T. Wade Welch

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T. Wade Welch Partner

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T. Wade Welch is an experienced trial lawyer who represents clients in complex, high-stakes litigation nationwide. His practice focuses on business disputes involving significant financial exposure, including matters related to contracts, intellectual property, statutory claims, and business torts. Known for pairing courtroom experience with practical business judgment, Wade helps clients navigate disputes where legal strategy, financial exposure, and business objectives are closely connected. 

Previously, Wade founded and led his own firm, where he served for nearly two decades as national lead counsel to a satellite broadcasting company during a period of substantial growth. In that role, he managed high-profile litigation across the country, including merger-related disputes and antitrust actions involving billions of dollars in controversy. Over the course of his career, Wade has litigated hundreds of complex matters nationwide, often involving substantial claims and opposing some of the largest law firms in the U.S. His experience gives clients the perspective of a lawyer who has handled litigation at scale, against sophisticated opponents, and in matters where the stakes extend well beyond the courtroom. 

Wade has achieved significant trial results, including obtaining nationally recognized trial results in complex commercial and insurance litigation. His experience has been recognized by national publications, and the firm he previously led was named a Go-To Law Firm for Litigation by Fortune® for six years straight by his Fortune 30 and 200 clients. Today, he brings that depth of experience to clients facing sophisticated business disputes, bet-the-company litigation, and matters requiring strategic judgment from the earliest stages of conflict through trial.

Services

  • Litigation

Education

  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1986
  • The University of Houston, BBA.,1983

Admissions

  • State Bar of Texas
  • State Bar of Colorado
  • United States District Court for the District of Colorado
  • United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • United States District Court for the District of Nebraska
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of North Carolina
  • United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Distinctions & Certifications

  • Fortune 500 Go To Litigator 2006-2012

Representative Experience

  • Served for nearly two decades as national lead litigation counsel for a major satellite broadcasting company, managing complex disputes nationwide during a period of significant growth. 
  • Represented a satellite broadcasting company in a $5 billion lawsuit arising from a failed merger with News Corp. 
  • Represented a satellite broadcasting company in a multibillion-dollar antitrust litigation against a major industry competitor, which ultimately resulted in a $26 billion merger agreement. 
  • Litigated hundreds of complex commercial matters across the country, including contract, intellectual property, statutory, antitrust, insurance bad faith, and business tort claims, many involving nine-figure amounts in controversy. 
  • Obtained the 63rd largest jury verdict in the US, 8th largest in Texas, in 2014, and fifth largest bad faith verdict for the five years of 2013 - 2018, arising out of an insurer’s gross negligence and statutory bad faith, resulting in actual and punitive damages—affirmed by Fifth Circuit (841 F.3d 669) 
  • Secured a final judgment of approximately $40 million, including more than $4 million in attorneys’ fees, affirmed by the Fifth Circuit and collected in full. 
  • Represented clients and handled matters involving companies such as DISH Network, EchoStar Satellite, Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, ADM Trucking, Bayer AG, Covestro, C.R. Bard, Golden Peanut, tw telecom/Lumen, and Weather Nation TV. 
  • Handled litigation in state and federal courts across the United States, including matters in the majority of U.S. jurisdictions and multiple federal appellate courts.

Community Involvement

  • Houston Chow Chow Connection
  • Charities Behind the Badge
  • Rotary Club of Houston
  • Ronald McDonald House
  • Big Brother/Big Sisters
  • Volunteer Harbor Lights Mission