Practice areas: Personal Injury, Construction Litigation, Products Liability
Licensed in Texas since: 1991
Education: Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2005 - 2026 Fee, Smith & Sharp, LLP
Three Galleria Tower13155 Noel Road, Suite 1000
Dallas, TX 75240 Phone: 972-980-3259 Email: Thomas W. Fee Visit website
Details 
Tom Fee represents companies and individuals in high exposure and high profile disputes in federal and state courts throughout Texas. Mr. Fee is litigation and lead trial counsel for clients in a broad range of matters including personal injury torts, construction defect matters and commercial business litigation. Mr. Fee defends lawsuits involving major transportation accidents, construction accidents and defects, premise liability and inadequate security cases, products liability, and matters involving commercial and business disputes. He regularly serves as lead trial counsel for companies and individuals facing multi-million dollar exposures in Texas and, occasionally, in other states in the Southwest region.
First Admitted: 1991, Texas
Professional Webpage: https://www.feesmith.com/attorneys/thomas-fee/
Bar / Professional Activity
- Professional Affiliations: AV Rated by Martindale-Hubble; Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law since 1998; American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Selected Texas Super Lawyer by Texas Monthly Magazine - Personal Injury Defense - 2005 to Present; Texas Association of Defense Counsel (TADC); Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA); Transportation Lawyers Association (TLA); Defense Research Institute (DRI); American Transportation Association (ATA); US Law Member - Transportation, Construction, Professional Liability; RIMS; Council on Litigation Management (CLM); Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation; Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum; Past Chair of USLAW's Complex Tort and Products Liability Practice Group; Voted Best Lawyer by D Magazine 2013 - 2014 and 2023 - 2025
- Court Admissions: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas; U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas; U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas; U.S. District Court Western District of Texas
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)
- Murphree v. Betty Monroe, Site Concrete, Austin Bridge & Road, Decatur, Wise County, Texas. Defense verdict on behalf of client, Austin Bridge & Road, in a case involving a collision between two vehicles in a road construction zone, which resulted in a severe permanent brain injury to Plaintiff. Judgment awarded against Co-Defendants in excess of $23 million.Butler v. Chad Rehrig, Ben. E. Keith Co. Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. Defense verdict on fatality case arising from an auto-pedestrian accident in Denton, Texas.Nichols, et al. v. Young Contractors, et al., Franklin, Robertson County, Texas. Defense verdict on quadruple fatality case allegedly arising due to negligent truck routing with respect to the Highway Widening Project.McBride v. Aggregate Haulers, Juan Torres, et al., Decatur, Wise County, Texas. Lead trial counsel obtaining defense verdict on behalf of client, Dowdy Ferry Sand and Gravel, in a case involving a collision between three rock haulers that resulted in one death and significant injuries to two other drivers. Judgment awarded against Co-Defendants in excess of $6 million. Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment regarding “Statutory Employee” issue upheld on appeal. Defense verdict on behalf of Dowdy Ferry on remaining issues. See Omega Contr., Inc. v. Torres, 191 S.W.3d 828, 2006 Tex. App. LEXIS 2781 (Tex. App.– Fort Worth 2006, n.p.h.).
Representative Clients
- Arch Insurance; Everest Insurance; K&K Insurance; Liberty Mutual; Starr Insurance Companies
Special Licenses / Certifications
- Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law, 1998
Scholarly Lectures / Writings
- Article and Approved CE Course, Author, Litigating the Catastrophic Injury Case
- Article and Approved CE Course, Author, Handling Trucking Litigation in Texas
Office location for Thomas W. Fee
Three Galleria Tower
13155 Noel Road, Suite 1000
Dallas, TX 75240
Selections
22 Years Super Lawyers
- Super Lawyers: 2005 - 2026