Experience

Will Adams is the firm’s lead trial attorney and represents clients in serious personal injury and death cases. He is double board certified and a life member of the prestigious Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has been recognized as One of the Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers in Texas by the National Trucking Trial Lawyers, one of the 100 Trial Lawyers in Texas by The National Trial Lawyers, and as a leader in his field by Texas Monthly Magazine, H Texas Magazine and other publications. Will has also served the citizens of Texas during the 2019 Legislative Session as President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association. He continues to sit on TTLA’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

Will is married to Crista Ravkind Adams and together they have one son. When Will is not in the courtroom working on his clients’ behalf, he can be found logging miles on the local bayou jogging trails.

Professional Activities and Honors

• Top Jury Verdict in Harris County Motor Vehicle Crash Case
  (#7 in all of Texas) (2016)
• Top 10 Trucking Trial Lawyers in Texas
  The National Trucking Trial Lawyers Association
• Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law
  Texas Board of Legal Specialization
• Board Certified, Civil Trial Law
  National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Texas
  National Trial Lawyers
• Houston’s Top Lawyers for Personal Injury and Houston’s Top Lawyers for the People
  H Texas Magazine, 2006 – present
• Texas Monthly Super Lawyer
  2010 – present
• Texas Monthly Super Lawyer Rising Star
  2004 – 2005
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum and Million Dollar Advocates Forum
  Life Member
• Top Verdict’s Top 10 Settlements: Personal Injury
  2021

Presentations and Papers

• 2012
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks Seminar: Cross Examining the Defense Medical Examiner
• 2012

• • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks Seminar: Cross Examining the Defense Doctor in a Car Wreck Case.
• 2013
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention- Reinventing the Rules with Rick Friedman: Truck Wreck Rules
  • Katy Area Chamber of Commerce: End Distracted Driving
• 2014
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks Seminar, Houston: Enhancing Intangible Damages at Trial
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks Seminar, Austin: Intangible Damages Panel
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Annual Convention: Cross Examining the Defense Doctor in a Car Wreck Case.
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association: Compensating Non-Catastrophically Injured Plaintiffs
  • 2014 State Bar of Texas, Prosecuting and Defending Truck and Auto Collision Cases CLE: Handling and Maximizing Damages In The “Soft Tissue or Low Impact” Case
• 2015
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association MidYear Meeting, Austin: Defeating the Pre-Existing Condition Defense
  • Waller County Distracted Driving Forum, Student Awareness Initiative: End Distracted Driving
  • UT CLE The Car Crash Seminar: Cross Examining the Defense Doctor in a Car Wreck Case
  • Katy Young Professionals: End Distracted Driving
• 2018
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Annual CLE Seminar, Dallas: Legislative Update
  • UT CLE The Car Crash Seminar: Deposing the Treaters & the Testifiers
• 2019
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Midyear Conference and CLE Seminar, Houston: Post-Session Legislative Update
  • Rio Grande Valley Trial Lawyers Association, McAllen: 86th Legislative Session Update
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks Seminar, Dallas: Changes to 18.001 Affidavits What the Legislature Did & How to Adapt (legal assistants)
  • Ft. Bend Bar Association: Protecting Texas Families through Good Laws and Good Lawyers
• 2020
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks Seminar, Houston: Changes to C.P.R.C. 18.001 and How to Adapt
  • National Charity League, Azalea Chapter: End Distracted Driving
  • American Association for Justice, Faculty Depo College Workshop:  Remote Depositions.
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Car Wrecks Seminar: Changes to 18.001 Affidavits And How To Adapt.
  • Houston Trial Lawyers Association – Talk Show:  Dominating Your Day (during Covid). 
  • Jefferson County Bar Association: Tips for Taking an Effective Deposition.
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Advocates: Insights on Legislative Engagement
• 2021
  • Harris County Civil Judges CLE: What Have “They” Done Now?
    – 2021 Texas Legislative Update
• 2024
  • Beaumont Bar Association: The Effective Use of Technology in Litigation
• 2025
  • Fort Bend County Bar Association: Direct Examination, What You Should Avoid.     
  • Harris County Judicial Retreat: May it please the Courts – 2025 Texas Legislative Update.
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Trial Skills Conference: Trial Skills 101 — Using Storytelling Techniques in Cross Examination. 
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association Truck Wreck Boot Camp: How to Depose the Defense Accident Reconstructionist & Human Factors Expert.
• 2026
  • Texas Trial Lawyers Association CLE: Don’t Gamble with Your Law Practice CLE – What If We’re Wrong?

Memberships

• American Association for Justice Interstate Trucking Litigation Group
• Texas Association of Civil Trial & Appellate Specialists
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Past President and Director)
• American Association for Justice
• Houston Trial Lawyers Association
• Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (Past Director)