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    San Antonio area BK Attorney Selection Guide

    I stayed up until 2:00 AM the other night to help a relative in San Antonio find a good BK Attorney by using statistics from the court calender like I had done for myself. The goal is to avoid the giant Bankruptcy mills, the Chapter 13 pushers and anyone who's got too few cases to have a good level of expertise.

    I downloaded 100+ web pages worth of court calender data and ended up with a spreadsheet of raw data just over 25,000 lines long. The court calender records were available for the first six months of 2007 and provide a good picture of who's who and what's what in court. I broke down the data to arrive at a list of attorneys that had ever appeared in court representing Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 cases. Duplicate entries were eliminated so that only individual cases were counted even if they appeared in court multiple times. In the end there was just over 2,500 unique cases seen in court over the six month period.

    It seems like a shame for all of the hard work to go to wasted, so I'm posting my statistics here so that others can use it too. I'm sure things will change as time goes on, but these statistics should paint a pretty reliable picture for months to come.

    Statistics will follow in additional post following this one...
    Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.
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    For every Chapter 7 case seen in court during the first six months in 2007, there were just over seven Chapter 13 cases seen. (Keep in mind that Chapter 13 cases last for years so there's a fews years worth previous cases going back to court during this six month period. Chapter 7 cases are seen much less often and typically wrap up in just a few months. For this reason, Chapter 13 cases show up in court more than Chapter 7 even though the original number of cases filed each month is much closer to equal.)

    These are my favorites based on my own criteria.
    - A good ratio of Chapter 7 to Chapter 13 cases and hopefully better than the overall 1:7 ratio if possible.
    - Not too many cases compared to others.
    - Not too few cases (more than three)


    Johnny W. Thomas (TRUSTEE)
    Johnny W. Thomas, Law Office, P.C.
    (210) 226-5888
    1153 E. Commerce
    San Antonio, Texas 78205
    Chapter 7: 3
    Chapter 13: 10
    Ratio: 1:3 (Good)


    Jose C. Rodriguez (TRUSTEE)
    Jose C Rodriguez Law Offices
    (210) 738-8881
    342 W Woodlawn Ave
    Suite 103
    San Antonio, TX 78212
    Chapter 7: 3
    Chapter 13: 6
    Ratio: 2:1 (Good)


    Elliott S. Cappuccio
    Helen G. Schwartz
    Pulman, Bresnahan, Pullen and Cappuccio, L.L.P.
    (210) 222-9494
    2161 N.W. Military Highway
    Suite 400
    San Antonio, Texas 78213
    Chapter 7: 16
    Chapter 13: 0


    Martin Warren Seidler
    (210) 694-0300
    One Elm Pl.
    11107 Wurzbach Rd.
    Ste. 504
    San Antonio, TX 78230
    Chapter 7: 12
    Chapter 13: 0


    William R. Davis Jr
    Langley & Banack, Inc.
    (210) 253-7135
    745 E Mulberry
    Suite 900
    San Antonio, TX 78212
    Chapter 7: 8
    Chapter 13: 31
    Ratio: 1:3 (Good)


    James Samuel Wilkins
    (210) 271-9212
    Suite 2300
    105 S Saint Marys
    San Antonio, TX 78205-2810
    Chapter 7: 9
    Chapter 13: 0



    Harrel L. Davis III
    Gordon & Mott P.C.
    (915) 545-1133
    4695 North Mesa
    El Paso, TX 79912
    Chapter 7: 6
    Chapter 13: 0


    Melvin N. Eichelbaum
    Eichelbaum Law Office
    (210) 681-5710
    6100 BANDERA ROAD
    SUITE 407
    SAN ANTONIO, TX 78238
    Chapter 7: 5
    Chapter 13: 9
    Ratio: 1:2 (Good)


    L. David Levinson
    Law Offices of David Levinson
    (210) 829-5033
    284 Thorain
    San Antonio, Texas 78212


    John M. Tutt
    Law Office of John M. Tutt
    (210) 366-9676
    10010 San Pedro
    Suite 660
    San Antonio, TX 78216
    Chapter 7: 3
    Chapter 13: 8
    Ratio: 3:1 (Good)


    John L. Sanders Sr.
    John L. Sanders, Attorney
    (210) 349-3153
    8026 Vantage Drive
    Suite 100
    San Antonio, Texas 78230
    Chapter 7: 2
    Chapter 13: 7
    Ratio: 3:1 (Good)


    Douglas G. Deffenbaugh
    Law Offices of Douglas G. Deffenbaugh
    (210) 496-0612
    Suite 735
    140 Heimer
    San Antonio, TX 78270
    Chapter 7: 2
    Chapter 13: 6
    Ratio: 3:1 (Good)


    Robert L. Mays Jr.
    (210) 657-7772
    2700 NE Loop 410
    Suite 675
    San Antonio, TX 78217
    Chapter 7: 2
    Chapter 13: 6
    Ratio: 3:1 (Good)
    Last edited by Keebler; 07-10-2007, 11:15 PM.
    Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.

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      #3
      The following list shows Attorneys with a heavy bias toward Chapter 13 cases. (At least three times more frequent than average -- some are a bunch more.) If chapter 13 is your intention, you might consider these to be the best.


      Rick Flume
      Chapter 7: 2
      Chapter 13: 210

      Paul W. Rosenbaum
      Chapter 7: 7
      Chapter 13: 173

      Jan Perry Lederer
      Chapter 7: 4
      Chapter 13: 152

      Magdalena Gonzales
      Chapter 7: 3
      Chapter 13: 143

      H. Anthony Hervol
      Chapter 7: 3
      Chapter 13: 64

      Rogena Jan Atkinson
      Chapter 7: 1
      Chapter 13: 49

      Francisco M. Sepeda
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 49

      David P. Volkman
      Chapter 7: 1
      Chapter 13: 33

      Melvin Ronald Blumberg
      Chapter 7: 1
      Chapter 13: 33

      W. Stephen Graves
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 32

      Charles R. Bomba
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 31

      Heidi McLeod and Paul W. Rosenbaum
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 26

      Ray Fisher
      Chapter 7: 1
      Chapter 13: 25

      Charles Bondurant
      Chapter 7: 1
      Chapter 13: 24

      Jose L. Soria
      Chapter 7: 1
      Chapter 13: 24

      Cynthia Zuniga Puig
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 16

      Monica C. Morales
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 9

      David K. Sergi
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 7

      Joe A. Gamez
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 7

      Robert F. Eichelbaum
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 7

      Dana L. Scott
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 5

      Raymond J Vale Jr
      Chapter 7: 0
      Chapter 13: 4
      Last edited by Keebler; 07-10-2007, 11:12 PM.
      Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.

      Comment

        #4
        The following list shows attornies with a bias toward Chapter 13 that's a little higher than average. There's some good choices here if you'd like to see an attorney with a bigger practice.

        J. Todd Malaise
        Chapter 7: 28
        Chapter 13: 409

        Morris Joseph Kirschberg
        Chapter 7: 4
        Chapter 13: 63

        Jonathan M. Williams
        Chapter 7: 4
        Chapter 13: 51

        Callan M. Billingsley
        Chapter 7: 3
        Chapter 13: 52

        Ricardo Ojeda Jr.
        Chapter 7: 3
        Chapter 13: 49

        William T Burrell
        Chapter 7: 1
        Chapter 13: 14

        Chance M. McGhee
        Chapter 7: 9
        Chapter 13: 79

        Patrick Alan Swindell
        Chapter 7: 1
        Chapter 13: 9

        Paul B. Keller
        Chapter 7: 1
        Chapter 13: 9
        Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.

        Comment

          #5
          The following list shows attorneys with cases right at or just better than average. some of these aren't as busy as the big guys, but still handle a good number of cases. Some more good choices here...

          David T. Cain
          Chapter 7: 5
          Chapter 13: 32

          Lewis E. Buttles
          Chapter 7: 5
          Chapter 13: 30

          Troy E. Cleveland
          Chapter 7: 5
          Chapter 13: 25

          William B. Chenault III
          Chapter 7: 4
          Chapter 13: 24

          Jon R. Disrud
          Chapter 7: 3
          Chapter 13: 17

          Steven G. Cennamo
          Chapter 7: 2
          Chapter 13: 8

          John P. Riley
          Chapter 7: 1
          Chapter 13: 7

          Margot B. Gallegos
          Chapter 7: 1
          Chapter 13: 6

          Dean William Greer
          Chapter 7: 1
          Chapter 13: 5
          Last edited by Keebler; 07-10-2007, 11:05 PM.
          Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.

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            #6
            The following list shows attorneys that had three or less cases of any one kind over a six month period so they must not handle too many cases at all.

            Fay Cliett Gillham
            Morris E. White III
            G. A. Flores Jr.
            Fernando D. Gutierrez Jr.
            Kenneth J. Zysko
            Pedro V. Hernandez Jr.
            Robin V. Dwyer
            Frank Adam Muniz
            Michael J. O'Connor
            Benjamin R. Bingham
            Arthur J. Rossi Jr
            Kent M. McDougall
            Robert L. Barrows
            Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.

            Comment

              #7
              The following list are attorneys with three or fewer cases total in six months -- that's a trip to court every other month on average.

              Albert W. McKnight
              Ben Steinhauser
              Carol E. Jendrzey
              Garvin P. Stryker
              Glenn J. Deadman
              Michael G. Kelly
              Ronald Hornberger
              Sally Spears
              Carlos I. Uresti
              James R. Chapman Jr.
              John T. Fleming
              Michelle Ruttan Weekley
              Phillip A. Yochem Jr
              Sean A. Keane-Dawes
              Carol Sparks Gregg
              Larry A. Vick
              Penny K. Habbeshaw
              R. Glen Ayers Jr.
              (no aty)
              Adam Cardenas Jr
              Alex Wyatt Wright
              Andrew Jackson Pope III
              Ben B. Floyd
              Bernard R. Given II
              Charles K. Tabet
              Claiborne B. Gregory Jr.
              Dwain W. Blaschke
              Edward L. Bravenec
              Eric J. Taube and Mark Curtis Taylor
              Frank M Teveni
              Glen R. Peterson
              Grayson Kirk Meade
              H. Christopher Mott
              Hugo Xavier de los Santos
              Jack Minyard Partain Jr.
              James W. Myart Jr
              Jerome Andrew Brown
              Jesse Blanco Jr.
              Jim K. Jopling
              Joel H. Klein
              John E. Smith
              John W. Alvis
              Keith M. Baker
              Langley & Banack, Inc.
              Lynn H. Butler
              Maricela Cavazos
              Marilyn G. Miller
              Mary Linda Rushing
              Michael Alexander Tabet
              Michael D. Warner
              Michael G. Panzarella
              Oscar L. Cantu Jr
              Patrick H. Autry
              Patrick L. Huffstickler and Timothy Aaron Million
              Stephen A. Roberts
              William P. Weaver Jr.
              Last edited by Keebler; 07-10-2007, 11:13 PM.
              Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.

              Comment

                #8
                The final list is attorneys with three or fewer cases in six months and not even a single Chapter 7 case.

                Brenda Rolon
                Daniel J Ciment
                David A. Benavides
                David A. Bosworth
                David C Werner and J. Todd Malaise
                David Gerald Reeves
                Dawn Guilliams
                Devethia Nichols-Thompson
                Erin Marie Allen
                Genie Wright
                George A. Rigely
                Gerald C. Moton
                Heidi McLeod
                J. Raymond Karam
                James A. Hoffman
                James E. Bailey III
                John A. Ruttan and Michelle Ruttan Weekley
                John C. Connors
                Joris Robert Vanhemelrijck
                Jose Esequiel Ramos
                Joseph Anthony Hernandez
                Joseph W. Shulter
                Maria Luisa Holmgreen
                Marion Olson
                Michael J. Pledger
                Randolph N. Osherow
                Richard P. Corrigan
                Robert D. Valdespino
                Roger Glenn Stephens
                Ronald J. Smeberg
                Roy L. Bell
                Scott Matthew York
                Spencer W. Dobbs
                Steven R. Rodriguez
                Thomas W. Howe
                V. O. Carden Jr.
                Vivian Lea Borland
                Wallace C. Mencke
                William B. Kingman
                William H. Johnson III
                Last edited by Keebler; 07-10-2007, 11:11 PM.
                Discharged November 2008 100 days after filing no-asset Chapter 7. We intended to let a two-year-old vehicle go back to the bank and reaffirm an inexpensive ten-year-old SUV and our home mortgage. In the end we surrendered ALL of our vehicles and reaffirmed NOTHING. We'll "ride through" our mortgage after the court ruled it an undue hardship.

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