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About TMF & Associates

Experience That Works

TMF & Associates, PLLC is located in The Woodlands, Texas, which is in the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area. Although located in the Houston area, TMF & Associates, PLLC provides service throughout the State of Texas — from the upper and lower Gulf Coast Bend, inland to Dallas, Austin, and Bexar Counties and to all counties in between.

TMF & Associates is rated AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®, the oldest peer review rating system in the United States. This rating is the highest rating issued by Martindale-Hubbell for legal ability and ethics. The law firm is also listed in A.M. Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys.

The firm practices before all courts in the State of Texas, before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Divisions of Texas, and before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The members of TMF & Associates bring to bear more than 60 years of combined experience as well as their unique skills and practice areas to provide clients a wide range of legal services in a variety of civil law disciplines, including business law, commercial transactions, insurance, family, probate law, and other areas of civil litigation.

  • AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®
  • A.M. Best's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys
  • Board Certified — Personal Injury Trial Law (Texas Board of Legal Specialization)
  • Houston Bar Association Fellow
  • Montgomery County Bar Association
  • State Bar of Texas — Litigation, Insurance & Aviation Sections
  • U.S. District Courts, Southern & Eastern Districts of Texas
  • 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
The TMF & Associates legal team

Our Team

Our Attorneys

Thomas Martin Fountain, Attorney, Managing Member at TMF & Associates

Thomas Martin Fountain

Attorney, Managing Member

Thomas Fountain received his Liberal Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1976 and graduated from South Texas College of Law in 1980. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has served on several State Bar of Texas committees evaluating Texas Pattern Jury Charges.

Thomas is a member of the State Bar of Texas Sections on Litigation, Insurance, and Aviation. He earned a rating of AV® Preeminent™ by Martindale-Hubbell®, which reflects the highest rating for ability and ethics. Mr. Fountain is a member in good standing of the Houston and Montgomery County Bar Associations, and is a Fellow of the Houston Bar Association.

He has authored and presented speeches on subjects such as Breach of the Duty of Good Faith and Fair Dealing.

Board Certified · Personal Injury Trial Law
Joshua Selvidge, Attorney at TMF & Associates

Joshua Selvidge

Attorney

Joshua Selvidge, a Houston native, served as an infantryman and paratrooper in the U.S. Army, where he gained leadership training and combat experience, including a tour in Afghanistan. After his honorable discharge at the rank of Sergeant, he pursued a B.A. in Journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

A class on Journalism and the Law inspired him to shift toward a legal career. Following his graduation in 2018, he earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston Law Center in 2021 and is admitted to practice in Texas.

Joshua's legal practice focuses on first-party and third-party insurance claims, defending insurance companies, homeowners, and construction contractors.

Arisai (Ari) Sliva, Chief Operating Officer | Law Clerk (Foreign-Trained Attorney) at TMF & Associates

Arisai (Ari) Sliva

Chief Operating Officer | Law Clerk (Foreign-Trained Attorney)

Arisai R. Sliva serves as Chief Operating Officer, providing strategic and operational leadership across all facets of firm management while also supporting the firm in a law clerk capacity under attorney supervision. She brings a rare combination of executive-level operational expertise and hands-on legal support, ensuring alignment between firm strategy, legal execution, and client service.

As COO, Ms. Sliva oversees finance, human resources, compliance, technology, billing, and administrative operations. She partners closely with firm leadership to translate strategic objectives into efficient operational plans, performance benchmarks, and scalable systems. Her responsibilities include budgeting and forecasting, P&L oversight, cash-flow management, expense controls, and profitability initiatives, as well as the development and enforcement of firm policies, internal controls, and compliance protocols. She also leads talent operations, vendor management, workflow optimization, and billing and collections processes in accordance with client and carrier guidelines.

In addition to her executive responsibilities, Ms. Sliva supports attorneys through legal research, analysis, and drafting, including assistance with pleadings, motions, discovery responses, memoranda, and litigation preparation. She plays an integral role in organizing case files, reviewing contracts and legal correspondence, preparing exhibits, and supporting pre-suit investigations and regulatory matters.

Ms. Sliva is a foreign-trained attorney and holds dual Master of Laws (LL.M.) degrees from the University of Houston Law Center, with graduate study focused on U.S. Law and Energy, Environmental, and Natural Resources Law. She earned her initial law degree from Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín in Venezuela and is bilingual in English and Spanish.

⚠ Compliance Disclaimer: Ms. Sliva is not licensed to practice law in Texas or any other U.S. jurisdiction. All work is performed under attorney supervision.

Dual LL.M. · University of Houston Law Center
Team Member, Attorney at TMF & Associates

Team Member

Attorney

Additional attorney biography coming soon. Please contact our office for more information about this team member's background, practice areas, and credentials.

Team Member, Attorney at TMF & Associates

Team Member

Attorney

Additional attorney biography coming soon. Please contact our office for more information about this team member's background, practice areas, and credentials.

How Do You Define Success?

At TMF & Associates, we prioritize our clients' unique needs, circumstances, and goals in every case we handle. We understand the value of personalized, hands-on attention and ensure each client has easy access to our services.

In litigation, our attorneys employ assertive strategies while being mindful of the costs involved for our clients. Our approach combines the expertise of seasoned attorneys with the specific facts and issues of each case to achieve favorable outcomes.

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