Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Patrice McKinney
Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024 Awarded Practice Areas
Biography
Patrice McKinney represents the LLF’s clients in personal injury cases, especially car and trucking collision cases, oilfield related injuries, and railroad workers injured on the job (FELA).
Patrice is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Foundation Life Fellow, College of the State Bar of Texas, Houston Bar Association – HBA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, Houston and Texas
Trial Lawyers Association, HTLA Board of Directors and Former Chair of the HTLA Women’s Caucus, HTLA 7th PAC Trustee, Christian Trial Lawyers Association, American Association of Justice, Academy of
Rail Labor Attorneys, Texas Women Lawyers, Association of Women Attorneys, National Trial Lawyers Association, and National Women Trial Lawyers Association.
She is a member of the Keenan Trial Institute Teaching Faculty.
Patrice is licensed to practice in all Texas state and federal courts and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Overview
- South Texas College of Law Houston, JD, graduated 1994
- Abilene Christian University, M.A.
- Texas Tech University, M.S.
- University of Houston, B.A.
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- Keenan Trial Institute - Faculty
- National Women Trial Lawyers Association - Member
- National Trial Lawyers Association - Member
- Association of Women Attorneys - Member
- Texas Women Lawyers - Member
- Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys - Member
- American Association of Justice - Member
- Christian Trial Lawyers Association - Member
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association - 7th PAC Trustee
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association - Former Chair, Women's Caucus
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association - Board of Directors
- Texas Trial Lawyers Associaton - Member
- Houston Trial Lawyers Associaton - Member
- Houston Bar Association - HBA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committees - Member
- College of the State Bar of Texas - Member
- Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- Texas, State Bar of Texas
- Keenan Trial Institute - Faculty
- National Women Trial Lawyers Association - Member
- National Trial Lawyers Association - Member
- Association of Women Attorneys - Member
- Texas Women Lawyers - Member
- Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys - Member
- American Association of Justice - Member
- Christian Trial Lawyers Association - Member
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association - 7th PAC Trustee
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association - Former Chair, Women's Caucus
- Houston Trial Lawyers Association - Board of Directors
- Texas Trial Lawyers Associaton - Member
- Houston Trial Lawyers Associaton - Member
- Houston Bar Association - HBA Diversity, Equity & Inclusion committees - Member
- College of the State Bar of Texas - Member
- Texas Bar Foundation - Life Fellow
- South Texas College of Law Houston, JD, graduated 1994
- Abilene Christian University, M.A.
- Texas Tech University, M.S.
- University of Houston, B.A.
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Client Testimonials
Awards & Focus
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
- Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
Best Lawyers in America, 2024-2026
Texas Super Lawyers, 2017-2025
Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell
News & Media
Additional Information
- Community Service
- Vice-President – Harris County Resources for Children & Adults Board
- Treasurer and Founding Member – Youth Development Center (YDC), an after school literacy program for children living in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward. For the past 24 years, Patrice has ridden her bicycle several hundred miles in one week to raise funds for the YDC. She is the Former Chair and Co-Chair of the Impact Carnival, an annual event for inner-city children.
- Theater Under the Stars (TUTS) – Board member and member of the Executive and Nominating & Governance Committees and the Artistic Advisory Committee.
- Former Chair of the Board of Night Court, a 501(c)(3) organization benefitting other charities that provide pro bono legal services.
- Volunteer- Impact Houston, an inner city ministry serving the homeless, hungry, and hurting living in Houston’s most impoverished neighborhoods.
- Founding member of the Houston20 – An advocacy group that fights Sex Trafficking and aids victims.
- Senior Fellow – American Leadership Forum.
- Graduate – Houston, Texas, and America Leadership programs and the Center for Houston’s Future.
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