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Law Office of Susan G. Taylor: A Former Appellate Court Briefing Attorney, Now 30-Plus Years in Consumer Bankruptcy — With Genuine Staffed Offices in Both Austin and San Antonio

Before Susan Taylor ever filed a bankruptcy petition, she spent a year as a briefing attorney for the Sixth Court of Appeals of Texas — a judicial-side apprenticeship that few consumer bankruptcy solo practitioners can point to. She then built a career spanning bankruptcy, tax, and healthcare law, including more than 20 years as a weekly contributing editor to the State Bar’s own “Texas Lawyers’ Digest.”

Origin and Background

Law Office of Susan G. Taylor operates from two genuinely staffed offices, not a single office with marketing pages for other cities: the Austin location at 1502 West Avenue, Austin, TX 78701, in the historic district west of the Capitol, and a separate San Antonio office at 1777 N.E. Loop 410, Suite 600, San Antonio, TX 78217, near the San Antonio airport, with its own dedicated local phone line, (210) 560-0000. Awesome Attorneys independently confirmed the San Antonio office through its own Yelp business listing (which carries six independent reviews specific to that location, distinct from any Austin-office reviews) rather than accepting the firm’s “serving San Antonio” language at face value. Susan Taylor earned a B.S. with honors from the University of Texas at Tyler in 1977, a Master’s in Education from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1979, and her law degree from the University of Houston in 1984, followed by a one-year appointment as briefing attorney for the Sixth Court of Appeals of Texas.

Practice Concentration

The firm’s sole field is consumer bankruptcy, limited specifically to Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings, serving individuals, families, and businesses throughout Central Texas including Austin, San Antonio, Midland/Odessa, and Waco/Temple/Killeen. Taylor is a member of the Bankruptcy, Healthcare, and Real Estate/Probate/Estate Planning sections of the State Bar of Texas, reflecting practice-adjacent depth beyond bankruptcy filings alone. See this San Antonio Bankruptcy & Debt directory for how this two-office consumer bankruptcy practice compares to San-Antonio-only firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

As a consumer bankruptcy practice, the firm does not publish a running table of case-specific outcome figures, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one. Susan Taylor’s more than 20 years serving as a weekly contributing editor to the State Bar of Texas’s “Texas Lawyers’ Digest” is a documented, sustained professional writing credential distinct from case-by-case results.

Client Voice

The firm holds a mixed public review presence. Its San Antonio office specifically carries six independent Yelp reviews, including a detailed five-star account from a client who went through a full five-year Chapter 13 plan with Taylor’s office and specifically credited paralegal Melissa for guiding the case, alongside a shorter review that references the firm’s broader reputation for straightforward communication. A separate Facebook page for the practice overall shows an 86% recommendation rate across a small sample of reviews. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a review sample large enough, at either office, to characterize client satisfaction with high confidence, and discloses that limited sample size directly rather than overstating the available signal.

Beyond the Courtroom

Susan Taylor volunteers regularly for pro bono work through Volunteer Legal Services, and her more than two decades as a weekly contributing editor to the State Bar’s “Texas Lawyers’ Digest” reflects sustained public legal education beyond her direct client caseload.

Recognition

Awesome Attorneys did not identify TBLS Board Certification in Bankruptcy Law for Susan Taylor and does not apply “specialist” language on that basis. Her prior appointment as a briefing attorney for the Sixth Court of Appeals of Texas and her 20-plus-year role as a State Bar publication contributing editor are genuine, independently verifiable professional credentials distinct from formal board certification.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 consumer bankruptcy filings for both the Austin and San Antonio offices run through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, which covers both cities, and benefit from Texas’s unlimited homestead exemption, one of the most protective in the country for a debtor’s primary residence, along with an exemption of up to $50,000 in personal property for a single filer ($100,000 for a family). Taylor’s additional bar-section membership in healthcare law is relevant given how frequently medical debt drives consumer bankruptcy filings specifically. None of this is legal advice; a specific bankruptcy or debt matter should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Susan Taylor’s clearest differentiator is an unusually academic and judicial-adjacent background for a consumer bankruptcy solo practice — a former appellate briefing attorney with more than 20 years writing for the State Bar’s own legal digest, now applying that background to Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings across genuinely staffed offices in both Austin and San Antonio, each independently confirmed rather than assumed from the firm’s own marketing language. The honest trade-off is a comparatively modest independent public review footprint at either location, and Awesome Attorneys was not able to identify a large enough sample at either office to characterize client satisfaction with high confidence. For a debtor who values an attorney with genuine appellate-court and legal-writing credentials handling their consumer bankruptcy filing, and who wants a firm with a real local office rather than a virtual-only presence, that background is a reasonable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from the Law Office of Susan G. Taylor’s own website (attorney biography, services, and contact pages, including its separately listed San Antonio office address and phone number), the firm’s Facebook business page, and the San Antonio office’s independent Yelp business listing.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

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