Personal Background
Alex Abston is an associate attorney in the Houston office. Alex’s practice areas include product 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 college and law school, 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 product 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
- 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.
- Represented 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.
- 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.
Community and Professional Activities
- Member of The American Association for Justice
- Member of The National Trial Lawyers