Meet Our Attorneys

Tom Harrison

Partner

Tom Harrison is a Partner in the South Texas Offices including San Antonio, Houston and the Rio Grande Valley. Tom has extensive experience in personal injury defense litigation (trucking and transportation, premises, toxic tort) and employment defense (wrongful termination and union wrongful discharge). 

Tom managed the national silica docket for a multi-national chemical company involving both product and premises claims. As the lead trial attorney on the docket, he coordinated the development of the client’s defense theories with law firms across the country.

Tom has tried personal injury and employment cases to juries along the Texas coast from Corpus Christi to Houston and Orange. 

Tom has extensive experience in rapidly responding to the scene of accidents on chemical plants (premises and toxic tort) and trucking accidents on back roads and interstate highways.

Tom enjoys spending his personal time with his family which includes his wife Gillian, six grown children and one eight-year-old daughter, Arabella. Arabella plays soccer which is where Tom spends much of his spare time. 

Education

Juris Doctor, Southern Methodist University School of Law
Bachelor of Arts, Oklahoma State University

 

Professional Affiliations

AV- Preeminent® Rating from Martindale-Hubbell
DuPont Legal Challenge Award (2001, 2004, 2005) for “extraordinary contributions and accomplishments that have advanced the objectives of the DuPont Legal Model”
Journal of Air Law & Commerce 1981-1983, Editor-in-Chief 1982-1983

Licenses & Admissions

State Bar of Texas – All trial & appellate courts
State Bar of Texas (Litigation Section)
United States District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Areas of Practice

  • Insurance Defense
  • Personal Injury
  • Premises Liability

Locations

  • Houston
  • Rio Grande Valley (Cameron and Hidalgo Counties)
  • San Antonio
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