Tom A. Lockhart
Managing Partner
TOM A.
LOCKHART
Tom A. Lockhart is a managing partner in Adams & Graham, L.L.P. He primarily practices in the areas of:
- First party insurance carrier defense
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Environmental, toxic tort, products liability and municipality defense
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Commercial and business consultation and litigation
Mr. Lockhart's litigation practice focuses upon defense of insurance companies and death and serious personal injury claims arising out of product, vehicle, construction, environmental, civil rights and other types of incidents.
A 1974 graduate of Texas Tech Law School, he joined Adams & Graham, L.L.P. in 1979 after four years of litigation practice with Gibson, Oshner firm in Amarillo, Texas. He is admitted to practice before all the Texas State Courts, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Texas.
Year Joined Firm
- 1979
Areas of Practice
- First party insurance carrier defense
- Environmental, toxic tort, products liability, construction and municipality
- Commercial and business consultation and litigation
Litigation Percentage
- 85% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1975
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1979
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1975
Education
- Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas
- J.D.
- Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
- B.A.
- Major: Management
Representative Clients
- Ballenger Construction Co.
- Ranger Insurance
- City of Harlingen
- Travelers Insurance Co.
- Texas Municipal League
- Farmers Insurance Group
- American International Group
References
- Texas State Bank (Formerly Harlingen National Bank)
- Ballenger Construction Co.
- Ranger Insurance
- City of Harlingen
- Travelers Insurance Co.
- Texas Municipal League
- United States Tobacco Co.
- Cheminova, Inc.
Classes/Seminars
- Civil Rights Defense of State Created Danger Doctrine, Texas Municipal League - 2000 and 2002
- Voir Dire, Hidalgo County Bar Advanced Civil Trial Seminar - 2002
- How to Include and Exclude the Expert Witness, Texas Municipal League, 1998
- Affirmative Defenses - Knowledge and Conduct of User - Warnings and Instructions, Texas Association of Defense Counsel, 1998
Honors and Awards
- Captained "The Defense Rests", the Boat Which Caught the Texas State Record Blue Marlin, 1988
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Director, 1984 - 1988
- Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Member
Past Employment Positions
- Gibson, Oshner - Amarillo, Texas
