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A San Antonio Real Estate Attorney Who Chaired the State Bar’s Water Committee

Inside Branscomb Law’s real estate practice, where Rhonda S. Jolley has practiced commercial real estate and Texas water law for more than 40 years — a genuinely rare specialization she has taught, chaired at the state level, and been recognized for continuously by Best Lawyers since 1995.

BY THE AWESOME ATTORNEYS EDITORIAL TEAM · SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS · AUGUST 2026

RHONDA S. JOLLEY AT BRANSCOMB LAW — AT A GLANCE

Sources: branscomblaw.com (firm website), Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, Avvo, Martindale-Hubbell, Lawyers.com. Compiled August 2026.

ORIGIN

A San Antonio Real Estate Attorney’s Four-Decade Water Law Specialization

Rhonda S. Jolley earned her B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1978 and her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law, and has practiced law for 43 years. Before joining what is now Branscomb Law, she owned her own practice in Hondo, Texas, and was a joint owner of Medina County Abstract Company, Inc. — a title-industry background that predates and directly informs her real estate practice. She has been continuously recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law since at least 1995, and by Super Lawyers nearly every year from 2003 through 2025.

THE MODEL

A Five-Office Texas Firm’s San Antonio Real Estate Group

Branscomb Law operates from five Texas offices — San Antonio, Austin, Houston, Corpus Christi, and Rockport-Fulton — with roughly 20 attorneys named to Super Lawyers or Rising Stars lists and 7 recognized in the 2026 Best Lawyers in America edition. Jolley is a member of the firm’s Real Estate Group specifically, focused on commercial real estate and water law within a broader firm that also handles complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy, and corporate matters.

PRACTICE

Where This San Antonio Real Estate Attorney Concentrates

Jolley’s practice spans general business, residential real estate, commercial leasing, and real estate litigation matters, with a specific and unusual emphasis on Texas water law — a field she describes through her State Bar leadership role and continuing legal education work, including co-chairing seminars such as “Changing Faces of Water Rights in Texas” and publishing on the subject for Best Lawyers.

TRACK RECORD

What Can — and Cannot — Be Verified

Real estate and water-rights transactional work does not generate the kind of jury-verdict record available in litigation practice areas, and Awesome Attorneys did not have access to closed-transaction data specific to Jolley’s docket.

CLIENT VOICE

A Strong Firm-Wide Record, Thin Individual Review Data

Branscomb Law holds a 4.7 out of 5.0 rating across 65 reviews on Lawyers.com, with detailed positive reviews describing attorneys as responsive and dedicated, including one describing an attorney making hospital visits during a family medical crisis to ensure an estate plan was in place. Jolley’s own Avvo profile shows no individual client reviews as of this writing; Awesome Attorneys discloses this data gap directly rather than substituting the firm’s general reputation for an assessment of her specific practice.

BEYOND THE PRACTICE

Sustained State Bar Leadership in a Niche Field

Jolley’s role as a past Chairperson of the State Bar of Texas Water Committee, combined with her membership in the American College of Real Estate Lawyers — an invitation-only national organization for accomplished real estate practitioners — reflects sustained leadership in a genuinely specialized field over decades, not a single credential earned early in her career. She received the David Weatherbee “Workhorse” Award from the State Bar of Texas for her contributions to continuing legal education programming.

RECOGNITION

Three Decades of Continuous Best Lawyers Recognition

Jolley’s inclusion in Best Lawyers in America for Banking and Finance Law and Real Estate Law dates back to at least 1995 — roughly three decades of continuous peer recognition — alongside near-continuous Super Lawyers selection from 2003 through 2025 and an AV Preeminent® rating from Martindale-Hubbell, its highest peer designation. Awesome Attorneys did not find a Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification on record for Jolley. Consistent with this publication’s standing policy, the words “specialist” and “board certified” are not applied to her practice on that basis.

THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE LEGAL BACKDROP

What San Antonio-Area Property Owners Should Know

Texas commercial real estate is governed primarily by the Texas Property Code, while Texas water rights follow a hybrid system combining riparian surface-water doctrine with a permit-based groundwater framework administered by local groundwater conservation districts — a genuinely complex area distinct from general real estate practice, particularly relevant in the Hill Country and Edwards Aquifer region surrounding San Antonio. None of this is legal advice; commercial real estate and water-rights matters are consequential and fact-specific enough to warrant review by a licensed attorney.

AWESOME ATTORNEYS ASSESSMENT

A Rare Water Law Specialist With Three Decades of Continuous Peer Recognition

Rhonda Jolley’s clearest strength is a genuinely rare specialization — Texas water law combined with commercial real estate — sustained through decades of State Bar committee leadership and nearly continuous Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers recognition dating back to the 1990s. The honest limitation is a thin individual online review record, with the strong 4.7-star, 65-review firm rating not broken out specifically for her practice. Readers can compare this firm against other San Antonio attorneys in the Awesome Attorneys directory.

This is an attorney best suited to clients with commercial real estate matters that intersect with water rights specifically — ranching, agricultural, or Hill Country properties where groundwater or surface-water questions arise — given her rare depth in exactly that niche.

METHODOLOGY & SOURCING

This San Antonio real estate attorney profile draws on Branscomb Law’s own website (branscomblaw.com), Rhonda Jolley’s Best Lawyers and Super Lawyers listings, her Avvo profile, and Martindale-Hubbell and Lawyers.com firm ratings as of August 2026. Awesome Attorneys did not have access to closed-transaction data. Client reviews quoted or summarized reflect individual client experiences at the firm level, not verified case outcomes specific to Jolley.

PUBLISHER DISCLOSURE & INDEPENDENCE

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Branscomb Law prior to publication, and its inclusion here does not constitute an endorsement. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placements to firms profiled in its directory; sponsorship does not alter the editorial content of an existing profile.