Davis & Santos, PLLC is pleased to announce that shareholder, Patty Vargas, has been elected as Treasurer for the San Antonio Bar Association for the

Earlier this month, attorneys Sarah Santos, Caroline Small, Patricia Vargas, Karissa Gonzalez and Hayley Ellison were named in Scene in SA Magazine‘s 2022 Outstanding Women

Earlier this year, reporter Kenneth Artz spoke with our Firm’s Co-Founding Partner Sarah Santos about why Mexican businesses are looking for Texas Lawyers in his

Senior counsel Hayley Ellison and associate Landon Hankins have been named as some of this year’s Texas Rising Stars by Super Lawyers, part of Thomson

On February 3-4, 2022, shareholder Santos Vargas presented at San Antonio Estate Planners Council’s bi-annual Docket Call in Probate Court seminar. Hosted by fellow D&S shareholder, Patty Vargas,

On January 21, 2022, The Crime Report published an article titled, “How the Pandemic Fueled a Surge in Wire Fraud” written by Sarah Santos. The

Senior Associate Joshua J. Caldwell recently presented at the TexasBarCLE Civil Appellate Practice 101 seminar in Austin, Texas.  His presentation, entitled “Ethics on Appeal 101”

Sarah Santos, co-founder and managing partner of Davis & Santos, PLLC, has been named to the Board of Directors for Southwest Association of Bank Counsel.

Hayley Ellison, senior counsel at Davis & Santos, PLLC, has been recognized as one of The Top Attorneys in San Antonio: 2021 by San Antonio

Davis & Santos, PLLC Associate Attorney Stephanie Dodge Bigley has been selected as a member of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation 2022 LEAD Academy

Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, the Texas Supreme Court remained committed to justice, quickly adapted to holding remote proceedings, and even issued twenty-five percent

Provisions of the Texas Estates Code afford several methods that can be employed to enable the execution of a will despite the limitations exacerbated by

Patricia “Patty” Rouse Vargas, chair of the San Antonio Bar Association’s Probate Courts Committee, urged commissioners to give relief to the local courts. Read the

Twelve months into the COVID-19 pandemic, how do we measure the changes that the last year wrought on our profession and our communities? Read the

The San Antonio Bar Association (SABA) has announced their new Board of Directors for 2021-2023. Patty Vargas has been re-elected to serve her second term

Santos Vargas was selected chair-elect of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors. Santos Vargas will take office in June 2021 and will serve

Ms. Caroline Newman Small with Davis & Santos, P.C. has been elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. Fellows of the

Davis & Santos is pleased to welcome Stephanie Dodge as our newest Associate Attorney. Prior to joining Davis & Santos, Stephanie served as a law

Davis & Santos is pleased to welcome Hayley Ellison as Senior Counsel. Hayley focuses her practice on appeals and commercial litigation. Prior to joining Davis

The Texas Supreme Court has answered a question certified to it by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding what constitutes

Does your client have a pending claim against a partnership or an LLC? Do you think Chapter 38 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies

In the second issue of this publication, we discussed the unintended consequences of the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), also known as the Anti- Strategic

On August 6, 2019, two of our partners – Jason Davis and Jay Hulings – received rave reviews for their work from Senior United States

Litigation is document driven — the more complex the case, the more voluminous the documents. Presenting a mountain of evidence to judges and juries, however,

Davis Santos, P.C. has earned its state-wide reputation as a firm of experienced trial attorneys that successfully litigates cases for its wide array of clients.

You have probably heard basic tenets of litigation such as, “Make sure you properly prepare your client for deposition” and “Make sure affidavits your client

Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), each individual who dies during 2019 will have a lifetime exemption amount of $11,400,000.

In 2015, Third Court of Appeals Justice Bob Pemberton, presciently warned that the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), or the Anti-Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation

After following an indirect path, a persistent interest in law led Santos Vargas to a legal career in San Antonio, where he has become, as