Tom Wolfe is a trial attorney and commercial litigator whose practice is focused on complex business cases. He has tried cases in state and federal court in various matters, including product liability cases (pharmaceutical and automotive), oil and gas matters, and various commercial claims, including arbitration of securities cases. He has also been involved in the defense-of-class actions, including certification hearings and mass tort litigation. He also served as President and Managing Partner of Phillips Murrah for 20 years starting in 2002.

Tom has been on the Board of Directors and was formerly Chair of the Trial Practice Section of the Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel and is a Master of the William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court. Tom also served as a speaker at the Oklahoma Association of Defense Annual Trial School (2006, 2007) and received the Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel Distinguished Service Award (2006). He also previously served as the President/Managing Partner for the Firm.

He is a member of Defense Research Institute, ALFA International, American Bar Association, Oklahoma County Bar Association and Oklahoma Bar Association, where he served on the Board of Directors of the Young Lawyers Division (1990 – 1991).

Tom co-authored An Overview of Oklahoma Product Liability Law, 86 OKLA B. J. 830 (2015), Kirkland v. General Motors Corporation and Beyond: An Overview of Twenty Years of Oklahoma Product Liability Law, 65 OKLA. B.J. 3593 (1994) and, An Overview of Oklahoma Product Liability Law, 73 OKLA. B.J. 2231 (2002), the latter of which won the Oklahoma Bar Journal “Golden Quill Award.” He also wrote a regular legal column for The Journal Record, Oklahoma City’s daily business newspaper from 2008-2013.

Tom is continuously ranked as AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings and continuously recognized by Oklahoma Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters since 2008 (including Best of the Best – Top 50 in 2013-2015 and 2018; Lawyer of the Year in OKC in 2013 in the area of Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions). He is also continuously recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2006 (including Lawyer of the Year in OKC in 2017 and 2019 and currently in the categories of Civil Rights Law, Oil and Gas Law, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions, Product Liability Defense, Commercial Litigation, and Bet-the-Company Litigation). He is also recognized as a 405 Magazine Top Attorney in Commercial Litigation since 2020.

Tom was born and raised in Oklahoma City.

• University of Oklahoma (B.S., 1980; J.D., with Honors, 1985)

• William J. Holloway, Jr. American Inn of Court (Master)
• Oklahoma Association of Defense Counsel (Board of Directors, Chair, Trial Practice Section, Speaker, OADC Trial School, 8-2006, and Recipient, OADC Distinguished Service Award, 2006)
• Defense Research Institute
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Oklahoma County Bar Association
• Oklahoma Bar Association (Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Division, 1990-1991)
• American Bar Association

• Represented pharmaceutical, automotive, heavy equipment, protective body armor and transportation clients in traumatic injury and wrongful death cases
• Represented defendant clients in a number of class action certification hearings involving a major automotive manufacturer, the manufacturer of protective armor used by police departments, and pharmaceutical product manufacturers and commercial settings
• Lead defense counsel on a team of Oklahoma attorneys representing the manufacturer in the largest national pharmaceutical litigation in history
• Tried to a successful verdict in federal court, a complex oil and gas case involving a faulty cement job, which precluded completion by the client/operator of a well in uphole zones
• Represented oil and gas companies in a variety of industry type cases, including gas balancing, JOA disputes, mineral owner disputes, surface damages claims and catastrophic injury cases
• Represented automobile dealerships in all facets of their business, including real estate, purchases of other dealerships, employment matters and various forms of consumer litigation
• Tried media dispute cases involving First Amendment rights
• Obtained judgment for his clients in a dispute between a developer of an upscale housing addition and the homeowners
• Tried to successful verdict in Oklahoma state court in an oil and gas case involving a dispute over an overriding royalty interest
• Trial to verdict a dispute between a national commercial real estate landlord and a national retail tenant related to a flood
• Handled with co-counsel a major constitutional dispute related to alcohol distribution laws in Oklahoma
• Represented the Oklahoma Bar Association in a dispute related to the constitutionality of mandatory bar dues
• Represents a start-up fintech company on all legal matters

• Village Animal League (Volunteer)