D'Hanis Lawyers

We protect families and preserve assets by providing legal services in the areas of family law. Crista M Branch has 19 years of legal experience and have focused specifically on family law for 15 years. The firm handles divorces, custody, child support modifications, termination and adoptions, pre and post-nuptials and grandparent rights cases.

I am a 1966 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law and a 1964 graduate of the University of Texas School of Business. Following graduation, I served in the United States Army in the Army Security Agency and, after receiving a commission, in the Army Artillery. I was released from duty after obtaining the rank of Captain. Then in 1969, I started a 40-year practice of law primarily in the Rio Grande Valley assisting clients in commercial and business matters, including litigation. I was privileged to have served as President of the Cameron County Bar, an elected member...

Veryl Brown is a former prosecutor in Houston and Seguin and has tried more than 200 jury trials with an excellent success rate.

Age and trickery will win out over youth and vigor any day! Years of experience as a prosecutor combined with years in private practice in one county make me the epitome of the small town attorney. I graduated from SWTSU, a.k.a. Texas State, and went to Law school at St. Mary's University in San Antonio. As a parent of one child and three German eating sheppards I have sunk my roots in the Texas Hill country. I pride myself on knowing Hays County's Law Enforcement, Prosecutors and Judiciary. Attorneys must advocate, not just lawyer!

Mr. Seifert graduated with honors from the Univ. of Pennsylvania, Wharton School (1977) and the NYU School of Law (1980). While in law school, he was an editor of the Annual Survey of American Law and authored an article, published in 1979, on whether ex parte sales under commercial liens constitutes state action. For the past 35+ years, Mr. Seifert has been engaged in a sophisticated real estate transactional law practice, including real estate acquisition and disposition, real estate finance (representing senior and subordinate lenders, originators of convertible debt and borrowers), loan defeasance, restructuring and refinancing, foreclosure/work-out and related matters,...

Anna Torres is the principal attorney at Anna M. Torres & Associates, P.C., and works in the areas of Estate Planning, Probate, Elder Law, Guardianships, and Special Needs Planning.

Education

1995- J.D. in Law Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico ranked 8th.
1999- LLM Master in Laws American Legal Studies, St. Mary’s University School of Law
2001- Jurisprudence Doctorate St. Mary’s University School of Law

Employment

2016- Founded Afonso Otero Attorney at Law, P.C.
2001- Founded Gonzalez & Otero, P.C.
2001- Present Attorney Consultant for the Mexican General Consulate in San Antonio, Texas
Participated as an expert in Mexican and immigration law for the Federal Public Defender for the Western District of Texas.

Memberships:

Texas Bar Association 2001 – Present

Western District of Texas

Southern District of Texas

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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I was born in Roswell, NM in 1956 and completed my 12th grade at Stavanger American School in Stavanger, Norway in June 1974. I graduated with a B.S. in Criminal Justice Theory and Research, along with a minor in Government from Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas in May 1978. During my time there, I was elected to the National Political Science Honor Society in 1977. I earned my J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas in December 1980 and was licensed by the State Bar of Texas in May 1981. I entered private practice in San Antonio,...

With 26 years of litigation experience in Texas courtrooms, I will fight to obtain the results you require.

Almost 30 years of legal and business experience in civil, criminal, family, probate, business and real estate, divorce and juvenile matters