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Langley & Banack attorneys represented 13 practice areas in the 2019 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Erica Valladares and Natalie Wilson presented “Legal Basics for Every Business” to the entrepreneurs enrolled in LaunchSA’s ImpulSA program.

Real Estate shareholder Marc J. Schnall was named a 2018 Outstanding Lawyer by the San Antonio Business Journal. Mr. Schnall joins a distinguished group of 2018 honorees, as well as numerous Langley & Banack shareholders who have received the award in years past. Congratulations, Marc!

Langley & Banack is proud to announce that Buddy Banack, Art Bayern, Mike Boyle, Steve Brook, Steve Browne, Sylvia Cardona, David Gragg, Andrew Himoff, Roger Kirstein, Jo Chris Lopez, Lucretia Marmor, Joyce Moore, Rob Ramsey, Bill Sommers, and Bruce Spindler have been named 2018 Texas Super Lawyers as published by Thomson Reuters.

Our litigation team successfully defended a $200 million dollar civil claim against construction client Anderson Columbia Co., Inc. The verdict for the two and one-half week case in Maverick County found no liability on Anderson Columbia and found the company in full compliance of TXDOT’s Traffic Control Plan.

Colleagues and friends gathered to celebrate Cathy Stone’s Women’s Leadership Award on Thursday, August 23rd at the Pearl Stable.

On Wednesday, August 8, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued proposed regulations that would implement the new 20% qualified business income deduction for S corporation shareholders. This new deduction was created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2017 as an attempt to level the playing field for certain pass-throughs such as S corporations with respect to the reduction in the federal corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%.

Ms. Wilson will join other top creditors’ rights attorneys from around Texas to discuss current trends in bankruptcy at the annual ABA section meeting in Austin this September.

Emerson “Buddy” Banack Jr. and Natalie F. Wilson have been recognized by Texas Lawyer for their significant contributions to the legal profession. Buddy Banack, co-founder and shareholder of the Firm, was selected for the Lifetime Achievement award, and Natalie Wilson, a bankruptcy attorney, was awarded On the Rise for attorneys 40 years of age and under.

The St. Mary’s Alumni Association will honor several distinguished alumni at a formal ceremony on Thursday, August 23 at 11:30 am at Pearl Stable.

The San Antonio Business Journal announced its 2018 Women’s Leadership Award winners naming Shareholder Cathy Stone as one of the distinguished group of women leaders influencing our community. Shareholder Sylvia Cardona was awarded the same honor in 2017.

Across 20 specialties, 34 Langley & Banack attorneys were named the best in the city by their peers in the 2018 survey.