Thomas Foster Lillard

Mr. Lillard, a founding member of Lillard Wise Szygenda PLLC, began his career as a prosecutor in the Dallas District Attorney’s Office. In fact, on the day he was licensed, Mr. Lillard tried his first jury trial. Thirty-five years and more than 130 jury trials later, he still has a passion for the courtroom.

After leaving government service, and following a short stint as an in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company, Mr. Lillard joined a small labor/employment firm to further broaden his trial and arbitration practice. Now, with his departure after almost twenty-eight years from the international law firm of Hunton & Williams LLP (and its Dallas predecessor, Worsham Forsythe & Wooldridge LLP), where he was an equity partner and one of the firm’s senior trial attorneys, Mr. Lillard has come full circle. In establishing Lillard Wise Szygenda PLLC with Bob Wise and Andy Szygenda, he has brought the breadth and depth of his trial experience to form a uniquely talented and experienced litigation team.

Mr. Lillard’s practice continues to focus on general business and commercial litigation, with emphasis on energy, fraud, business tort, construction, and employment matters. His practice has ranged from complex oil and gas contract litigation to defending multi-plaintiff toxic tort claims to handling ERISA disputes to providing advice and direction to his clients on the best ways to avoid and/or minimize the burden of litigation.