Patricia Jay

Senior Associate Attorney

"It is necessary to remember while practicing law that our clients have come to us in a time of deeply personal turmoil, and it is our responsibility to help them find a solution.

In order to be effective advocates, we must negotiate and litigate family law cases from a place of understanding of our client’s strengths and their desired outcome of their case. 

It is important to me for clients to know that I understand this is a difficult time for them and that I want to focus on their concerns and build the most effective strategy for representation in their family law matter."

Patricia Jay is a Senior Associate with the Beal Law Firm. With over a decade of experience practicing family law, Ms. Jay has dealt with child custody, child support, spousal maintenance, alimony, and divorce issues, on a daily basis for over 12 years. 

Ms. Jay is a 2001 graduate of Texas A&M Commerce, with a Bachelors Degree in Social Work and a 2006 graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, in San Antonio. While at St. Mary’s University, Ms. Jay was the recipient of the Francisco Leos Award for excellence in clinical studies and was inducted into the Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. 

Ms. Jay was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 2006 and the State Bar of Oklahoma in 2012. 

Ms. Jay’s other honors include being named a Texas Super Lawyer for the years 2016-2019 and one of the Top Family Law Attorneys in San Antonio by SA Scene Magazine for the years 2012-2017. 

EDUCATION

St. Mary’s University School of Law

Juris Doctor, 2006

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Bachelor of Social Work, 2001

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Top Women Attorneys in Texas 2020, Texas Super Lawyers

2021 Best San Antonio Lawyers, Scene in SA Magazine

2021 Top Family Law Lawyers in San Antonio, SA Scene Magazine

2020 Best San Antonio Lawyers (San Antonio Scene Magazine)

2020 Texas Super Lawyers (Texas Super Lawyers Magazine/Thomson Reuters)

2019 Texas Super Lawyers (Texas Super Lawyers Magazine/Thomson Reuters)

2018 Texas Super Lawyers (Texas Super Lawyers Magazine/Thomson Reuters)

2017 Texas Super Lawyers (Texas Super Lawyers Magazine/Thomson Reuters)

2017 Top Family Lawyers in San Antonio (San Antonio Scene Magazine)

2016 Texas Super Lawyers (Texas Super Lawyers Magazine/Thomson Reuters)

2016 Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Star (Texas Super Lawyers Magazine/Thomson Reuters)

2016 San Antonio’s Rising Star Attorneys (San Antonio Scene Magazine)

2015 Top 30 Family Law Attorneys in San Antonio (San Antonio Scene Magazine)

2014 San Antonio’s Rising Star Attorneys (San Antonio Scene Magazine)

2013 Best of Family Law Attorneys in San Antonio (San Antonio Scene Magazine)

2012 San Antonio Lawyers, Best of 2012 (San Antonio Scene Magazine)

2006 Francisco Leos Award for Excellence in Clinical Studies (St. Mary’s University Clinic for Legal and Social Justice)

SPEAKING ENGAGMENTS

Course Director, Winning Trial Strategies, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, 2015

Speaker, Extreme Family Law Makeover, San Antonio Bar Association-Family Law Section, 2016

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Beal Law Firm, PLLC

Senior Associate Attorney, 2018 – Present

Law Office of Patricia Jay, PLLC

Family Law Focused Practice and Family Related Criminal Defense, 2016 - 2018

Bandoske, Butler, Reuter & Jay, PLLC

Partner, Family Law Focused Practice, 2015 – 2016

Bandoske, Augustine & Marvel, PLLC

Associate Attorney, Family Law, 2014 – 2015

The Law Office of Patricia Jay

Family Law Focused Practice and Family Related Criminal Defense, 2007 – 2014

LICENSURE

State Bar of Texas, 2006

State Bar of Oklahoma, 2012

Licensed Juvenile Probation Officer/Training Coordinator

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Member, College of the State Bar of Texas

Executive Director, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association 2007-2009

Director, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, 2009-2013

Treasurer, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, 2013-2014

Secretary, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, 2014-2015

Vice President, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, 2015-2016

President, San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association, 2016-2017

Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity