Tara S. Kern

Senior Attorney


Experienced in managing a broad range of litigation matters, Tara is considered a go-to litigator by companies in a wide array of industries. Her practice focuses on complex product liability cases, catastrophic personal injury, and business disputes, and she routinely works with automotive and equipment manufacturers, such as General Motors LLC, Volkswagen Group of America, Kubota Tractor Corporation, and Vanderhall Motor Works, Inc. 

Tara is also adept in handling tort actions, premises liability, commercial liability, and construction liability matters, and also has experience defending complex, multi-party tort actions against professional sports teams and electric utility providers throughout Texas. Further, Tara has extensive experience handling first- and third-party insurance defense, specifically for violations of the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and violations of the Texas Insurance Code Chapter 541 and 542. 

Further, Tara has experience defending corporations in appellate matters pending before the Third Court of Appeals and Texas Supreme Court. Specifically, Tara was lead appellate counsel and fully briefed arguments in a case regarding the special appearance of a nonresident corporation before the Texas Supreme Court: See: Frank Luciano and Helene Luciano v. SprayFoamPolymers.com, LLC, 625 S.W.3d 1 (Tex. 2021).

    • Texas Tech University, J.D., 2016
    • Baylor University, B.B.A., 2012
  • Bar Admissions

    • Texas
  • Court Admissions

    • Northern District of Texas
    • Southern District of Texas
    • Eastern District of Texas
    • Western District of Texas
    • Named to Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" list for Commercial Litigation, 2024 and 2025