Alex Abston:
Hi, I’m Alex Abston and I’m a member of the trial team at the Lanier Law Firm. I’ve actually been at the Lanier Law Firm since I was an intern in high school, and so I’m coming up on what is a little bit over 10 years of time spent at the Lanier Law Firm. I
was an intern and then I was a clerk during law school in our appellate in asbestos departments, and now I’m here and I’m a member of a trial team. So I’m so grateful to be able to work with amazing, incredible people like Evan and so many others, to form a trial team that advocates for our clients passionately and to the fullest extent of the law, we hold other people accountable for the mistakes and the harms that they’ve caused.
Our plaintiffs who are victims. We truly are honored to tell their stories every single day, and we are honored to be their advocates in the judicial system, but we’re even more honored to just know them as human beings and to be able to walk alongside them through this process.
Personal Background
Alex Abston is an associate attorney in the Houston office. Alex’s practice areas include products liability, pharmaceutical liability, mass torts, and general litigation matters. As a member of the Lanier Law Firm’s trial team, her practice focuses on complex litigations.
Alex started at the Lanier Law Firm in 2011 as a high school intern. Throughout her college and law school years, she continued to work as a law clerk within the Firm’s asbestos, personal injury, and appellate practice groups. Previously, she clerked for a prominent complex litigation firm focused on products liability and sexual abuse civil lawsuits. Alex is a loyal supporter of the Astros, Texans, and Rockets, and she enjoys spending time with her family and their golden retrievers.
Representative Cases
Represents counties across the country in their various federal and state multidistrict litigations related to the improper promotion, distribution, and dispensing of opioid medications and the resulting devastation of the opioid epidemic.
- Member of the trial team that obtained one of the nation’s first federal jury verdicts within MDL 2804, In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation.
- Assisted in obtaining a federal jury verdict against a nationwide Texas based railroad on behalf of two plaintiffs impacted by the Libby, Montana asbestos disaster.
- Represents hundreds of former coal miners in their consolidated state suits against prominent disposable mask manufacturers and distributors.
- Represented companies and individuals in various complex matters within federal and state courts.
- Represented EpiPen class action purchasers within their federal antitrust lawsuits regarding alleged manufacturers’ anticompetitive conduct and practices.
- Assisted in representing plaintiffs and their families in asbestos‐related suits related to talcum powder products.
Education
- J.D., University of Houston Law Center (2019)
- B.S., Communication and a minor in Business Administration, Abilene Christian University, magna cum laude (2015)
Admissions and Certification
- Member of State Bar of Texas
- Admitted in the United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas, United States District Court in the Eastern District of Texas, and United States District Court in the District of Colorado.
Awards
- Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation, Lawdragon, 2024
- Best Lawyers: Ones To Watch, Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs, Best Lawyers, 2024 – 2025
- Texas’ Top 40 Under 40, Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, The National Trial Lawyers, 2021 – 2024
- “Editor of the Year,” The Houston Business & Tax Law Journal, 2019
- “Honor Woman of the Year,” selected by Abilene Christian University’s faculty and administration, 2015
Community and Professional Activities
- Member of The American Association for Justice
- Member of The National Trial Lawyers
