Ranelle M. Meroney

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.

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
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas
• U.S. Supreme Court

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
• Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates, Fellow
• Association of Defense Trial Attorneys
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Barbara Jordan Inn of Court, Founding Master

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
• Paid or Incurred, Subrogation/Liens, In-house Claims Handling Seminar, 2014
• Secondary Payer, Medicare Update, In-house Claims Handling Seminar, 2011-2014

Education

J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 1979

B.A., with distinction, University of Colorado Boulder, 1977

• Phi Beta Kappa

Honors

Board Certified, Personal Injury Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Preeminent® Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell® Judicial Edition

Austin's Top Attorneys for Civil Law Litigation, Austin Monthly Magazine (2020-2021)

Best Lawyers in America® distinction in Construction Law (2021-2025), Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants (2022-2025), Litigation - Construction (2025), Litigation - Labor and Employment (2025)

Super Lawyers® Distinction (2016-2019)

Honorary Member of Board of Barristers, University of Texas School of Law

Pathfinder Award, Travis County Women Lawyers Association (2014)

Outstanding Achievement Award, Travis County Women Lawyers Association (2013)