Teddy Adams is a partner in the Houston location of Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. He joined the firm in 1995 after serving as a law clerk for the Honorable Carolyn Dineen King, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Teddy's practice focuses on the handling of commercial and contract disputes, products liability, and general tort matters. He has first-chaired jury trials to verdict in state and federal court, and he has been certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 2001.

For example, Teddy has:

• Represented insurance companies in class action lawsuits regarding claims' handling procedures
• Represented a towing and rental equipment company in products liability matters involving catastrophic injuries and death
• Represented a third party administrator in a contract dispute with an insured company
• Represented a venture capital company in fraud and contract claims associated with the purchase of an ethnic food company
• Represented a steel manufacturing company in contract dispute with distributor
• Represented an oil company in disputes with dealers
• Represented an airline in contract and tort disputes
• Represented a games manufacturer in a national class action dispute alleging deceptive trade practices
• Represented a software company in a dispute over stock options
• Represented companies in ERISA benefit litigation

• American Bar Association - Litigation Section
  • Judicial Internship Opportunity Program (JIOP), Co-chair (2007 - Present)
  • Minority Trial Lawyer Committee, Co-chair (2004 - 2007)
  • Annual Conference, Co-chair (2003) 
  • Written Materials Committee, Co-chair (2003 - 2004)
• Houston Young Lawyers Association, Director (1998 - 2003)
• Houston Bar Association
  • The Houston Lawyer, Editorial Board Member (1997 - 1999)
  • Legal-Lines Committee, Chair (1997)
  • Campaign for the Homeless, Chair (2003)
• Houston Lawyer Referral Service, Board of Directors (1999 - 2003)
• Texas Association of Defense Counsel
• State Bar of Texas

• "Texas Super Lawyer," Civil Litigation Defense, Law & Politics (2004, 2006  2007, 2008, 2009)
• Lawdragon 500 New Stars, New Worlds (Summer 2006)
• Houston Bar Association, President's Award (2003)

• Co-author with Layne E. Kruse, "Supreme Court Opens New Door for Early Escape from United States Lawsuits," Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Client Alert, March 7, 2007
• Co-author with Layne E. Kruse, "U.S. Civil Jurisdiction - What Non-U.S. Companies Should Know About Doing Business in the U.S.," April 2003 
• "Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Parties," International Litigation - Defending and Suing Foreign Parties in U.S. Federal Courts, 113 David J. Levy ed., 2003

• "Crossing the State Line: State Law Class Actions," 8th Annual National Institute on Class Actions, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2004

1994 - J.D., Stanford Law School
1991 - B.A., Economics and Sociology, Rice University

Teddy was the Senior Editor-Ombudsman of the Stanford Law Review. He was admitted to practice law in Texas in 1994.

• Memorial Herman Hospital System, Board of Directors (2003 - Present)
• Association of Rice Alumni, Board of Directors (2004 - 2007)
• Alley Theater, Advisory Board (2003 - 2006)
• Rice University Friends of Fondren, Board of Directors (2001 - Present)
• Trinity Episcopal Church, Vestry (2002- 2005), Chancellor (2005 - Present)