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2025 Muster Speaker - Neal Adams '68
Mr. Adams was born and raised in Tyler, Texas. He earned his
BBA in Marketing from Texas A&M University in 1968 and
obtained his Juris Doctor in 1970 from Baylor University School of
Law.
While attending Texas A&M University he served as: Head Yell
Leader; Member of Student Senate and Adjutant General, 2nd
Brigade, Corps of Cadets.
After obtaining his Juris Doctor in 1970 from Baylor University, Mr.
Adams served in the United States Army as a 1st Lieutenant,
Adjutant’s General Corps, and was trial counsel for Headquarters
Command, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
Mr. Adams resides in Bryan, Texas and has been practicing law in Fort Worth, Tarrant
County since 1972. He is President of the law firm of Adams, Lynch & Loftin, P.C., located in
Grapevine, Texas.
He is a past member of the Board and Past President, Hurst-Euless-Bedford
Independent School District; a past member of the Board and Past President, Hurst-Euless-
Bedford Chamber of Commerce; a past member of the Board and Past President, Mid-Cities
Rotary Club.
Mr. Adams continues to be very supportive of Texas A&M University. He serves as a
member and Past Chairman of President Welsh’s Board of Visitors for the Corps of Cadets;
member and Past Chairman of the Chancellor’s Century Council; Past Chair of the 12th Man
Foundation; Chair and Member of the Board of Trustees of the Baylor Oral Health Foundation
(supports the Texas A&M University College of Dentistry). Second Vice President and
Member of the Board, the Sul Ross Group.
He has also served as: Past Co-Agent for class of ’68; Past President and Past Treasurer of
the Former Yell Leaders’ Association; Member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, Texas A&M
University School of Law; Member of the Advisory Board and as Chair of the Development
Committee for the Texas A&M University Bush School of Government and Public Service.
Governor Rick Perry appointed Mr. Adams to the following:
Member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (2001-2007) and Vice Chairman
(2005 to 2007). Mr. Adams is a member (2009-to date) and the current Chair (2011-to date)
of the Board of the Texas Higher Education Foundation.
Mr. Adams is a recipient of the following: In October 2002 and 2007, Texas Lawyer
Magazine named him as the “Go-To-Lawyer” for school law in the State of Texas. From 2003
through 2011 and 2013 through 2024, he was named one of the Texas Super Lawyers in
school and education law by “Texas Monthly Magazine”.
In 2015, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School
District; the 2016 Kelly Frels Lifetime Achievement Award by the State Bar of Texas School
Law Section; the 2020 Dan Rugeley Price Memorial Award from the Texas Bar Foundation
for professionalism; the 2022 Distinguished Aggie Lawyer Award from the Texas Aggie Bar
Association; the 2023 Blackstone Award by the Tarrant County Bar Association (highest
honor given in recognition of a career that exemplifies professional aptitude, integrity, and
courage); in 2008 named as a recipient of the Association of Former Students Distinguished
Alumni of Texas A&M University; in 2010 he was inducted into the Hall of Honor, Texas A&M
University Corps of Cadets.
He has been a continual supporter of the Texas A&M University School of Law from
its inception, located in downtown Fort Worth, and served on the Law School’s Search
Committee for its first Dean in 2013 and its second Dean in 2017.
Since 1988, Mr. Adams has been a keynote speaker at 18 Aggie Musters from
Phoenix, Arizona to Knoxville, Tennessee to Columbia, South Carolina, and from Dallas to
Houston, San Antonio to Austin, to Fort Worth and many locations in between.
