Laurie Higginbotham

About Laurie Higginbotham

I represent clients with serious, catastrophic injuries across the nation, at trial and appeal. I am a Texas lawyer with a national trial and appellate practice. In the last 15 years, I\'ve recovered over in verdicts and settlements for catastrophically injured people. I take on the big fights for severely disabled children, military families, and veterans. I\'ve handled cases coast to coast. I\'ve tried cases in Texas, Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky and Arkansas. I handle cases start to finish. I\'ve handled appeals in the United States Supreme Court, the Texas Supreme Court, and the 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, and 10th Circuits. I set a record for obtaining the highest FTCA settlement in Missouri history in 2022.Other attorneys come to me when they have a big case that they want handled right. Referrals from other lawyers make up most of my caseload. These lawyers trust me because of my track record. I have been listed as a \"Texas Super Lawyer\" every year since 2013 and was named a \"Texas Rising Star\" by Thomson Reuters every year from 20••••13. I have been named as one of Austin\'s Top Attorneys by Austin Monthly in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. In 2023, I was honored to be named the Scott Ozmun Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association. In 2011, I was selected as one of 20 \"Winning Women\" by Texas Lawyer, profiling outstanding female Texas litigators who prevail in high-stakes cases that have an impact nationally or statewide. In 2007, I was named “The Outstanding Young Lawyer” award by the Austin Young Lawyers Association. I help families get the financial help they need to face the future with hope. Some of the cases I can help with are Birth Injury cases, Spinal Cord injuries, including Kidney Failure, Cauda Equina Syndrome; Brain Injury, Wrongful Death, Failure to Diagnose Cancer, Surgical Errors and more. My practice has a special focus on helping military families and veterans who have been injured. If you need help with a serious personal injury case, I\'m a phone call away at 51••••••46.

Experience

1. Partner

   National Trial Law

   May 2014 — Present · Austin, TX, US

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  B.A., J.D., History, Law

  1992 — 1999