Attorney Advertising. This is an independently researched editorial profile, not a paid placement, and nothing on this page is legal advice. See the Publisher Disclosure at the end of this article.

Kriebel Law Firm: A Solo San Antonio Attorney With 133 Reviews and a 4.4-Star Average

Not every San Antonio family law attorney search should end at the biggest firm — one Avvo reviewer described choosing Jacqueline Kriebel specifically over a “high dollar firm out of Austin” that her spouse had retained, saying she didn’t want to “get lost in the mix” at a larger practice. This profile is part of Awesome Attorneys’ coverage of San Antonio divorce attorney options.

At a Glance

Origin & Background

Kriebel founded her solo practice in San Antonio in 2007, building it around family law with an added criminal defense caseload — an unusual but not uncommon pairing for a solo Texas practitioner, since both areas draw heavily on courtroom advocacy and client crisis management. She is licensed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in addition to Texas state courts, per her State Bar of Texas profile. Her firm has grown a substantial independent review base — 133 reviews on Birdeye alone — that is unusually large for a true solo practice, suggesting sustained client volume over her nearly two decades in practice.

San Antonio Family Law Attorney Practice Concentration

As a San Antonio family law attorney practice, Kriebel’s caseload covers divorce, child custody, adoption, and Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS/CPS) matters, alongside a separate criminal defense practice for Bexar County clients. Her State Bar of Texas profile also lists business, consumer, creditor-debtor, and personal injury litigation among her practice areas, indicating a broader general practice than a family-law-exclusive boutique.

Track Record

Client accounts describe Kriebel securing sole managing conservatorship in a contested CPS-involved custody matter and resolving at least one case in under seven weeks, according to individual reviewers. These are individual client accounts, not independently verified case outcomes; family law and custody case results depend heavily on the specific facts involved, and past outcomes do not predict or guarantee a result in any future case.

Client Voice

Kriebel’s review record is notably substantive rather than generic. One reviewer described consulting more than 20 attorneys before choosing Kriebel because she was “the first lawyer to actually listen” to her story, and credited her with suggesting marriage counseling before litigation rather than immediately pursuing a fee-generating divorce — a detail this directory finds meaningful evidence of client-first advice rather than volume-driven intake. Another reviewer described a complex case that 12 other San Antonio attorneys had declined as unwinnable, which Kriebel took on and pursued aggressively on the client’s behalf. No pattern of negative reviews or bar complaints was found in the sources reviewed.

Beyond the Courtroom

Kriebel holds Avvo’s Client’s Choice and Top Contributor recognitions, the latter awarded for answering public legal questions and publishing legal guides on the platform — a form of public legal education distinct from paid marketing.

Recognition

Board certification disclosure: this profile did not confirm Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Family Law for Jacqueline Kriebel in the sources reviewed, and does not apply “specialist” language as a result. Her recognitions instead run through peer-review and client-satisfaction programs — a Martindale-Hubbell “Distinguished” rating and Avvo’s Client’s Choice award — which this directory treats as meaningful but distinct from a state licensing credential.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Texas is a community property state, meaning marital assets and debts are generally divided in a “just and right” manner by the court rather than automatically split 50/50, with factors like fault, earning capacity, and children’s needs weighed in the division. In custody and CPS-involved matters — a stated focus of this firm — Texas courts apply a “best interest of the child” standard under the Texas Family Code, and when the Department of Family and Protective Services is already involved, a separate set of procedural deadlines and hearing requirements under Texas Family Code Chapter 262 governs how quickly a case must move through the court system. Texas allows both fault and no-fault grounds for divorce, though a fault finding is not required to grant one.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Kriebel Law Firm’s clearest strength is a genuinely substantial, detailed positive review record for a true solo practice — 133 reviews averaging 4.4 stars, with specific, credible accounts of both routine and difficult cases handled personally by Kriebel rather than delegated to associates a client might never meet.

The honest trade-off is the one inherent to any solo practice: board certification was not confirmed, and a single attorney handling family law, criminal defense, and other matters may face bandwidth constraints during a busy period that a larger, family-law-exclusive firm would not. Clients with a highly complex, high-asset divorce should weigh Kriebel’s demonstrated client-first approach against firms staffed with dedicated financial and valuation resources for that specific case type.

Methodology & Sourcing

This profile was compiled from Kriebel Law Firm’s own website (kriebellaw.com), Jacqueline Kriebel’s State Bar of Texas attorney profile, her Avvo and Lawyers.com review pages, and the firm’s Birdeye review aggregation showing 133 reviews. Board certification status was checked against her published State Bar of Texas profile and available directory listings; none was confirmed. Statutory references were checked against Texas’s community property framework, the Texas Family Code’s best-interest-of-the-child standard, and Texas Family Code Chapter 262’s CPS case procedural requirements as generally published. No case results, credentials, or quotes were invented; the client statements referenced above are drawn from the firm’s public Avvo and Birdeye review pages.

Publisher Disclosure & Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Kriebel Law Firm, PLLC prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placements clearly labeled as such, but no payment of any kind determines inclusion in, or the content of, this editorial profile. This article is for informational purposes only, does not constitute legal advice, and does not create an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Kriebel Law Firm or Awesome Attorneys.