Patrice McKinney

Houston, TX Directions

Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2024

Awarded Practice Areas

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs

Works at

The Lanier Law Firm

21 Best Lawyers awards

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.

Locations

Houston, Texas

713-659-5200

10940 West Sam Houston Parkway North
Suite 100
Houston, TX 77064

Education

South Texas College of Law Houston, JD, graduated 1994
Abilene Christian University, M.A.
Texas Tech University, M.S.
University of Houston, B.A.

Bar Admissions

Texas, State Bar of Texas

Court Admissions

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

Affiliations

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

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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