Elizabeth Cuneo Thomas

Elizabeth Cuneo Thomas


Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

Recognized since 2021

Fort Worth, Texas

Practice Areas

Commercial Litigation

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Elizabeth C. Thomas is a partner in the Fort Worth office’s Litigation section. Ms. Thomas represents corporate and individual clients in state and federal courts involving complex commercial disputes, business torts, fraud, Deceptive Trade Practice claims, antitrust, and employment matters. Ms. Thomas has extensive experience with all stages of litigation, from pleading through discovery, motion practice, trial, and appeal.

Prior to joining Kelly Hart, Ms. Thomas was a litigation associate at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in its Dallas and New York offices, where she gained valuable experience representing clients ranging from Fortune 50 companies to asylum seekers and federal inmates.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Thomas served as a law clerk to the Honorable Jane J. Boyle of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. While in law school, Ms. Thomas interned with the Honorable José Linares of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey as well as for the Honorable Anthony J. Scirica of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Before going to law school, Ms. Thomas worked as an investment banking analyst for Bank of America, focusing on consumer and retail companies. Ms. Thomas also worked as a litigation paralegal for Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP.

Location
  • 201 Main Street, Suite 2500
    Fort Worth, TX 76102
Education
  • University of Michigan, JD, graduated 2013
Bar Admissions
  • Texas, 2016
  • New York, 2014
Affiliations
  • Mahon Inn of Court - Member
  • Tarrant County Bar Association - Member
  • Texas Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • The Federalist Society - Member
Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Headquarters: Fort Worth, Texas

53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

28 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2025 for work in:
  • Commercial Litigation
Awards:
  • Up-and-Coming 50: 2024 Women Texas Rising Stars Top List, Thomson Reuters

  • Up-and-Coming 50: 2023 Women Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters

  • Up-and-Coming 100: 2024 Texas Rising Stars Top List, Thomson Reuters

  • Up-and-Coming 100: 2023 Texas Rising Stars Top List, Thomson Reuters

  • Best Lawyers®, Dallas/Fort Worth-Ones to Watch, U.S. News & World Report

    • Commercial Litigation, 2021-2025
  • Texas Super Lawyers Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters

    • Business Litigation, 2020-2024
  • Top Attorney, Fort Worth Magazine

    • Commercial Litigation, 2022
    • Civil Law | Litigation, 2020
  • Top Attorney, 360 West magazine

    • Commercial Litigation, 2024
    • Civil Law | Litigation, 2023
    • Product Liability Law, 2019, 2022
  • Top Attorney less than five years in practice, 360 West magazine

    • Antitrust Law, 2020-2021
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Litigation - Real Estate

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