Founding partner John Eddie Williams, Jr. is a passionate, highly experienced legal expert and upstanding community member. He consistently demonstrates an inherent duty to advocate for those in need through his ambition in the courtroom and his firm’s culture.
John Eddie’s record of success has received substantial recognition, and rightfully so. However, by far, his most significant win in the courtroom is the 1995 landmark battle against Big Tobacco in which he represented the State of Texas. That victory in this landmark case resulted in the largest settlement in the United States history, reaching a total of $17.3 billion.
A native Houstonian and son of working-class parents, he was a standout football player at Pasadena High School. He entered Baylor University on a football scholarship, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business in 1976. He then entered Baylor School of Law, serving as editor-in-chief of the Baylor Law Review and passing the Texas State Bar exam 15 days before graduating first in his class.
Decades later, he would significantly contribute to the Baylor community by funding a new on-campus football stadium alongside the Brazos River. This construction took its athletics organization to new heights. As a result, the field at Baylor Stadium was appropriately named John Eddie Williams Field.
He and his wife Sheridan feel strongly about helping the community in which they both live and were born. They are involved in many charities throughout the Houston area, donating their time and money to organizations such as the Houston Chronicle’s Goodfellows Fund, which provides new toys for needy children ages 2 to 10 during the holiday season. In fact, they have donated the most significant individual gift in the local toy drive’s 97-year history two years in a row.
