Patricia Flora Sitchler
SC&S lawyers devote most of their professional time to assisting clients in eight closely-related practice areas: Tax Counseling, Estate Planning and Administration, Real Estate, Business Planning, Elder Law, Tax Controversies, Charitable Planning, and Litigation Support.

* Estate Planning & Administration

Through their Estate Planning practice, SC&S lawyers advise individuals and families with regard to managing and disposing of their assets. SC&S lawyers strive to meet the personal needs of each client by devising strategies to protect their assets from creditors, as well as estate and gift taxes. SC&S’ Estate Planning practice includes the preparation of wills, trusts and other related planning documents, as well as acting as trusted counsel with respect to generation-skipping tax planning, charitable giving, the use of family limited partnerships and other business entities, life insurance, qualified retirement plans and IRAs.

SC&S lawyers also assist executors, trustees, heirs and beneficiaries in matters concerning the administration of estates and trusts, whether they involve general management or specialized planning. Known for their expertise in the field, SC&S lawyers are well versed in probate proceedings as well as the preparation and filing of estate tax and related returns with the Internal Revenue Service. SC&S lawyers seek to provide fiduciaries with the advice and information they need to fulfill their duties in the most efficient manner.

Fellow - American College of Trust & Estate Counsel

Patricia Flora Sitchler
Schoenbaum, Curphy & Scanlan PC
112 E Pecan St #3000
San Antonio TX 78205
Tel: 210 224-4491
Fax: 210 224-7983

Practice Areas
* Elder Law
* Estate Planning
* Estate Administration
* Real Estate
* Litigation Support

Born in San Antonio, Texas, Patricia is a SC&S shareholder.

She has served as an adjunct professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law since 1998 and is a frequent author and lecturer on Elder law Medicaid and Medicare issues, Estate Planning, Trust and Estate Administration issues and Legal Ethics. Among the many venues, Patricia has spoken at the San Antonio Estate Planner’s Docket Call in Probate Court, the University of Texas School of Law Elder Law and Special Need Trust Conferences and State Bar of Texas Estate Planning and Elder Law Conferences. She is the Co-Director of the University of Texas School of Law Special Needs Trust Conference since inception of the course and is the Past President and currently on the Board of Directors of the Texas Chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Patricia is Co-Chair of the Long Term Care, Medicaid and Special Needs Trusts Committee of the Real Property, Trust & Estate Law Section of the American Bar Association (2009-2010). Patricia is consistently named in the Best Lawyers in America in Elder Law and has been designated numerous times by the Texas Monthly as a Texas Super Lawyer in Elder Law and San Antonio Scene as a Best San Antonio Lawyer in Elder Law. Patricia is co-author of two books: Save My Home!” Elder Law Trio Press, Houston, 2005 and the 51st Volume of West’s Texas Practice Series entitled Elder Law, Thomson-Reuters (formerly West Publishing), 2008, 2009. Patricia is A-V rated by Martindale Hubbell.
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