Family Law

• Adoption

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
• Fraud
  Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen's attorneys have investigated and litigated a number of civil RICO cases involving a variety of predicate acts, including wire fraud, mail fraud, bankruptcy fraud, and access device fraud. In this context, two of our partners have represented major corporations and served as Special Counsel for a Chapter 7 Trustee in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas.
• Theft
• Restraining Order
  It could be filing for a temporary restraining order to protect the business against a departing employee’s theft of company trade secrets or soliciting the company’s customers in violation of a non-solicitation agreement. Or, it might just be the need to clean up the company’s employment-related policies into a concise, but comprehensive employee handbook.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  The Attorneys of Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen, LLP have over 150 years of combined experience providing exemplary representation for clients in litigation, mediation, arbitration, real estate, corporate law transactions, and a multitude of other legal settings.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  Well-known in San Antonio’s business and legal community, LeFlore has served as lead counsel for mergers and acquisitions, private offerings and public issuances, complex commercial matters, financings, and international transactions. [ read more ]
• Business Disputes
  We provide a myriad of business law services to our clients to establish and grow their businesses, including assisting the sole proprietor to providing advice to well-established companies looking to expand organically or by acquiring other businesses. We set up limited liability companies, general and limited partnerships, for profit and nonprofit corporations, and other types of business structures. We also serve as outside General Counsel to many of our clients.
• Business Transactions
  This includes the skill to recognize when alternative means of dispute resolution are appropriate. For example, many business transactions require non-judicial methods of dispute resolution. Our attorneys have experience in privately administered arbitrations and arbitrations administered by the American Arbitration Association, the International Center for Dispute Resolution, and the International Chamber of Commerce. If the client’s objective can be reached by settlement, our attorneys are skilled negotiators within and outside mediation settings. Our attorneys are also available to act as mediators.
• Limited Liability Companies
  Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen takes pride in providing its clients with expert legal counsel and assistance in selecting and preparing the proper legal vehicle for real estate projects and investments, such as co-tenancies, joint ventures, general and limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and trusts. We also provide representation for borrowers and lenders on traditional construction, permanent, and acquisition mortgage loans, as well as more specialized real estate financing transactions, such as leasehold mortgage loans, conduit loans, securitized loans, and sale-leasebacks. Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen is also one of the few law firms in Texas with experience representing developers in affordable housing transactions utilizing low-income housing tax (LIHT) credits.
• Trade Secrets
• Intellectual Property
• Unfair Competition
  A substantial part of Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen’s commercial litigation experience has been devoted to resolving a variety of business tort-claims, from tortious interference, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty claims, to more complex unfair competition, alter ego, and antitrust claims.
• Antitrust
  No matter the size of the company, antitrust and trade regulation laws can pose a significant challenge. Even success in the marketplace brings with it concerns over such laws.

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Pullen, Cappuccio & Pullen’s attorneys also guide the firm’s clients through the hiring and firing process, which can be treacherous terrain, given the myriad of federal, state, and local employment laws. We help our clients with offer of employment letters, employment applications, employment agreements, confidentiality, non-solicitation, and non-competition agreements, drafting of employee policies and handbooks, interacting with the Texas Workforce Commission and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and providing general labor and employment law advice.
• Employment Litigation
  Pullen, Cappuccio & Pullen’s attorneys provide all of these services and more. Statistics have shown that in Texas approximately 1 in 5 lawsuits involve an employer-employee dispute. Without proper representation, the potential losses to a business could be catastrophic. Pullen, Cappuccio & Pullen’s attorneys have years of experience in handling employment claims on behalf of employers.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  We are well-versed in the intricacies of construction law. In fact, two of Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen’s partners are routinely invited to speak at continuing education conferences on construction law issues, and recently presented papers at the Construction Defect and Insurance Coverage symposium in Houston, Texas. Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen’s attorneys routinely handle claims for construction defects, design and product defects, deceptive trade practices, warranty claims, and real estate fraud.
• Construction Litigation
  The Texas Residential Construction Liability Act: An Overview, presented May 20, 2004, in Houston, Texas, at the Lorman Continuing Legal Education Class on Construction Defects and Insurance Coverage in Texas, Elliott Cappuccio.
• Real Estate Transactions
  W. Drew Mallender practices in the areas of real estate and finance. Mr. Mallender represents lenders, developers, and owners in commercial real estate transactions, development, and finance. He advises clients on entity formation and governance, structuring partnerships and joint ventures, negotiating and structuring complex transactions and contracts, and real estate development planning, entitlements and compliance matters.
• Eminent Domain
  Litigating Utility Easements in Eminent Domain / Condemnation Proceedings, Law of Easements Conference and Texas Land Law for Civil Engineers and Land Surveyors Conference, 2010, Leigh Levy.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen also represents developers, owners, lenders, buyers, sellers, investors, landlords and tenants in all facets of commercial real estate and land use matters.
• Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  When Tenants File for Bankruptcy, presented at the SES Commercial Landlord Tenant Law Conference, July 21, 2010, Elliott Cappuccio.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  Flamboyant San Antonio personal injury attorney Thomas J. Henry has been involved in his share of lawsuits, often touting in ubiquitous advertisements the multimillion-dollar awards his firm has won for clients. [read more]

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Amanda Ornelas earned her BBA in Business Management at May's Business School at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Amanda then attended law school where she graduated from St. Mary's University School of Law in 2020. While in law school, she participated in the Hispanic Law Student Association, Women's Law Association, Student Bar Association, and Society of Oil and Gas Law Students. She was an Octa-finalist in the 2018 Linda & Dave Schlueter Moot Court Competition. She also worked as a law clerk at various law firms in South Texas where she gained experience in the legal fields of real estate, oil and gas, criminal, and estate planning. After graduation and bar passage, she worked as a transactional real estate attorney.
• Wills
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
  Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen’s bankruptcy attorneys feature a unique combination of actual trial experience coupled with in-depth knowledge of bankruptcy law, procedure and practice.
• Foreclosure
  Lone Star filed for bankruptcy protection in January, stopping a foreclosure auction of the complex at 500 and 600 Lone Star Blvd. It is trying to sell the property for at least $13.5 million. [read more]
• Tax Law
  Mr. Pullen’s practice encompasses a variety of practice areas. While he continues to focus on representing clients in complex commercial litigation, Mr. Pullen’s practice also includes the representation of affordable housing providers and commercial property owners in property tax litigation. Mr. Pullen also routinely advises clients on their general business and corporate matters. Mr. Pullen also represents physicians and other medical providers in administrative and peer review proceedings.
• Debt Collection