Thomas A. Adams IV

Katy and Ft Bend 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