Personal Background
Angela Spoede is a senior attorney in the Houston office. Angela’s practice areas include appeals, personal injury, and complex litigation matters. As a member of the Lanier Law Firm’s issues and appeals team, her practice focuses on legal research and written advocacy.
Angela joined the Lanier Law Firm in 2024. She began her legal career in 2007 as a law clerk at the First Court of Appeals in Houston and continued to serve there, eventually as a senior staff attorney, for seventeen years. Angela draws on her previous experience as a teacher, in addition to her insight as a wife and mom, to provide thorough and compassionate legal advice. She loves cheering for her kids and spending time with her family or engaging in hobbies like playing the oboe in her church orchestra.
Representative Cases
- Worked on more than 600 appeals as an attorney at the First Court of Appeals.
- Participated in data breach MDL
- Assisted in personal injury cases, two of which recently settled with good results for clients
Education
- J.D., University of Houston Law Center, cum laude (2007)
- Graduate Certificate in International Affairs, Bush School of Public Service at TAMU (2002)
- B.A., in history with a music minor, Louisiana State University, cum laude (1999)
Admissions and Certifications
- Member of State Bar of Texas
- Admitted in United State District Court in the Northern District of Texas
- Board Certified in Civil Appeals by TBLS
Community and Professional Activities
- Member of Texas Trial Lawyers Association
- Past President of the Texas Association of Appellate Court Attorneys
- Brief Writing Brownbag Presentation for the First & Fourteenth Court of Appeals internship program (2023-2024)
- Moderator for Panel Discussion on “Current Issues in the Texas High Courts” with distinguished panelists at the TAACA 23rd Annual CLE and Conference (2023)
- “Appellate 9-1-1: Emergency or Temporary Relief in State Appellate Court,” published in the Houston Bar Association’s Appellate Lawyer (2020)
- “Building Blocks of Brief Writing,” published in the Houston Bar Association’s Appellate Lawyer (2019)
- “Understanding Bullying and Cyberbullying,” presented at the Council for Exceptional Children (2018)
- UHLC Adjunct faculty in the Public Interest Workplace Program (2008-2011)
- Deacon, South Main Baptist Church