Email: info@pmeyer.law
Phone: (830) 460-9000
Philip Meyer also offers professional mediation services to help families and businesses resolve disputes privately and efficiently.
I am an accomplished trial lawyer with over thirty years’ experience in the courtroom as both a lawyer and judge. My experience as Judge of a civil and criminal court, along with an appointment as a Family Law Master in Bexar County, have been an invaluable key to my success as an attorney.
I focused my early practice on family law and criminal defense litigation. As my practice grew and developed, I used my courtroom skills to litigate real estate, probate, and title insurance matters. My experience in criminal law matters is extensive. I have also represented clients in hundreds of probate and family law matters including divorce, child custody, child support, and protective orders. Clients benefit from my ability to analyze the outcome of civil disputes, criminal cases, and family law matters from a judge’s perspective. I am dedicated to providing prompt and professional service to my clients’ most important needs in all areas of complex litigation.
After leaving the bench, I continued my solo practice of law until 2010 when I became in-house litigation counsel for Fidelity National Title Group. Fidelity is a division of Fidelity National Financial, a Fortune 500 Company, and the largest title insurer in the United States. I successfully defended several jury trials with millions of dollars at stake, resulting in zero dollars of damage paid by my clients. I represent clients across the State of Texas and have enjoyed courtroom success in towns as small as Hondo and Bandera and as large as Houston, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio.
I have used my intense training, experience, and knowledge of trial advocacy to help my clients with disputes involving their most important business and personal legal matters.
I became a certified Mediator in April 2023 and will put my decades of experience to work helping other attorneys and their clients resolve complex litigation matters through alternative dispute resolution.
Phil Meyer, PLLC
D/B/A Phil Meyer, Attorney at Law and Certified Mediator
Houston, San Antonio, and Bandera, Texas. April, 2016 – present
Litigation and negotiations in title insurance, real estate, probate, family law, business disputes, and related matters. Representative client is a Fortune 500 company and the largest title insurance company in the United States. Clients include both individuals and corporate entities. Continued successful representation of clients in criminal and family law matters. Frequently serves as a court-appointed Receiver.
Construct Title Company, LLC d/b/a Blueprint Title TX and Southwest Land Title Insurance Company
San Antonio, Texas. 2018-2022
Served as escrow officer and on-site agency manager from 2018-2019.
Currently serve as a consultant and litigation counsel in active litigation.
Director of SWLTIC, title insurance underwriter.
Hanszen Laporte, LLP – Attorneys at Law.
Senior Counsel
Houston, Texas. September, 2013 – March, 2016
Conducted litigation and negotiations in title insurance, real estate, probate, family law, business disputes, and related matters. Representative client is the largest title insurance company in the United States. Clients include both individuals and corporate entities. Continued successful representation of clients in criminal defense matters.
Irelan*Hargis, PLLC – Attorneys at Law.
Senior Counsel
Dallas, Texas. September, 2012 to May 31, 2013
Opened new Dallas office for a Houston litigation firm. Conducted litigation in title insurance, real estate, and related matters for several of the largest title insurance companies in Texas (Fidelity, Old Republic, Alliant).
Fidelity National Title Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Vice President, Litigation Counsel
Irving, Texas, May, 2010 to September, 2012
Conducted litigation in title insurance, real estate, and related matters for the largest group of title insurance companies in the United States, representing insured individuals, lenders, and the company’s various corporate entities/holdings. Experience includes significant jury and non-jury trial work.
Phil Meyer, Attorney at Law, PLLC
San Antonio, Texas, Solo Attorney, January, 2007 to May, 2010
Conducted litigation in family law, criminal defense, personal injury, probate, and commercial/real estate disputes for individuals and corporate clients. Acted as a court-appointed Receiver. Experience includes temporary orders, enforcements, modifications and protective orders in family law settings and significant jury trial and non-jury trial experience.
Judge, Bexar County Court-at-Law, Number Six
San Antonio, Texas, January, 2003 to December, 2006
County-wide elected judicial position handling civil lawsuits up to $100,000 and a large criminal docket. Heard hundreds of evidentiary motions. Presided over approximately 100 jury trials. Served on the committee of judges that supervised the Bexar County Adult Probation Department. Endorsed twice for election/re-election by the San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board.
Family Law Associate Judge, Bexar County (appointed)
San Antonio, Texas, 2003 to December 2006
Appointed by Fourth Region Administrative Judge, David Peeples, as a Family Law Master, assisting district judges with non-jury matters including pre-trial discovery disputes, temporary orders, modifications, enforcements, and child custody trials.
Law Office of Phil Meyer, Principal & Attorney
San Antonio, Texas, November, 1992 to December, 2002
Solo attorney. Tried dozens of family, civil, and criminal jury trials. Conducted several hundred non-jury proceedings including trials, motions, and evidentiary hearings.
Fluent in Spanish.
University of Texas at San Antonio, Professional and Continuing Education
San Antonio, Texas
Certification in Basic Mediation
South Texas College of Law,
Houston, Texas
Juris Doctor Degree
Member of South Texas Law Review
Rice University,
Houston, Texas
Bachelor of Arts Degree
Economics, Spanish, Political Science
Class of 1935 Scholarship recipient/Dean’s List/Captain of the Rice Rugby Club (Texas Collegiate Champions 1989)
Marquette University High School,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ranked 9 of 235 graduates, 3.97 GPA
National Honor Society/National Spanish Honor Society