Caroline McLeod

Caroline McLeod

Houston, TX recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Ones to Watch since 2024
The Lanier Law Firm

21 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Biography

Caroline McLeod is an attorney who represents clients in the Houston, Texas area with Appellate issues. Mrs. McLeod chose to pursue a career in law after completing undergraduate studies. She attended Texas Tech University School of Law and graduated in 2018. She passed the bar exam and was admitted to legal practice in 2018.

Ms. McLeod resides in Houston with her husband and their two Goldendoodles. In her spare time she enjoys riding her horse and traveling.

The Lanier Law Firm

21 Best Lawyers awards

The Lanier Law Firm logo

Overview

  • Texas Tech University, J.D., graduated 2018
  • Texas A&M University, B.S.

  • Texas, State Bar of Texas, 2018

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Texas, State Bar of Texas, 2018
  • Texas Tech University, J.D., graduated 2018
  • Texas A&M University, B.S.
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  • The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America 2026 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2024-2026

  • Texas Rising Stars, Thomson Reuters, 2022-2025
  • Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, 2023-2025

  • National Trial Lawyers Top 40 Under 40

  • Recipient, Sprouse Shrader Smith Top Grade Award in Property Law

  • Recipient, Distinction Award in Criminal Procedure, Environmental Law, Torts, Contracts, Water Law, Professional Responsibility, Employment Law, Nonprofit Organizations, and Legal Practice I

  • Recipient, Top Grade Award in Legal Practice II and Employment Discrimination Law

Case History

Cases
  • Representative Cases
  • Key member of the firm’s trial team combatting the opioid epidemic that secured a verdict for two counties in Ohio against CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart
  • Helped secure a milestone opinion from the Supreme Court of Texas denying the sovereign immunity protection claims of GTECH, a contractor that produced and printed scratch-off tickets for the Texas Lottery Commission
  • Part of the team that protected a $2.11 billion judgment from a Missouri Court of Appeals against Johnson & Johnson in regard to 22 plaintiffs who allegedly contracted ovarian cancer through the use of talcum powder

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