Attorney Profiles

Douglas A. Poneck
San Antonio, Texas
Partner, since 1991
phone 210-225-0001
888-700-7557 (Toll Free)
fax 210-225-0041
email Email Me

Douglas A. Poneck, a founder and managing partner, serves as general counsel for the Firm's governmental entity clients. Mr. Poneck's practice focuses primarily on employment, local government, and general civil practice providing guidance to clients in the areas of public administration, employment, education, housing, and other related matters.

Mr. Poneck has represented clients in state courts, appellate courts, and before the Texas Education Agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Office for Civil Rights. He maintains his practice while overseeing the daily operations of the Firm.
Year Joined Organization:
1991
Areas of Practice:
Labor & Employment
Local Government
General Civil Practice
Bar Admissions:
Texas, 1991
Education:
The University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1990

J.D.

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987

B.A.

Honors and Awards:
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation


Professional Associations and Memberships:
National School Boards Association, Council of School Attorneys
Member


National Association of Bond Lawyers
Member


Texas Association of School Boards, Council of School Attorneys
Member


Hispanic National Bar Association
Member


San Antonio Bar Association
Member


Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Texas
Board Member


National Development Council
Board Member


Texas Bar Foundation
Fellow


Forty Under Forty for San Antonio
Member

With offices in San Antonio, Dallas, Laredo, and Houston, Texas, as well as Mexico City, Mexico, the minority-owned law firm of Escamilla, Poneck & Cruz, LLP, offers a wide range of legal services to governmental agencies, private corporations, and individuals throughout the state of Texas including the cities of Jourdanton, Floresville, Seguin, New Braunfels, Boerne, Laredo, Macdona, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Grapevine, Colleyville, South Lake, Fort Worth, Arlington, Irving, Denton, Plano, Richardson, and Flower Mound, and throughout the counties of Bexar, Atascosa, Wilson, Guadalupe, Comal, Kendall, Tarrant, Fort Bend, Harris, Wise, Hays, Williamson, Webb, Live Oak, Nueces, Austin and Cameron.