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A San Antonio Bankruptcy Attorney Who Worked Construction, Roofing, Horse Racing, and Air Traffic Control Before Ever Practicing Law
Tammy L. Wincott’s path to a San Antonio law practice runs through Operation Desert Storm, where she served as an Air Force air traffic controller, and through a genuinely varied civilian resume that includes emergency law enforcement communications, construction labor, ownership of a roofing company, farming, and work in the horse racing industry — all before she became an attorney. She has practiced law in San Antonio since 2006 and now runs Wincott Law Firm, P.C. as its sole attorney.
At a Glance
| Attorney | Tammy L. Wincott |
|---|---|
| Firm | Wincott Law Firm, P.C. |
| Office | 900 NE Loop 410 Access Rd, Building D, Suite 410, San Antonio, TX 78209 |
| Practicing Since | 2006 (incorporated as Wincott Law Firm, P.C. in 2010) |
| Certification | No Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification found; not attributed as “board certified” or “specialist” for that reason |
| Law School | St. Mary’s University School of Law |
| Practice Focus | Probate, estate planning, and Chapter 7 consumer bankruptcy, plus personal injury; the firm no longer handles family law or criminal law, and is not currently accepting immigration cases |
Career History
Wincott began practicing law in 2006 focused on bankruptcy and immigration, later adding family and personal injury law before narrowing the practice again — the firm’s own site states it no longer handles family law (except where it intersects with probate matters involving a deceased person) or criminal law, and is not currently taking new immigration cases. Bankruptcy, by contrast, has remained a consistent thread across nearly two decades of practice. Awesome Attorneys independently confirmed her office address and current practice-area list against the firm’s own site rather than relying solely on older directory listings, some of which still show immigration and family law as active offerings.
Practice Concentration
The firm’s primary focus today is probate and estate planning — wills, letters testamentary, heirship determinations, transfer-on-death deeds, and estate administration — with Chapter 7 consumer bankruptcy and personal injury as established, ongoing secondary practice areas rather than the firm’s central identity. This is worth naming plainly: a client whose primary need is bankruptcy relief is working with an attorney whose larger practice centers on probate work, not a bankruptcy-exclusive boutique.
Track Record
As a consumer bankruptcy practice, there is no comparable jury-verdict or settlement-figure table to report for the Chapter 7 side of the practice — a discharge is the outcome, not a monetary award. Awesome Attorneys did not identify a published bankruptcy case count from the firm and is not substituting an estimate.
Client Voice
Independent reviews across multiple platforms are largely positive, with clients specifically praising Wincott’s attention to detail, professionalism, and communication during difficult family and financial circumstances, including one detailed account describing her support through a brother’s sudden death without a will. One older, detailed negative review on a separate platform described a poor experience specifically with the firm’s immigration handling — a service area the firm’s own site now states it is not accepting new cases for — and Awesome Attorneys is disclosing that review directly while noting it predates and is specific to a practice area the firm has since stepped back from.
Beyond the Practice
Wincott’s varied pre-law career — Air Force air traffic control during Desert Storm, construction, roofing-company ownership, farming, and horse racing — is unusually broad even by the standard of “second career” attorneys, and her firm’s marketing directly credits that background with giving her practical, real-world context that a more conventional legal career path wouldn’t provide.
Recognition
The firm’s site states Wincott has been recognized in the 2010–2025 editions of Scene in S.A. magazine as one of San Antonio’s Best Lawyers in Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Probate, and Immigration. Awesome Attorneys is describing this as what it is — a long-running local lifestyle-magazine recognition — rather than characterizing it as a peer-reviewed legal award or TBLS certification, since Awesome Attorneys was not able to independently verify Scene in S.A.’s selection methodology. No Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification was found for Wincott, and “specialist” language is not applied here for that reason.
Texas Bankruptcy Backdrop
San Antonio Chapter 7 filings run through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, with the creditors’ meeting typically held at the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building downtown. Texas’s homestead exemption protects a debtor’s primary residence at unlimited value on up to 10 acres in a city, and exempts up to $50,000 in personal property for a single filer ($100,000 for a family). A Chapter 7 case typically discharges in 90 to 120 days. This is general background information, not legal advice; current figures and eligibility should be confirmed with a licensed attorney.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Wincott’s clearest differentiator is an unusually broad pre-law career combined with nearly two decades practicing in San Antonio and a client-access model built around direct attorney contact and case-management software rather than a larger, more layered firm structure. The honest limitation: bankruptcy is a secondary practice within a probate-and-estate-planning-centered firm rather than the exclusive focus of a dedicated bankruptcy boutique, no TBLS certification is on record, and Awesome Attorneys located one detailed older negative review specific to the firm’s now-discontinued immigration work. This is a reasonable fit for a client who wants a solo, directly-accessible attorney handling a straightforward Chapter 7 filing, particularly one who may also need probate or estate-planning work handled by the same office.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was compiled from Wincott Law Firm’s own website (wincottlaw.com), Justia, Avvo, and independent third-party review platforms including Yelp and the Chamber of Commerce business directory. Awesome Attorneys prioritized the firm’s own current practice-area statements over older directory listings where the two conflicted, specifically regarding family law and immigration.
Publisher Disclosure & Independence
Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, sponsored, or reviewed prior to publication by Wincott Law Firm, P.C. or any affiliated party. Inclusion in this directory does not constitute a referral, endorsement, or guarantee of outcome, and nothing in this article should be construed as legal advice.