Adam Lewis

About Adam Lewis

Adam is an experienced trial lawyer who has worked at Arnold & Itkin since 2014 where he has shown his courage and willingness to take on enormous challenges to fight for the injured and wronged. Over his career, he has handled hundreds of cases and has obtained verdicts and settlements for his clients totaling over His practice focuses on catastrophic injuries, offshore incidents, Jones Act claims, 18-wheeler collisions, pharmaceutical cases, wrongful death cases, product defect cases, and hurricane claims.Since joining Arnold & Itkin, Adam has been recognized with numerous awards for his work, including being named a Top 40 under 40 by the National Trial Lawyers, joining the Million and Multi-Million Dollar Advocate Forums, being named a Sustaining Life Member of the Texas Bar Foundation, and being part of the trial team that secured a Top 20, as well as a Top 50, Personal Injury Verdict for the State of Texas. Adam has also been part of trial teams that have secured some of the largest settlements in both Texas and Louisiana history. Specifically, Adam was part of the trial teams that secured record settlements in the amount of $171 million related to a Louisiana plant explosion,$357 million related to a Texas plant explosion, and $139 million as part of a deadly pipeline explosion.Over his career at Arnold & Itkin, Adam has acted as trial counsel and lead trial counsel in record-setting jury verdicts. In 2018, Adam was part of the trial team that secured a $33 million verdict obtained related to a pulp and paper explosion that was tried in Harris County, Texas. This was a top 20 jury verdict in the State of Texas that year. In 2020, Adam acted as lead trial counsel for a woman who was injured in a serious motor vehicle accident case in Brazos County, Texas. After aggressively trying the case, Adam and his team were able to secure a favorable verdict that is one of the largest jury verdicts in Brazos County, Texas over the past decade. This was the top 23 jury verdict in the State of Texas for 2020.In 2021, Adam acted as lead trial counsel representing three Jones Act seamen in a case involving a large commercial vessel the caused multiple allisions on the Mississippi River. Adam tried the Limitation of Liability case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana involving a $139 million limitation fund. After an extensive trial, Adam and his team secured a favorable verdict where the Court found the vessel owner and operator 100% liable for a catastrophic vessel allision and “busted” the limitation.

Experience

1. Trial Lawyer

   Arnold & Itkin LLP

   May 2016 — Present

Education

• Texas Tech University

  Bachelor of Arts, History

  2004 — 2008

• South Texas College of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• Legal Research
• Product Liability
• Contract Negotiation
• Torts
• Westlaw
• Litigation Support
• Research
• Editing
• Public Speaking
• Microsoft Office
• Legal Writing