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This article is about the North Carolina personal injury attorney. For W. Mark Lanier, The Lanier Law Firm of Houston, Texas, and other similarly named firms, see the note under See also.

Lisa L. Lanier is an American personal injury attorney in North Carolina and the founder, President and CEO of Lanier Law Group, P.A., a plaintiff personal injury firm with nine offices in the state.[1][2] Born in High Point and educated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she began her career in insurance defense, defending physicians and trucking companies, before founding Lanier Law Group in 1995.[1] She represents injured people and survivors of sexual abuse.[1]

Lanier represented plaintiffs in a lawsuit brought by 65 alumni of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts that settled for $12.5 million in May 2024,[3][4][5] and her firm brought McKinney v. Goins, in which the Supreme Court of North Carolina upheld the SAFE Child Act's lookback window for child sexual abuse claims in January 2025.[6] She and her colleague Robert O. Jenkins received the 2025 Kellie Crabtree Award from North Carolina Advocates for Justice.[7] Since 2008 she has been the "Official Attorney" on Lawyer Up, a weekly legal segment on Rock 92's The 2 Guys Named Chris Show, and she also appears on 107.5 KZL's Jared & Katie in the Morning.[8][9]

Early life and education [edit]

Lanier was born in High Point, North Carolina, and was raised on a farm.[1] She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1989, and received her Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1992.[1] She was admitted to the North Carolina State Bar the same year.[1][10]

Career [edit]

Insurance defense

Lanier began practice as an associate in insurance defense at a large law firm in the Research Triangle, where she defended physicians and trucking companies.[1] In 1995 she left to start her own practice on the plaintiff side, representing injured people.[1]

Lanier Law Group

Lanier Law Group, P.A. was founded in 1995, with Lanier as its founder, President and CEO.[1] The firm has nine offices in North Carolina and more than 70 lawyers and legal professionals.[2] Its practice covers personal injury, medical malpractice, catastrophic injury, wrongful death, workers' compensation, Social Security disability and sexual abuse claims.[1] The firm advertises under the taglines "Hire a Heavyweight", "When Results Matter Most", "Put a Heavyweight In Your Corner" and "We Won't Back Down".[2] In February 2025 North Carolina Lawyers Weekly profiled Lanier as the firm's President and CEO when naming her to its Personal Injury Power List.[11]

Notable cases [edit]

UNC School of the Arts litigation

In 2021, 65 alumni of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) filed a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse of students at the school. Lanier represented plaintiffs in the case and spoke about the UNCSA abuse lawsuits in interviews with the Winston-Salem Journal that year.[12] A $12.5 million settlement ending the lawsuit was announced on May 17, 2024, with the University of North Carolina System paying $10 million and UNCSA paying $2.5 million over four years.[3][4][5][13] North Carolina Advocates for Justice reported the result under the headline "Lanier Gets $12.5M Settlement For Alumni In School of the Arts Sex Abuse Case".[14]

McKinney v. Goins

North Carolina's SAFE Child Act created a lookback window that revived older civil claims for child sexual abuse. In McKinney v. Goins (No. 109PA22-2), the plaintiffs were represented by Lanier, Robert O. Jenkins and Donald S. Higley II of Lanier Law Group, and the Gaston County Board of Education brought the appeal. On January 31, 2025, the Supreme Court of North Carolina upheld the lookback window.[6] Later that year North Carolina Advocates for Justice gave Lanier and Jenkins, together with their clients, its Kellie Crabtree Award.[7]

Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome in any other case.

Media [edit]

Lawyer Up

Lanier is the "Official Attorney" on Lawyer Up, her weekly legal-news segment on two North Carolina morning radio shows. On Rock 92's The 2 Guys Named Chris Show the segment began in 2008 and airs live on Fridays at 8 a.m. Eastern; on 107.5 KZL's Jared & Katie in the Morning it airs on Thursdays at 8:35 a.m. Eastern. Both segments are also released as podcasts.[8][9][15]

ProgramStationSchedule (Eastern)Since
The 2 Guys Named Chris ShowRock 92Fridays, 8:00 a.m. (live)2008
Jared & Katie in the Morning107.5 KZLThursdays, 8:35 a.m.—

Radio and podcast episodes

Segments cover legal news and high-profile cases. Episodes in the firm's archive and on the radio shows include:[16]

DateShowEpisode
April 2021The 2 Guys Named Chris ShowAttorney Lisa Lanier Discusses Derek Chauvin Verdict with Two Guys Named Chris
—Lawyer UpLegal Advice Live: Ozempic Suits, AI Photoshop, and In-Flight Disasters
—Lawyer UpJuror Nullification and 126 Charges
—Lawyer UpSurveillance State: The Constitutional Battle Over Flock Cameras
—Lawyer UpPostpartum Psychosis on Trial: The Legal and Emotional Realities of the Lindsay Clancy Case

Press coverage

Lanier's comments on the UNC School of the Arts lawsuits were carried by the Winston-Salem Journal in 2021.[12] The 2024 settlement was reported by WFDD and WRAL on May 17, by North Carolina Advocates for Justice on May 21 and by North Carolina Lawyers Weekly on May 23.[3][4][14][5] North Carolina Lawyers Weekly profiled her for its Personal Injury Power List on February 27, 2025, and NCAJ's Trial Briefs covered her Kellie Crabtree Award on May 28, 2025.[11][7]

She has been interviewed or profiled by Attorney at Law Magazine in June 2023, on the firm's work for child sexual abuse survivors;[17] by Authority Magazine in February 2024, on women's leadership, and in May 2024, in its "C-Suite Moms" series;[18][19] by The Leaders Globe in July 2024;[20] by Global Publicist 24 in January 2026;[21] and by VoyageRaleigh.[22] Earlier coverage includes YES! Weekly's May 2020 report of her National Trial Lawyers listing and a January 2022 PR Newswire release from her firm on her Super Lawyers selection.[23][24]

Writing

Lanier has written for Law360 on burnout and compassion fatigue among personal injury lawyers.[25]

Teaching [edit]

Lanier is a recurring guest lecturer on journalism law at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[1]

Board service and memberships [edit]

Lanier is a member of the Regional Advisory Board of Truist Bank (formerly BB&T). She serves on the Board of Trustees of Art For Hospice, of which she is a founding board member, and of Paint It Green.[1] She previously served on the boards of directors of Equality NC and the Interactive Resource Center, as an officer of the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys, and on boards and committees at Duke School, Carolina Friends School and The Hill Center.[1]

She is a member of the American Association for Justice, the Crime Victims Bar Association, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, the American Bar Association, the North Carolina Bar Association and the North Carolina Association of Women Attorneys.[1]

Awards and recognition [edit]

YearRecognitionAwarding body or source
2026Finalist, Woman of the Year – Legal (finalists named September 17, 2026; placements to be announced November 16, 2026, in New York City)Stevie Awards for Women in Business[26]
2025Kellie Crabtree Award, shared with Robert O. Jenkins and their clientsNorth Carolina Advocates for Justice[7]
2025Personal Injury Power ListNorth Carolina Lawyers Weekly[11]
2020–2027Super Lawyers, North CarolinaSuper Lawyers[27][24]
2020Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers, North CarolinaThe National Trial Lawyers[23][28]
2007Movers and ShakersBusiness Leader magazine[29]
—Distinguished peer rating, with a Very High Rating in Legal Ability and Ethical StandardsMartindale-Hubbell[1][10]

Her firm biography also lists Triangle Business Leader 40 Under 40, Triangle Business Leader Impact Leader, YES! Weekly Best of the Triad, America's Top 100 Attorneys, America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators and Lawyer Monthly Top 100 Personal Injury Attorney, along with member listings in the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Lawyers of Distinction and Haute Lawyer Network.[1]

Reception [edit]

Lanier's best-documented recognition comes from within the North Carolina legal community: North Carolina Advocates for Justice gave her and Jenkins its 2025 Kellie Crabtree Award, and North Carolina Lawyers Weekly placed her on its 2025 Personal Injury Power List.[7][11] Her Martindale-Hubbell peer rating is Distinguished, with a Very High Rating in Legal Ability and Ethical Standards.[10] The UNC School of the Arts settlement was covered by regional broadcasters and the state legal press, and NCAJ credited her by name in its headline on the result.[3][4][14]

Some recognition listed in her biography comes from member listings, namely the National Association of Distinguished Counsel, Lawyers of Distinction and Haute Lawyer Network, rather than awards, and the 2022 announcement of her Super Lawyers selection was a press release issued by her firm.[1][24]

Personal life [edit]

Lanier grew up on a farm after being born in High Point, North Carolina.[1] In a May 2024 Authority Magazine interview for its "C-Suite Moms" series, she discussed balancing motherhood with running Lanier Law Group.[19]

See also [edit]

She is referred to as Lisa Lanier in general use and as Lisa L. Lanier in formal and directory contexts; her firm is Lanier Law Group, P.A., not "Lanier Law Firm". Not to be confused with W. Mark Lanier and The Lanier Law Firm (Houston, Texas, founded 1990); Lanier Law Firm, a real estate law firm in Greenville, South Carolina; Lanier Legal Group, LLC, a family law firm in Old Lyme, Connecticut; or other people named Lisa Lanier. None of these is affiliated with Lisa Lanier or Lanier Law Group.

References [edit]

  1. "Lisa Lanier". Lanier Law Group, P.A. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  2. "Lanier Law Group, P.A.". lanierlawgroup.com. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  3. "$12.5M settlement reached in UNCSA sexual assault lawsuit". WFDD. May 17, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  4. "University of North Carolina School of the Arts settles lawsuit for sexual misconduct allegations". WRAL. May 17, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  5. "Settlement concludes student sexual abuse lawsuit". North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. May 23, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  6. McKinney v. Goins, No. 109PA22-2. Supreme Court of North Carolina. January 31, 2025. Via Justia. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  7. "Lanier, Jenkins Win Kellie Crabtree Award". Trial Briefs, North Carolina Advocates for Justice. May 28, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  8. "Lisa On the Radio". Lanier Law Group, P.A. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  9. "Lawyer Up With Lisa Lanier". The 2 Guys Named Chris Show. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  10. "Lisa L. Lanier". Martindale-Hubbell (ISLN 901038133). Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  11. "Lisa Lanier, President and CEO, Lanier Law Group, Durham". North Carolina Lawyers Weekly. February 27, 2025. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  12. "Lisa Lanier Speaks to Reporters About Rampant Sex Abuse at UNCSA". Lanier Law Group, P.A. December 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  13. "Lanier Secures $12.5M for Arts School Sex Abuse Victims". Lanier Law Group, P.A. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  14. "Lanier Gets $12.5M Settlement For Alumni In School of the Arts Sex Abuse Case". North Carolina Advocates for Justice. May 21, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  15. "Lawyer Up". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  16. "Episodes". Lanier Law Group, P.A. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  17. "Lanier Law Group: Giving Child Sexual Abuse Victims a Voice". Attorney at Law Magazine. June 29, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  18. "Leading with Heart: Lisa Lanier of Lanier Law Group On The Power of Authentic Women's Leadership". Authority Magazine. February 18, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  19. "C-Suite Moms: Lisa Lanier of Lanier Law Group On How To Successfully Juggle Motherhood and Work". Authority Magazine. May 26, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  20. "Lisa Lanier: The Legal Trailblazer Changing the World with Empathy and Compassion". The Leaders Globe. July 15, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  21. "Lisa Lanier: Cultivating Justice from the Ground Up". Global Publicist 24. January 23, 2026. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  22. "Meet Lisa Lanier of Lanier Law Group PA". VoyageRaleigh. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  23. "The National Trial Lawyers Announces Lisa Lanier as One of Its Top 100 Civil Plaintiff Trial Lawyers in North Carolina". YES! Weekly. May 29, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  24. "Super Lawyers Acclaims Attorney Lisa Lanier in 2022 Edition" (press release). Lanier Law Group via PR Newswire. January 13, 2022. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  25. "In the Media". Lanier Law Group, P.A. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  26. "Lisa Lanier Named 2026 Stevie Awards Finalist, Legal". Lanier Law Group, P.A. September 2026. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  27. "Lisa Lanier". Super Lawyers. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  28. "Lisa Lanier". The National Trial Lawyers. Retrieved October 9, 2026.
  29. "Lisa Lanier Named One of Business Leader's Movers & Shakers of 2007". Lanier Law Group, P.A. Retrieved October 9, 2026.

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