Year for Bet-the-Company Litigation; a Lifetime Achievement Award winner for the San Antonio Business Journal Best Lawyer Awards in 2010; San Antonio’s 2012 Lawyers of the Year for Construction Litigation; and the Texas Bar Association recipient of the Professional Excellence Lifetime Achievement Award winner in 2018. He has also been selected as the 2019 recipient of the San Antonio Bar Association Joe Frazier Brown, Sr. Award of Excellence.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Langley & Banack New Braunfels is a full-service office serving the New Braunfels and Central Texas communities. Our New Braunfels team represents businesses, financial institutions, public entities, trusts, families, and individuals in matters ranging from complex business litigation to real estate transactions to family law matters. Langley & Banack New Braunfels has become widely respected for our ability to match our expertise to the needs of a diverse client base thanks not only to our local experience, but also because of our proximity to our main office in San Antonio. Our attorneys work together to find creative solutions for even the most complicated cases. Innovation, integrity, and a commitment to excellence are some of the values found at the core of Langley & Banack New Braunfels.
• Eminent Domain
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
• Condominium Law

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Ruben O. Valadez is a Shareholder in Langley & Banack’s Eagle Pass office. He practices in the areas of governmental law, real estate, corporate, probate, and litigation. He has extensive experience representing municipalities and governmental bodies and boards throughout Central and South Texas as city attorney, municipal court prosecutor, and general counsel. He is also experienced in civil and personal injury litigation, having worked on behalf of injured clients and in insurance defense. Ruben has also served as local counsel for businesses outside of Maverick County.
• Medical Malpractice
  Shareholder Lucretia Marmor is the chair of our Medical Malpractice Defense practice group and a member of our management committee.  She is a gifted attorney, but also an active member of the communities in and around Medina County.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Langley & Banack offers some of the most comprehensive estate planning services in Texas.  Our estate planning attorneys have extensive experience with counseling clients regarding the most effective and appropriate planning for their specific estate and family circumstances.
• Wills
  Will contests take on many different forms, but there are generally allegations that the decedent, at the time he or she executed the will, did not have the requisite testamentary capacity and/or was unduly influenced by someone to execute the will. Wills can also be set aside on other grounds such as: mistake, fraud, or insane delusion.
• Trusts
  Mr. Pfeuffer’s legal practice focuses on real estate and business transactional matters and litigation involving a broad variety of commercial matters and family law.  Additionally, he handles probate matters and litigation relating to trusts and estates in the tri-county area.
• Power of Attorney
  In a perfect world the agent responsibly uses the important powers granted by the statutory durable power of attorney to act only in the best interest of the principal; however, that does not always happen and Texas law provides tools to monitor and correct misbehavior by the agent. Unfortunately, as the general population ages and dementia and Alzheimer’s become more prevalent, we have seen an increase in cases where an agent has abused its powers to take advantage of a vulnerable principal.
• Probate
  James J. Aycock is a Board Certified attorney for both Estate Planning and Probate law in the state of Texas. He has over 40 years of experience in handling estate planning cases and was voted as White’s Best Lawyers in America for Trust and Estates for the past 20 years. He is also known for his role as an academic author and speaker of estate planning topics.

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Langley & Banack has a very active business and personal bankruptcy practice. Our bankruptcy lawyers have been involved in virtually every type of bankruptcy-related case, including litigation arising in the context of the bankruptcy process and related proceedings. Langley & Banack is proud of its reputation and expertise in the restructuring area and frequently represents creditors, creditor’s committees, debtors, shareholders, trustees, landlords, and other interested parties. In addition to handling numerous business and personal bankruptcy proceedings under Chapters 7, 11 and 13, our bankruptcy lawyers also have experience handling municipal bankruptcies filings under Chapter 9 and international recognition proceedings under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.
• Foreclosure
  While Langley & Banack’s attorneys are well versed in facilitating workouts with Borrowers, including, the negotiation and preparation of renewal, extension, and modification agreements, forbearance agreements, deficiency agreements, and reinstatement agreements, our Firm has extensive experience and expertise in representing financial institutions in real and personal property foreclosures. Typical real property foreclosure representation includes delivery of notice of default and acceleration of maturity, due diligence review of existing federal tax liens, real property liens, and other voluntary and involuntary liens against the collateral, and ultimately, should the loan not be brought back to good standing, foreclosure.  Our
• Tax Law
  On November 7th, Shareholder Taylor Williams will participate in a roundtable discussion on various business strategies relating to legal, lending, real estate, and tax issues for the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce's Lunch and Learn Series.