About Lisa Lanier

Lisa Lanier is the President and CEO of Lanier Law Group, a North Carolina personal injury law firm she established in 1995.

After earning her law degree, Lanier worked as an associate at a large Triangle-area firm handling insurance defense cases. Her firm has since expanded to multiple North Carolina locations.

Her practice areas include car accidents, premises liability, catastrophic injuries, workers' compensation, sexual assault, brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, wrongful death, and burn injuries.

Lanier earned her Juris Doctor and undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

She is admitted to the North Carolina State Bar.

She is a member of the American Association for Justice, Crime Victim's Bar Association, North Carolina Advocates for Justice, American Bar Association, North Carolina Bar Association, and NC Association of Women Attorneys.

She has been recognized by Super Lawyers (2020-present), National Trial Lawyers Top 100, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished Attorney rating, Triangle Business Leader Impact Leader designation, and America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators.

Proven verdicts and settlements

$12.5 millionSettlement

Lanier Law Group secured a $12.5 million settlement for 65 UNC School of the Arts alumni who alleged sexual abuse by faculty spanning from the late 1960s through the early 2010s.

Forsyth County, NC (settled) · 2024Sexual AbuseRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of North Carolina
American Association for Justice
Crime Victim's Bar Association
North Carolina Advocates for Justice
American Bar Association
North Carolina Bar Association
NC Association of Women Attorneys

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2020-present)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100
Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished Attorney
Triangle Business Leader Impact Leader
America's Top 100 High Stakes Litigators

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