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The Fealy Law Firm: A Board-Certified Houston Bankruptcy Attorney Who Guest-Lectures at Her Own Law School

Vicky Fealy has held Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Consumer Bankruptcy Law since 1997 — the same year the credential’s certifying exam existed in its modern form — and now returns to the University of Houston Law Center where she once studied, this time as a guest lecturer on bankruptcy essentials and the means test.

Origin and Background

The Fealy Law Firm, PC is located at 1235 North Loop West, Suite 1120, Houston, TX 77008, confirmed through the firm’s own site and its Martindale and Avvo listings. Vicky M. Fealy holds a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin (1986) and a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center, and was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1991. She has practiced bankruptcy and debt-relief law in Houston for more than three decades, building a solo practice with a specific focus on consumer bankruptcy rather than a general practice that happens to include it.

Practice Concentration

Fealy is Board Certified in Consumer Bankruptcy Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, holding the credential since 1997. Her practice covers Chapter 7, Chapter 13, and Chapter 11 consumer and small-business bankruptcy filings, along with related matters including credit card debt, medical bills, judgments and lawsuits, IRS problems, property tax issues, repossessions, foreclosures, business liquidation, business reorganization, and creditor harassment. She is licensed before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and the U.S. Supreme Court. See this Houston Bankruptcy & Debt directory for how this board-certified solo practice compares to other Harris County bankruptcy firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

As a consumer bankruptcy practice, the firm does not publish a table of case-specific results, and Awesome Attorneys did not identify one — Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 outcomes are governed by the means test and repayment schedule rather than negotiated settlements. What is independently verifiable is Fealy’s sustained, nearly three-decade TBLS certification and her standing as a former State Chair for the Southern District of Texas within the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, a leadership role within her specialty’s own professional body.

Client Voice

Client reviews on Avvo and Lawyers.com are consistently positive, with reviewers describing Fealy as easing their fear during multi-year Chapter 13 cases, answering questions promptly by phone or email, and having staff who kept clients informed at every step. One reviewer specifically credited Fealy’s advice for making a difficult decision easier to understand. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a pattern of negative or critical reviews warranting disclosure.

Beyond the Courtroom

Fealy is a regular guest lecturer at the University of Houston Law Center on bankruptcy topics including the means test and the intersection of bankruptcy and family law, and has held leadership roles with the American Inns of Court’s Arthur Moller/David Foltz Chapter, including a term as chapter president from 2018 to 2019 and service on its executive committee as a Master. She is also active with the Houston Volunteer Lawyers Association.

Recognition for This Houston Bankruptcy Attorney

Fealy’s Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Consumer Bankruptcy Law, held since 1997, is the credential Awesome Attorneys relies on to apply “specialist” language to her practice, consistent with house policy reserving that language for genuine TBLS certification. Her firm has also received a Better Business Bureau Gold Star Rating every year from 2009 through 2024, a sustained accreditation record independently verifiable through BBB’s own records, distinct from pay-to-play marketing awards.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Consumer bankruptcy filers in Houston’s Southern District of Texas qualify for Chapter 7 primarily through a means test comparing trailing six-month income against the Texas median for a household of their size; filers above the median may still qualify after allowed-expense deductions or may be directed toward a Chapter 13 repayment plan instead. Texas’s homestead exemption protects a debtor’s primary residence without a dollar-value cap, one of the most protective exemptions in the country, though acreage limits apply outside a municipality. None of this is legal advice; a specific bankruptcy filing should be evaluated by a licensed Texas attorney based on the actual facts and finances involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

The Fealy Law Firm’s clearest differentiator is Vicky Fealy’s combination of nearly 30 years of continuous TBLS board certification with an active teaching and bar-leadership record — she is not simply certified, she also lectures at her own law school and has led a legal honor society chapter, credentials that reinforce rather than merely accompany her certification. The honest trade-off is that, as a solo practice, capacity is inherently smaller than Houston’s larger multi-attorney debt-relief firms, and clients should expect the more personal, single-attorney model that comes with that scale. For a Harris County filer who wants a long-tenured, board-certified specialist with a strong positive review record and is comfortable with a solo practice’s scale, Fealy is a reasonable basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from The Fealy Law Firm’s own website, Vicky Fealy’s Avvo and Martindale-Hubbell profiles and client reviews, the Better Business Bureau’s business rating history, and independently available bar association and American Inns of Court leadership records.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by The Fealy Law Firm, PC or Vicky Fealy prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.