Brady Edwards

Partner

Brady Edwards is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Litigation Practice and Managing Partner of the Houston office. Mr. Edwards focuses his practice in the areas of product liability, complex mass tort and toxic tort litigation, and commercial litigation. He has tried cases in Texas and Florida.

In his mass tort and toxic tort practice, Mr. Edwards has defended a wide variety of corporate clients in claims involving occupational exposure to aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides and nematicides, asbestos, silica, industrial adhesives and solvents, paints, welding fumes, and numerous other substances. He has statewide responsibility for defendants in asbestos litigation in three states, and he serves as national toxic tort counsel for several other defendants.

Mr. Edwards has also defended a number of nuisance and trespass lawsuits brought against petrochemical companies by adjacent landowners as well as a number of companies in wrongful death lawsuits brought by former employees.

In his commercial litigation practice, Mr. Edwards has represented companies and individuals in a diverse array of business disputes involving tortious interference in the rap music and airfreight industries, trade secrets, non-compete agreements, cyber-trespassing, and contractual disputes involving consulting agreements, independent contractor relationships, subcontractors in commercial construction projects, complex software licensing agreements, and numerous indemnity obligations. Additionally, he has managed litigation, both domestically and abroad, for a Fortune 1000 company.

From 2001-2006, Mr. Edwards was a founding partner of his own firm, most recently known as Edwards, Burns & Krider LLP, which was recognized by the Houston Young Lawyers Association as the Outstanding Small Law Firm of 2004-2005.

Prior to that time, Mr. Edwards maintained a diverse litigation practice at a large national firm. From 1995 to 1996, he served as a law clerk to Judge Richard A. Schell, Chief Judge Emeritus of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Mr. Edwards is admitted to practice in Texas, Arkansas, Pennsylvania, Missouri, New York, and the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Supreme Court; the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western Districts of Texas. He is not admitted in Delaware.