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A San Antonio Real Estate Attorney Among the First 50 in Texas Ever Board Certified

Inside Polunsky Beitel Green, LLP, founded and led by Allan B. Polunsky, who has held dual Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification in Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law since 1983 — one of the first 50 attorneys in the state to earn the credential, now overseeing a firm that has reviewed nearly five million residential mortgage closings.

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

POLUNSKY BEITEL GREEN, LLP — AT A GLANCE

Sources: mortgagelaw.com (firm website), Super Lawyers, Better Business Bureau. Compiled August 2026.

ORIGIN

A San Antonio Real Estate Attorney’s Four-Decade Board Certification

Allan B. Polunsky founded Polunsky Beitel Green in San Antonio in 1976 and has been certified as a specialist in both Residential Real Estate Law and Commercial Real Estate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1983 — among the very first 50 attorneys in the state to hold TBLS certification at all, a genuinely early cohort in the program’s history. He is admitted to practice not only in Texas but before the Supreme Court of the United States. Co-principal Jay Beitel has held the same residential real estate certification for a comparable span, and both have held Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent® rating for more than three decades.

THE MODEL

A Three-Office Firm Built Exclusively Around Mortgage Lenders

Polunsky Beitel Green operates from San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston offices, describing itself as Texas’s oldest law firm dedicated exclusively to residential mortgage originators. The firm does not represent individual homebuyers directly; its clients are residential mortgage lenders themselves, for whom it prepares and reviews loan closing documents and provides regulatory compliance counsel. Firm employees are additionally embedded directly in client offices across more than 25 states.

PRACTICE

Where This San Antonio Real Estate Attorney Concentrates

Polunsky’s practice centers on preparing and reviewing complete mortgage loan closing documents, advising lenders on compliance with federal, state, and other applicable regulations, reverse mortgage loans, disclosure documents, home equity lines, lien releases, warranty deeds, loan modifications and subordinations, and powers of attorney. He has served as outside counsel to both mortgage brokers and lenders across his career.

TRACK RECORD

A Genuinely Large, Verifiable Volume Claim

The firm states it has generated or reviewed nearly five million sets of residential loan closing documents since its 1976 founding — a claim consistent with its stated 50-year operating history and 250-plus professional staff serving lenders in all 50 states. Awesome Attorneys did not independently verify this exact figure but notes the claim is consistent with the firm’s documented scale and tenure.

CLIENT VOICE

A Genuine Structural Data Gap

Because Polunsky Beitel Green represents mortgage lenders rather than individual homebuyers directly, it does not generate the kind of consumer review record typical of residential real estate attorneys who work directly with the public. The firm’s BBB listing shows “Not Rated” due to insufficient information rather than any negative signal. Awesome Attorneys discloses this structural gap directly: this is a B2B legal practice, and prospective individual clients should understand that its client relationships are institutional, not consumer-facing.

BEYOND THE PRACTICE

National Leadership in a Specialized Field

Polunsky’s role as former President of the Texas Association of Mortgage Attorneys, Inc. reflects sustained leadership within his specialty beyond his own firm. Co-principal Marty Green previously served for many years as General Counsel to the largest non-bank residential lender in the United States, adding institutional lending perspective to the firm’s leadership team.

RECOGNITION

A Verified Certification Spanning More Than Four Decades

Polunsky’s dual TBLS certification in Residential and Commercial Real Estate Law, held continuously since 1983, was independently confirmed across the firm’s own site and Super Lawyers. This tenure — more than 40 years of continuous board certification — is among the longest Awesome Attorneys has encountered in this directory. His AV Preeminent® Martindale-Hubbell rating, held for more than three decades, reflects sustained peer regard over a comparably long period.

THE TEXAS REAL ESTATE LEGAL BACKDROP

What Texas Mortgage Lenders and Borrowers Should Know

Texas residential mortgage lending is governed by a combination of the Texas Property Code, the Texas Finance Code, and federal regulations including the Truth in Lending Act and the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, all of which shape the closing-document preparation and compliance work at the center of Polunsky’s practice. None of this is legal advice; mortgage lending compliance is a specialized and heavily regulated area warranting review by a licensed attorney familiar with the specific transaction.

AWESOME ATTORNEYS ASSESSMENT

A Genuinely Long-Tenured Specialist Serving Lenders, Not Individual Borrowers

Allan Polunsky’s clearest strength is a verification-friendly, decades-long record: dual TBLS certification since 1983, AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell status for 30-plus years, and admission to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, all independently confirmable rather than resting on unverifiable marketing claims. The honest limitation is structural rather than qualitative: this firm represents mortgage lenders, not individual homebuyers, meaning it has no consumer review record to speak of and is not the right fit for someone seeking personal representation in a home purchase. Readers can compare this firm against other San Antonio attorneys in the Awesome Attorneys directory.

This is a firm best suited to mortgage lending institutions seeking closing-document preparation and regulatory compliance counsel, not individual buyers or sellers seeking personal real estate representation.

METHODOLOGY & SOURCING

This San Antonio real estate attorney profile draws on Polunsky Beitel Green’s own website (mortgagelaw.com), Allan Polunsky’s Super Lawyers listing, and Better Business Bureau records as of August 2026. Awesome Attorneys did not independently verify the firm’s stated closing-document volume figures. The structural absence of a consumer review record is disclosed directly given the firm’s institutional client base.

PUBLISHER DISCLOSURE & INDEPENDENCE

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Polunsky Beitel Green 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.