Laurie Michelle Higginbotham

Ms. Higginbotham is a nationally experienced trial and appellate lawyer, having successfully represented clients in state, federal, and appellate courts across the country in complex medical malpractice and personal injury cases. Ms. Higginbotham has a national Federal Tort Claims Act practice, having represented clients in Texas, Oklahoma, California, Oregon, Washington, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania, New York, Alaska, Puerto Rico, and other venues. 

In addition to trial work, Ms. Higginbotham has handled a number of appeals in various courts of appeals including the Texas Supreme Court, the 4th, 5th, 9th and 10th Circuits and in United States Supreme Court. In 2011, Ms. Higginbotham was recognized by Texas Lawyer as one of 20 “Winning Women,” profiling outstanding female Texas litigators and appellate lawyers who prevail in high-stakes cases that make law or have an impact nationally or statewide, win large monetary awards, and handle first-of-their-kind or bet-the-company litigation or appeals. In 2007, she was named the Outstanding Young Lawyer by the Austin Young Lawyer’s Association. She has been listed as a Texas Rising Star in Texas Monthly Magazine every year from 2004 – 2013, and as Super Lawyer from 2013-2022.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Ms. Higginbotham is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the American Association for Justice, Texas Trial Lawyers’ Association, Federal Bar Association, and the Austin Bar Association. She has twice served as the Chair of the Federal Tort Liability and Military Advocacy section of the American Association for Justice, as President of the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Association, and as Chair of the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Foundation. She is a member of the Lloyd Lochridge Inns of Court. She is a fellow of the a Texas State Bar Foundation and serves on the District 9 Nominating Committee. Ms. Higginbotham is also a fellow of the Travis County Women Lawyers’ Foundation, and served as a member of the Volunteer Legal Services Sustainability Society. She served on the Admission Committee for the Western District of Texas and as Co-Chair of "Roadways to Justice" for the Federal courts.  

She was elected to two terms on the City of Lakeway City Council, serving from 2018-2022, and was twice elected Mayor Pro Tem (2019-2020, 2020-2021). She also previously served as the Chair of the City of Lakeway Board of Ethics from 2013-2018 and on the City of Lakeway Board of Adjustments.