Thomas Frashier is a trial lawyer who represents plaintiffs and defendants with a focus on complex commercial cases involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duties, fraud, and trade secret misappropriation. Mr. Frashier has experience at all stages of litigation including initial pleadings, taking and defending depositions, motion practice, and trial.

Mr. Frashier began working at AZA in 2019 as a summer associate and returned for his second summer where he played a key role in a trial team that successfully represented emergency room doctors in obtaining a $9.4 million jury verdict. An eager advocate, Mr. Frashier began to obtain stand-up results in court for his clients as soon as he began practicing. On the first day he was licensed, he argued and won summary judgment for a client in the healthcare industry.

In only two years at AZA Mr. Frashier has been part of five trial teams. In his first six months he prevailed in back-to-back cases in Texas and Illinois federal court, including a $22 million jury verdict for the Port of Houston. After just one year of practice, he has already second chaired a jury trial in a weeklong Harris County breach of contract case, securing another verdict for his clients.

He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School where he was the Executive Articles Editor of the Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review and Co-President of the Michigan Law ACLU. Before attending law school, he attended Southwestern University where he was a scholarship Tenor.

An Eagle Scout, he has served as the Co-Chair of the Lawyers for Literacy Committee of the Houston Bar Association and is a member of the Bench Bar Conference Committee. He previously served as a volunteer Civics and English Instructor at Manos de Crito in Austin, where he helped permanent residents to become U.S. citizens in the final stages of naturalization process.

EDUCATION

• University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude
  • Michigan Business & Entrepreneurial Law Review (Executive Articles Editor)
  • Research Assistant – Professor Patrick Barry
  • ACLU (Co-President)
  • Texas Club (Co-Founder & Vice-President)
  • First-Generation Law Students

• Southwestern University, B.A. in Business, cum laude

 

ADMISSIONS

• State Bar of Texas
• Eastern District of Texas
• Southern District of Texas
• Western District of Texas
• Northern District of Texas
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5^th Circuit

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

• Houston Bar Association, Member
• Houston Bar Association, Member, Bench Bar Conference Committee, 2022 – Present
• Houston Bar Association, Member, Lawyers for Literacy Committee, 2021 – Present
• Houston Young Lawyers Association, Member
• Houston Zoo, Flock Donor’s Club, Member
• Houston Zoo, Member, Centennial Ball After-Party Committee

LANGUAGES

Basic Spanish

IN THE NEWS

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• The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry
• Ben & Jerry’s Says Unilever ‘Covertly’ Took TMs After Merger
• $22M Port Damage Verdict Against Louis Dreyfus Stands
• AZA Represents Ben & Jerry’s in International Lawsuit Against British-based Parent Company
• Ben & Jerry’s Sues Parent for Backtracking on West Bank Ice Cream Sales Stance
• AZA Wins Trademark Dispute for Illinois Youth Football Team
• AZA Selected as a Finalist for National Elite Trial Law Firm 2022
• AZA Client Port of Houston Wins $22.32 Million Jury Verdict in Federal Court