Ranelle Meroney is a Partner in the firm’s Austin office. She has been trial lawyer for more than 35 years and has tried over 100 first-chair jury trials across the state of Texas. She focuses primarily on the defense of personal injury, property damage, employment, and construction cases, with a special emphasis on premises liability matters.

Ms. Ranelle is board certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She also serves as a lecturer for the Trial Advocacy Program at the University of Texas School of Law.

Admissions

Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Memberships

State Bar of Texas
     –    Litigation Section
     –    Construction Section
Austin Bar Association
Texas Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
American Board of Trial Advocates, Advocate
     –    President, Austin Chapter (2019)
Fellow, Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
College of the State Bar of Texas
Founding Master, Barbara Jordan Inn of Court

Presentations

• “Presentation of Evidence: Seeing is Believing,” Austin Bar Association: 14th Annual Ultimate Trial Notebook Seminar, Austin, Texas (October 2018)
• “Dealing With Outside Counsel: Lessons Learned From Baseball,” Texas Lawyer's In-House Counsel Summit (March 30, 2016)
• "Secondary Payer Issues," Texas Association of Defense Counsel (2013)
• Faculty, Texas Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy (1998, 2004, 2011)
• "Texas Automobile Insurance Update," State Bar Advanced Personal Injury Course, University of Houston (2009)
• "Law Foundation," Advanced Insurance Tort Claims (2009)
• "Premises Liability Update," In-house Claims Handling Seminar (2003-2008)
• "Texas Auto Policy Update," In-house Claims Handling Seminar (2008-2010)
• "Secondary Payer, Medicare Update," In-house Claims Handling Seminar (2011-2014)
• "Paid or Incurred, Subrogation/Liens," In-house Claims Handling Seminar (2014)