Practice Areas
Lauren Harris heads the firm’s appellate section. With over 30 years of experience as lead counsel in state and federal appellate courts, she prepares briefs and presents oral argument in appeals from judgments, interlocutory appeals, and in original proceedings.
Lauren has handled hundreds of appeals in a variety of areas, including energy litigation, commercial disputes, products liability, labor and employment, healthcare liability, professional liability, legal and medical malpractice, construction litigation, and toxic tort. She is frequently retained to assist clients with preservation of error strategies at the trial court level, including preparing dispositive motions, jury charges, post-verdict and post-judgment motions, and assisting at trial.
Lauren is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Professional Memberships
State Bar of Texas:
Appellate Section Council, 2006-2009
Commission for Lawyer Discipline, Special Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, 1998-1999
College of the State Bar of Texas, Board of Directors, 2004-2010
International Association of Defense Counsel:
Vice-Chair, Amicus Curiae Committee, Vice-Chair, 2018-2019
Amicus Curiae Committee, Chair, 2004-2010
Appellate Practice Committee, Chair, 2001-2003
Houston Bar Association, Appellate Practice Section, Chair, 2006-2007
American Bar Association, Council of Appellate Lawyers; Tort & Insurance Practice Section, Appellate Practice Committee, 1999-2001
Defense Research Institute (DRI), Member
Texas Association of Defense Counsel, Member
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit, Member
Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists, Member
Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
Houston Bar Foundation, Life Fellow
Houston Young Lawyers Foundation, Life Fellow
Phi Delta Phi Honorary Legal Fraternity, Member
Baylor Law Review Association, Life Member
Junior League of Houston, Board Member, 2000-2001