The Heart of Bexar County

their belief that government clients should
have excellent legal representation if they are
to be effective in fulfilling their mission and
serve the public good. Further, the firm’s
lawyers do not simply represent its
governmental clients as a business proposition.
Instead, they work to represent such clients
because if fulfills serving the communities that
have entrusted them.
Since it’s founding, Escamilla & Poneck, LLP
has become a dynamic, full-service, 100%
minority-owned law firm with offices in San
Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston,
and Monroe, Louisiana.
Escamilla & Poneck has grown and
diversified in an effort to support various clients
across Texas and Louisiana with responsive inperson
services. It provides a variety of legal
services, including a number of general counsel
services (i.e. services related to the particular
subject areas of the governments represented),
litigation, bond counsel and government
relations before the Texas legislature.
Escamilla & Poneck primarily represents
governmental entities throughout Texas. In
particular, the firm is very experienced in
working with school boards, but also represent
other kinds of boards, including boards of
housing authorities, workforce development
entities, urban renewal agencies, utilities, cities,
counties, special-purpose districts and various
related non-profits.
In short, the firm’s greatest strengths are its
breadth and diversity of experience in
representing governmental entities along a
broad spectrum, with an emphasis on legal
services needed to serve those entities. The
firm has also established a highly collaborative
working environment in which attorneys and
staff all participate to provide clients highly
responsive and effective legal service. In the
end, the lawyers of Escamilla & Poneck feel
that governmental entities ultimately serve
the law and the public, their actions should
be transparent and accountable, from top
to bottom.
Escamilla & Poneck has been a leader in
promoting diversity within the Texas legal
community. When Pablo and Doug established
the firm nearly 30 years ago, there were very few
minority owned firms that served governmental
entities. Since then, many of the firms that
provide similar services have added diversity
to their teams of lawyers, and some firms
have even shared ownership with minority
lawyers. The firm may not be as unique in the
industry as it was, but the partners feel that’s a
good thing.
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