I have a friend looking for a good divorce lawyer in the San Antonio area. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated, thanks

Not sure if this will be a contested divorce or not but these two are heavy hitters. I was on a jury for a child custody case with these two attorneys. Hope I never have to go through anything that contested but if I ever do, I would hire one of them after seeing them in action. I'm sure they are high priced too.

https://bernsteinlegal.com/ Jeffrey Bernstein was the attorney in the trial.

https://www.medleylawfirm.com/ Mark Medley

In case you were wondering, Medley's client won. Bernstein's client was not a nice person so that is not a knock on him.

I can give you the name of one that's terrible…Brandon Wong.

Just tell your "good friend" to give her everything he's got and save the attorney fees.......

From experience, get the baddest MOFO in SA. If children are involved document everything. Keep a journal. I was paying $4k a month in child support and she took me back to court. My child support was reduced to $1k a month largely because she broke every rule from manipulating/lying to my kids. Good luck to your friend.

BBGigem said:

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Not sure if this will be a contested divorce or not but these two are heavy hitters. I was on a jury for a child custody case with these two attorneys. Hope I never have to go through anything that contested but if I ever do, I would hire one of them after seeing them in action. I'm sure they are high priced too.

https://bernsteinlegal.com/ Jeffrey Bernstein was the attorney in the trial.

https://www.medleylawfirm.com/ Mark Medley

In case you were wondering, Medley's client won. Bernstein's client was not a nice person so that is not a knock on him.

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I'm not sure he's even practicing anymore but avoid Justin Cook, and certainly if it's contested. He's an Aggie, but he is far too passive in a contentious suit. I retained him for my agreed divorce so that was easy, but when she came back 2 years later for a child modification suit I needed a bulldog and Cook pretty much singlehandedly screwed my case. He should have had the case dismissed or set it for trial but he ended up screwing around with her attorney and suggested hiring an amicus for the kids, which meant more money for me and added practically no value to my case. I ended up firing him when he announced "not ready" at a hearing that was scheduled for weeks - the judge was annoyed.

I hired Jeffrey Bernstein and he immediately set the case for trial. He said a lot of damage had already been done but he would do the best he could. He recommended having her deposed, and agreed. She had real difficulty recalling allegations she made and I enjoyed watching him put her in tears. Bernstein was expensive. More expensive than Cook. I lost the case, but I was more comfortable with how Bernstein strategized and prepared for our hearings.

Depending on how friendly of a divorce it is, one thing you might do is go to some of the key attorneys for a consult. I think once you engage them, if she were to contact them after, they can't represent her or discuss the case. I've heard of people doing this.

AggieArchitect04 said:

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Depending on how friendly of a divorce it is, one thing you might do is go to some of the key attorneys for a consult. I think once you engage them, if she were to contact them after, they can't represent her or discuss the case. I've heard of people doing this.

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Not cool, and if a judge finds out you did this just do disqualify other lawyers, it won't end well. That's wasting people's time and an abuse of the system.

Yeah that move got famous after it was discussed in some big move back in the 90's. Can't remember which. I figured that did not actually work.

Tony did it in The Sopranos

Oh right!