Adams & Graham

What Adams & Graham does

Adams & Graham, L.L.P. is a private civil trial and appellate law firm founded in 1958 by John Q. Adams and Marshall Graham, headquartered in Harlingen, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. The firm operates five practice areas — Insurance Defense, Commercial & Business, Health Care, Employment, and Appellate — serving insurance carriers, healthcare providers (hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, home health agencies), businesses, governmental entities (municipalities, school districts), and individuals across South Texas and the Coastal Bend. Its appellate section also accepts referrals from other litigation attorneys, creating an attorney-to-attorney distribution channel in addition to direct client engagement.

The firm generates revenue through professional fees on a quote-based engagement model, with no published pricing, subscription, or technology platform disclosed. There is no proprietary technology stack; the practice relies on conventional legal service delivery through scheduled attorney consultations (phone and contact form). Marketing is conducted through the firm website, Martindale-Hubbell AV rating, Super Lawyer and Best Law Firms recognitions, The Wall Street Journal Texas Top-Ranked Law Firm designation, and community reputation built since 1958. The named attorney roster consists of four practicing lawyers — Roger W. Hughes (joined 1981, Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law), R. Barry Ray (joined 1991), William L. Pope (joined 1986, qualified mediator), and William E. Pope (joined November 2024) — supported by staff including a registered nurse and legal assistants.

The firm is a Texas limited liability partnership with no disclosed parent company, no institutional investment, and no M&A activity in its history. It operates from a single office, is authorized to practice in all Texas state and federal courts, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the U.S. Tax Court, and reports no AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or technology integrations.

Name

Adams & Graham

Legal name

Adams & Graham, L.L.P.

Website

https://adamsgraham.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1958

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Adams & Graham is a private civil trial and appellate law firm founded in 1958, headquartered in Harlingen, Texas, serving insurance carriers, healthcare providers, businesses, governmental entities, and individuals across South Texas through five practice areas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Employment & Labor Law (BPAHAAAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Litigation Support & Expert Witness Services (BPAHALAG)

Keywords

• Civil trial law
• Appellate practice
• Insurance defense
• Healthcare law
• Employment law

Headquarters

HQ city

Harlingen

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Professional Fees: The firm generates revenue through professional legal fees for civil trial, appellate, insurance defense, commercial litigation, employment law, and healthcare legal services. Services are provided to insurance companies, healthcare providers, businesses, governmental entities, and individuals across South Texas.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Adams & Graham, L.L.P. is a South Texas civil trial and appellate law firm providing legal representation across five practice areas: insurance defense (first and third party claims), commercial and business law, healthcare law (hospitals, physicians, and healthcare professionals), employment law, and appellate practice. The firm serves insurance companies, healthcare providers, businesses, governmental entities, and individuals primarily in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley.

Product overview

Adams & Graham, L.L.P. is a full-service civil trial and appellate law firm offering five distinct legal practice areas: Insurance Defense, Commercial & Business, Health Care, Employment, and Appellate services. The firm provides client-centered legal counsel and representation to insurance companies, healthcare providers, businesses, governmental entities, and individuals across South Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Insurance Defense

Quantifiable outcome

• Successfully defended healthcare providers for over 40 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Atlas Hall Rodriguez: A South Texas / Rio Grande Valley law firm of similar size and regional footprint, with a comparable insurance defense and civil litigation practice. Most directly comparable peer based on shared geography, client mix, and practice focus.
• Germer PLLC: A Texas-based full-service civil litigation firm with comparable size and multi-practice approach including insurance defense, healthcare, and business litigation. Similar private partnership structure and regional focus.
• Branscomb Law Firm: A Texas-based civil litigation firm with strong insurance defense and personal injury defense practice, particularly active along the Texas Gulf Coast. Comparable in size, regional scope, and core insurance defense work.

Broad incumbents

• Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP: A much larger Texas-based insurance defense firm with national reach and similar core practices including professional liability and commercial litigation. Represents the scaled incumbent against which a regional player like Adams & Graham competes for carrier panel work.
• Jackson Walker LLP: One of Texas's largest and oldest law firms, with comparable practice areas including healthcare, employment, and business litigation. Represents the broad incumbent category of full-service Texas firms that compete for the same enterprise and governmental clients.
• Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, LLP: A Texas-based insurance defense and coverage firm with significant national insurance carrier panel work. Directly comparable to Adams & Graham's insurance defense practice but with substantially greater scale and geographic reach.
• McGinnis Lochridge: A Texas-based full-service firm with overlapping healthcare, employment, and commercial litigation practices. A broader incumbent serving similar enterprise and governmental clients across Texas.
• Norton Rose Fulbright: A global law firm with a substantial Texas presence and significant insurance defense, healthcare, and appellate practices. Represents the global incumbent tier competing for the same large enterprise and carrier clients.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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