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A San Antonio Real Estate Attorney Who Is Also a Licensed Texas Real Estate Broker

Inside Clint J. Hays’s practice at Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC, where a TBLS board-certified Oil, Gas and Mineral Law specialist also handles residential real estate transactions and HOA delinquency matters — and holds his own Texas Real Estate Broker’s license.

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

CLINT J. HAYS AT KEARNEY, MCWILLIAMS & DAVIS, PLLC — AT A GLANCE

Sources: kmd.law (firm website), State Bar of Texas Find a Lawyer directory, Justia, Lawyers.com, LinkedIn. Compiled August 2026.

ORIGIN

A San Antonio Real Estate Attorney Who Started as a Petroleum Landman

Clint J. Hays earned his B.A. from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1999 and his J.D. from Texas Tech University School of Law in 2004. He began his career as a Petroleum Landman and Associate General Counsel for a land services company in Midland, Texas, before spending more than sixteen years as an attorney representing exploration companies. He became Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in 2009, and has since built additional expertise in residential real estate and Texas real estate brokerage, ultimately earning his own Texas Real Estate Broker’s license — a credential distinct from, and in addition to, his law license.

THE MODEL

A Senior Attorney’s San Antonio Practice Within a Larger Firm

Hays practices as a Senior Attorney in the Oil & Gas Division of Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC, based in the firm’s San Antonio office. He has served in the capacity of Managing Counsel of Oil and Gas Title, supervising the work product of more than 15 attorneys, reflecting a role beyond individual casework within the firm.

PRACTICE

Where This San Antonio Real Estate Attorney Concentrates

Hays’s core practice centers on Texas oil and gas title examination — he has authored hundreds of title opinions covering the state’s major producing areas, plus experience preparing title opinions in New Mexico — alongside drilling and division order title opinions, acquisition title opinions, and lease negotiation. Separately, and directly tied to real property rather than energy law, he handles Texas residential real estate sales, purchases, and rentals, and has developed a specific practice area in HOA delinquency consulting, serving as legal counsel for a company specializing in HOA delinquency management since 2019.

TRACK RECORD

What Can — and Cannot — Be Verified

Title examination and real estate 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 or a specific tally of title opinions.

CLIENT VOICE

A Genuine Data Gap

Awesome Attorneys was unable to locate any client reviews for Hays across Lawyers.com, Justia, or Experience.com as of this writing. This is disclosed directly as a data gap rather than filled in with unrelated secondary praise; readers evaluating this attorney should weigh the absence of a public review record accordingly.

BEYOND THE PRACTICE

A Dual Legal-and-Brokerage Skill Set

Hays’s combination of a TBLS Oil, Gas and Mineral Law certification with an active Texas Real Estate Broker’s license is a genuinely unusual pairing — most attorneys hold one credential or the other, not both. His HOA Delinquency Consulting work, including his role as legal counsel for a dedicated HOA delinquency management company since 2019, reflects a specific, practical niche within Texas real estate that intersects with both community-association law and collections.

RECOGNITION

A Board Certification Verified Since 2009

Hays’s Board Certification in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, held since 2009, was independently confirmed across the firm’s own site, the State Bar of Texas record, and Justia. Consistent with this publication’s standing verification policy, “board certified” language is applied here specifically because this credential was independently corroborated; no equivalent real estate-specific TBLS certification was found for Hays, and that distinction is preserved here.

THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE LEGAL BACKDROP

What San Antonio Property Owners Should Know

In Texas, mineral rights are treated as a distinct real property interest, separable from surface ownership under a well-developed body of Texas case law — the specific area Hays’s Oil, Gas and Mineral Law certification covers. Residential real estate transactions are governed by the Texas Property Code, while homeowners’ association delinquency matters are governed by Texas Property Code Chapter 209, the Texas Uniform Condominium Act, and related HOA-specific statutes. None of this is legal advice; mineral-rights and HOA delinquency questions in particular are specialized enough to warrant review by a licensed attorney familiar with the specific area.

AWESOME ATTORNEYS ASSESSMENT

A Genuinely Rare Combination of Mineral Rights and Real Estate Brokerage Credentials

Clint Hays’s clearest strength is a combination this profile has not seen paired elsewhere: independently verified TBLS board certification in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law since 2009, plus an active Texas Real Estate Broker’s license and a specific HOA delinquency consulting practice. The honest limitation is a genuine absence of any located client review record and no TBLS certification specific to real estate law itself. Readers can compare this firm against other San Antonio attorneys in the Awesome Attorneys directory.

This is an attorney best suited to clients with matters at the intersection of mineral rights and real property — particularly landowners navigating oil and gas title issues alongside surface real estate concerns — as well as HOA delinquency matters specifically.

METHODOLOGY & SOURCING

This San Antonio real estate attorney profile draws on Kearney, McWilliams & Davis’s own website (kmd.law), Clint Hays’s official State Bar of Texas practitioner listing, Justia and Lawyers.com listings, and his LinkedIn profile as of August 2026. Awesome Attorneys did not have access to closed-transaction or title-opinion data. The absence of a located review record is disclosed directly rather than filled in with unrelated praise.

PUBLISHER DISCLOSURE & INDEPENDENCE

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Kearney, McWilliams & Davis, PLLC or Clint Hays 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.