Elizabeth Raines is a partner in the Dallas office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the General Liability Practice. Elizabeth focuses on complex litigation, trials and appeals. She applies her extensive experience in state and federal district and appellate courts to litigate, manage, resolve, and try commercial, employment, statutory, and tort claims of all types for clients in multiple industries. Much of her work over the years has involved challenging medical, scientific and technical issues, regulations and standards. Elizabeth has prepared, presented and examined scores of witnesses with medical, scientific and technical expertise. She has served on national, regional and local defense and trial teams for multiple mass and class actions.

Elizabeth served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr. after law school. She also has several years of experience as a creative professional in the advertising industry, where she honed business, communication and presentation skills of great value to her work today.

Areas of Concentration

• Products and Industries: asbestos, automotive, aviation, insurance, medical device, mined minerals, pharmacy, pharmaceutical, recreational products, restaurant, retail, telecommunications, tobacco, toy
• Product Liability and Commercial: class action, contract, intellectual property, statutory, business tort, mass tort, toxic tort
• Employment: contract, discrimination, statutory
• Regulations and Standards: ANSI, ASTM, CPSC, DOL, EEOC, FAA, FDA, ISO, NHTSA, NFPA, NTSB, OSHA

Publications

Admissions

• State Bar Admissions
  • Kansas
  • Missouri
  • Texas
• United States District Courts
  • United States District Court for the District of Kansas
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
  • United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
• United States Courts of Appeals
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Admissions

Kansas, Missouri, Texas

United States District Court for the District of Kansas

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Associations

Defense Research Institute

Education

Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law

Juris Doctor

Southern Methodist University

Bachelors of Arts