Thomas A. Adams IV
Katy Texas Attorney Profile
Thomas A. (Tad) Adams is the firm’s managing partner. A Houston native, he cut his teeth at the country’s pre-eminent litigation boutique, Susman Godfrey, LLP, before forming the Adams Law Firm with his brother Will in 1994.
He focuses his practice in the areas of:
- Business law
- Litigation
- Complex litigation
- Defense litigation
- Civil litigation
- Business litigation
- Business torts
- Oil and gas litigation and royalty disputes
- Shareholder oppression
- Professional malpractice
- Slander and libel
Professional Activities and Honors
- AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Verdict Club
- William Mac Taylor American Inns of Court, Former Member
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association, Former Director
- Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, Former Director
- Katy Area Chamber of Commerce, Past Chairman
- Katy Performing Arts Society, Vice Chairman
Bar Admissions
- Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law, JD, 1990
- Phi Delta Phi
- Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Federal Civil Procedure II
- Associate Editor, Southern Methodist University Law Review.
- Baylor University, BA, English, 1987
- George Foundation Scholar
