Mr. Pridmore prosecutes and defends business and personal injury litigation for individual and corporate clients in both state and federal courts. As to some of his corporate clients, Mr. Pridmore acts as their general counsel. This includes litigation, transactional, and employment related services. He is a member of the Texas Bar, Texas Bar Foundation, is a Master of the Texas Tech Inn of Courts, and is a director of the Lubbock Area Bar Association. He was also selected to the National Order of Barristers and was named a Business Litigation Super Lawyer for 2024. Mr. Pridmore won two National Moot Court Championships and Best Brief award while attending South Texas College of Law in Houston. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas Tech University in 1989. While attending Texas Tech University, he worked for Dean Witter Reynolds as an Account Executive, where he obtained his securities license.

Professional Experience:

McWhorter, Cobb & Johnson, LLP Partner, 1993 – present

Practice Areas:

Civil litigation in federal and state courts, with a concentration in commercial/business litigation, employment and personal injury litigation, oil and gas litigation and corporate/transactional related work.

Education:

South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas

Doctor of Jurisprudence 1993

Advocacy Scholarships; American Bar Association National Moot Court Champion; Vanderbilt University; National Moot Court Champion;

Phi Delta Phi (Honorary Legal Fraternity)

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Bachelor of Business Administration, Economics (1989) Sigma Chi Fraternity

Licenses:

Supreme Court of Texas

United States Supreme Court

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

U.S. District Courts:

Northern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Eastern District of Texas

United States Bankruptcy Court

National Security Licenses

Series 7 and 63, expired

Professional Organizations:

National Order of Barristers

Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow

American Inns of Court, prior Executive Board, Master of the Bench

State Bar of Texas, Member, Litigation Section

Lubbock Area Bar Association, Director, (2023 – Present)

Prior Officer and Board of Directors/Lubbock County Young Lawyers Association, Nominated for Outstanding Young Lawyer Award

Legal and Advocacy Awards:

Super Lawyer: Business Litigation, 2023-2024

Texas Lawyer Verdicts Hall of Fame 2013

Top Texas Verdicts 2012

National Order of Barristers

Speaker and presenter at various conferences

Civic Services:

North Overton Tax Increment Finance, Reinvestment Zone Board, Vice Chair

Texas Tech Spurs Society

Lubbock Area Foundation Board, Past Board Chair, Director/Executive Committee – Friends of the Foundation

Museum of Texas Tech University Museum Association Trustee (Prior)

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Maestro Circle 2013-2014 Lubbock Assembly Club (Prior)

Prior Midwest Little League Coach & Board of Directors  (Prior)

Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Past Elder, Deacon and Teacher

Lubbock Symphony Orchestra Board of Directors (Prior)

Texas Tech University Chancellors Council Advisory Board of Directors (Prior)

Texas Tech University Library Board (Prior)

Texas Tech Museum Acquisition Board (Prior)

Numerous charitable and political work and events