William S. Adams

If you are weighing your options among Dallas injury attorneys, William S. Adams offers something most plaintiff lawyers cannot: roughly ten years spent defending the very insurance companies and corporations he now litigates against. That inside knowledge of how the other side prices claims, picks its battles, and prepares for trial shapes every case he takes on for injured Texans at Thompson Law Injury Lawyers.

Adams has been in courtrooms for more than a quarter century, and he has taken dozens of cases all the way to a jury verdict rather than settling short. His caseload centers on the serious end of the injury spectrum: 18-wheeler and commercial vehicle wrecks, car crashes, industrial and construction-site accidents, traumatic brain injuries, defective products, and wrongful death claims brought by grieving families. Other lawyers actually pay attention when he talks shop — he has taught continuing legal education courses to fellow attorneys on trial tactics, ethics, and professional responsibility.

His path to the plaintiff’s side was a long one. He started litigating in 1999, working matters that ranged from fatal accidents and catastrophic injuries to professional negligence and insurance coverage fights, and early on he clerked for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals — an experience that sharpened his appellate and analytical skills. After his years representing corporate and insurance defendants, he opened his own firm in 2011, handling major injury cases, trucking collisions, and wrongful death matters. Before moving to his current role, he managed and mentored entire litigation teams as Litigation Attorney Manager at a large Texas plaintiff firm, overseeing high-value injury cases through every phase of trial. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Spanish with a philosophy minor from West Virginia University, serves as an Allied Attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, and previously sat on the West Virginia Junior College Advisory Board.

At Thompson Law, Adams works on a pure contingency basis — clients owe nothing unless the firm recovers money for them — and consultations are free. The firm reports more than $2.1 billion in settlements recovered for its clients over the years.

Adams is the kind of lawyer to call when the stakes are high and the defendant is well-funded: a commercial trucking company, a manufacturer, an industrial employer, or an insurer that is lowballing a catastrophic injury or wrongful death claim. Victims whose cases may genuinely need to go to trial — not just settle quickly — will benefit most from his verdict-tested experience and his fluency in how defense teams think.