Personal Background
A member of the firm’s Issues and Appeals group, Ms. McLeod serves on the law and briefing team supporting the firm’s most complex litigation, where she handles dispositive motions, trial and post-trial briefing, and appellate matters. She is known for her conscientiousness and meticulous attention to detail and is the colleague others rely on for the final review that catches what might otherwise be missed.
Ms. McLeod, a West Texas native from Abilene, resides in Houston with her family. In her spare time, she enjoys riding horses and traveling.
Representative Cases
- Part of the law and briefing team in the firm’s landmark social media addiction lawsuit trial, contributing extensive pretrial and bench-motion briefing, and handling the post-trial briefing that preserved a favorable verdict for the plaintiffs
- 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 from talcum powder use
Community and Professional Activities
- Order of the Coif at 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).