Law Office of James E. Handy

I began my law practice in 1997. However, my practice had its beginnings years prior to that. I married my beautiful wife and my children came into my life at ages four and seven. I was their step-father. However, as much as I wanted to adopt them and make legal, which was in fact reality, it was not a possibility. I raised them and they are my children. I have a close relationship with them today.  Both of them are married and I have been blessed with three grandchildren.

During law school, I law clerked with a very busy estate planning attorney. After law school, I started my own law practice of estate planning. However, my family was not complete. My wife and I decided to adopt. The private adoption process brought our beautiful daughter to us as a newborn from another state in 1997. I decided to handle the legal process myself. Learning on oneself is quite the experience. Once the adoption was completed, I made the decision to become an adoption attorney. I have been blessed to have participated in building over one thousand seven hundred family’s. My estate planning practice has grown with my adoption practice. I bring a unique set of experiences to every one of my clients. I am licensed to practice law in the states of Texas and California. I practice throughout both states and travel as needed. I reside in the beautiful hill country city of San Marcos, Texas with my wife. Two of my children reside nearby and one is a recent graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno.