T. WADE WELCH

Houston, TX

Owner & Principal, 1992-Present

TWWLAW P.L.L.C. (f/k/a T. Wade Welch & Associates) is a commercial litigation firm servicing Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial interests throughout the country. My early career started with business, banking, FSLIC and lender liability litigation during the turbulent Savings and Loan crisis in the late eighties. I then transitioned for a short period to first and third party insurance work. In 1992, I began representing a then nascent satellite broadcaster which became a Fortune 200 juggernaut in the highly litigious telecommunications industry. I served as national lead counsel in virtually all of its high-profile litigation matters, including a $5 Billion lawsuit arising out of a failed merger as well as its multi-billion dollar antitrust lawsuit against a satellite rival, which ultimately resulted in a $26 billion merger agreement with the rival company. Over an eighteen-year period representing the broadcaster, I litigated hundreds of complex matters nationwide against Fortune 500 companies involving trademarks, copyrights, breaches of contract, intricate statutory claims, and various business torts with nine-figure amounts in controversy. Opposing counsel included the biggest firms from New York to L.A. The firm was selected as a Go-To Law Firm in Litigation, as featured in Fortune magazine, by DISH Network LLC (Fortune 200) from 2006 through 2011 and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (Fortune 30) in 2012. Personally obtained 63rd largest jury verdict in the US in 2014 arising out of an insurer’s gross negligence, statutory bad faith, resulting in actual and punitive damages - affirmed by Fifth Circuit (841 F.3d 669). Final Judgment of $40 Million, including over $4 Million in attorneys’ fees, all collected in full in lump sum cash - not a penny discount. Insurer forced into run-off, insolvency, liquidation and loss of its license. Other representative clients include Bayer AG, C.R. Bard and tw telecom (n/k/a Lumen) to name a few. Licensed in Texas and Colorado and admitted to various Federal District Courts nationwide as well as multiple Circuit Courts of Appeals. I have handled matters in the vast majority of jurisdictions throughout the United States on both state and federal levels.

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In addition to that representation, the firm capitalized on its litigation and business experience by expanding into other industries. Sizable clients include a worldwide leader in agriculture, a global enterprise with core competencies in the areas of healthcare, nutrition, and high-tech materials, a multi-state real estate conglomerate, nationwide trucking and telecommunications providers, medical products manufacturers, and environmental remediation companies -to name a few. For six consecutive years, the firm was named a Fortune 500 Go-To Law Firm. This broad spectrum of representation and experience gives the ability to offer comprehensive business solutions to clients.

Education

University of Texas School of Law: Austin, TX, J.D. December 1986

University of Houston: Houston, TX B.B.A. (Finance) December 1983