Personal Background
Ms. McLeod resides in Houston with her husband and their two Goldendoodles. In her spare time she enjoys riding her horse and traveling.
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
Admissions and Certification
Licensed in:
- Texas state and federal courts
- The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Education
- J.D. – Texas Tech University School of Law, summa cum laude
- Bachelor of Science – Texas A&M University
Awards
- Best Lawyers “Ones To Watch” – 2024 – Appellate Practice
- Best Lawyers “Ones To Watch” – 2025 – Appellate Practice
- Recognized in the 2021 Thomson Reuters’ Rising Stars list
- Recognized by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 40 Under 40 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyer in Texas
- Earned individual recognition for her law review comment, which was published as the Outstanding Student Comment for Book 2, Volume 50 of the Texas Tech Law Review
- Recipient of the Sprouse Shrader Smith Top Grade Award in Property Law
- Earned the Top Grade Award in Legal Practice II and Employment Discrimination Law
- Received the Distinction Award in Criminal Procedure, Environmental Law, Torts, Contracts, Water Law, Professional Responsibility, Employment Law, Nonprofit Organizations, and Legal Practice I
- Lawdragon’s List of X – The Next Generation of 500 Leading Lawyers in America – Plaintiff Personal Injury, Class Actions
Community and Professional Activities
- Order of the Coif as Texas Tech University School of Law
- Executive board of the Texas Tech Law Review
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Better Business Bureau of Metropolitan Houston and South Texas
Publications
- Co-Author, Making Many Cases One: Big Pharma Litigation and MDLs, Texas Bar Journal (Oct. 2022).
- Author, Down to the Wire: The Desperate Need for the Texas Racing Industry to Catch Up to Other States, Texas Tech Law Review (Winter 2018).
