backKing & Spalding partner Tom Melsheimer has been named to D Magazine’s 2026 Best Lawyers in Dallas list which “honors exceptional lawyers” who “are members of the legal community representing the people and institutions of Dallas with mastery and drive.”
Melsheimer has been named to D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas list 19 times and every year consecutively since 2013.
Melsheimer is the firm’s Global Head of Trial and serves as the Managing Partner of the Dallas office. Widely recognized as one of the nation’s leading trial lawyers, he has broad and comprehensive jury trial experience. He has tried civil cases involving breach of contract, business torts and fraud, trade secret, patent, antitrust, securities, product liability/mass tort, and qui tam claims. He also has tried criminal cases involving antitrust, healthcare fraud, bank fraud, public corruption, and kidnapping.