
Heather Tessmer
Board-Certified Attorney • Owner • Mediator

Attorney, Admitted 1999, Texas
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, Board Certified – Family Law, 2016
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
Texas Bar Foundation-District 10, Fellow
- Manage General Legal Practice in Family Law, Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Estate Planning and Probate
- Implement EOS system
- Train Associate Attorneys
- Oversee Employees
- Coordinate Firm Marketing
- Interview New Clients
- Handle Appellate proceedings successfully
- Mediate Civil and Family Law cases
Tessmer Law Firm, P.L.L.C., San Antonio, Texas, Owner, 2005 – present
Law Offices of Heather Clement Tessmer, San Angelo, Texas, Owner, 2002 – 2005
St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas J.D., May 1999
Associate Editor, St. Mary’s Law Journal
Women’s Law Association
Phi Delta Phi Honor Society
Dean’s List
Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas
B.B.A. Marketing, August 1989
Dean’s List
College of the State Bar of Texas, 2009 – Present
Maintaining at least 30 hours of CLE
- Changes in the Rules (2021)
- Order Amending Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (2020)
- Everything to Know About Estate Planning (2020)
- Covering Your ASSets (2019)
- Long Term Care, Estate Planning and Health Care Panel (2018)
- Ten Myths of Family Law (2018)
- Divorce Workshop for Women (2017-Present)
- San Antonio MD News article (2017)
- San Antonio MD News article (2017)
- MABA’s 2nd Annual “Building a New or Better Practice” (2017)
- San Antonio Man Magazine (2013)
- 2021, 2019 Best Places to Work in San Antonio by the San Antonio Business Journal, Multiple time recipient
- 2021 Women’s Leadership Award by San Antonio Business Journal
- 2021 Featured by Women in Law Section of San Antonio Women’s Magazine
- 2020 Featured by San Antonio Magazine’s “San Antonio’s Top Attorneys” in Family Law
- 2020 Voted Top Family Law Attorney by A. Scene Magazine
- 2019 Featured by The Docket Magazine
- 2019 Featured by Kendall County Women Magazine
- 2019 Feature Guest on Daytime at 9 TV Segment
- 2018 Featured by Kendall County Women’s Magazine
- 2018 Featured by NSIDE Business Magazine
- 2018 Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce Businesswoman of the Year
- 2016 Entrepreneurial Spirit Award Nominee, National Association of Women Business Owners
- 2015-Present Texas Super Lawyers
- 2015 Most Improved Company, The Alternative Board
- 2014 Outstanding Lawyer Award, San Antonio Business Journal
- 2014 Brenda Vickery Johnson Award for Small Business, Nominee, San Antonio, Chamber of Commerce
- 2014 Featured by San Antonio Business Journal
- 2014 Featured by San Antonio Woman Magazine
- 2014 Lawyer Plays Up Stereotype in Billboard Ads, San Antonio Business Journal
- 2014 The Case for Female Lawyers, San Antonio Woman Magazine
- 2014 Outstanding Lawyer Awards, San Antonio Business Journal
- 2013 CJP Volunteer of the Month – Just Take One, Subpoena Magazine
- 2013 Volunteer of the Month, June, Community Justice Program
- 2013 Businesswoman of the Year Nominee, Greater Boerne Chamber of Commerce
- 2013-Present Best Lawyer, SA Scene Magazine
- 2013 Most Improved Company and Most Interesting Member, The Alternative Board
- 2013 Graduate, Leadership Boerne
- 2012 Tessmer Lays Down the Law, Hill Country Weekly
- State Bar College
- Pro Bono College
- Alamo Area Mediators Association
- American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Fellow
- American Bar Association
- Bexar County Women’s Bar Association
- Collaborative Divorce San Antonio
- Comal County Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Hays County Bar Association
- Kendall County Bar Association
- Kendall County Women’s Bar Association
- LRIS
- Member of Northern, Eastern, Southern and Western District Federal Courts
- Mexican American Bar Association of San Antonio
- San Antonio Bar Association
- San Antonio Bar Family Law Section and Association
- San Antonio Bar Foundation
- San Antonio Family Lawyers Association
- San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- Mary’s University School of Law Alumni Board
- State Bar of Texas
- Texas Academy of Family Law Specialists (TAFLS)
- Texas Bar Association
- Texas Bar College
- Texas Bar Foundation-District 10, Fellow
- Texas Council on Family Violence
- Texas Family Law Foundation
- The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation
- Texas Trial Lawyers Associations (TTLA)
(210) 368-9708
Info@TessmerLawFirm.com
San Antonio & Boerne


