Elizabeth Geary
Elizabeth Geary is the founder at Geary Law, handling high-stakes trials and appeals throughout Texas and New Mexico. Elizabeth acts as lead trial counsel in multi-million dollar disputes across a wide range of areas, including business disputes, personal injury, intellectual property, energy, and estate disputes. She often assists trial attorneys with complex briefing, oral argument, and evidentiary hearings due to her experience and command of the courtroom. She is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law.
Elizabeth has the ability to determine case strategy and execute it through persuasive writing and a strong courtroom presence. She delivered her first appellate argument at the Texas Supreme Court after only one year of practice and has since appeared before numerous courts of appeals and the federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. In addition to appellate advocacy, she has served as lead trial counsel in courts throughout Texas and New Mexico.
Elizabeth has been named a Texas Super Lawyer since 2023 and was a Super Lawyers Rising Star from 2017 to 2022. She received the 2024 Texas Young Lawyers Association President’s Award of Merit and the 2016 Texas Tech School of Law GOLD Award. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce and is a past President of the Board of Directors for the Lubbock YWCA.
Elizabeth earned her J.D. from Texas Tech School of Law, graduating summa cum laude. She was a member of Law Review, received the Outstanding Student Comment award, and was named Outstanding Comment Editor. She was also a two-time National Champion in moot court, winning the ACTL and NYC Bar National Moot Court Competition. She earned multiple oral advocacy awards, including Best Oral Advocate at the Texas Young Lawyers Moot Court State Championship in 2012. She attained the rare recognition of election to both the National Order of the Coif and the National Order of the Barristers.
Experience and Highlights
ER Software Canada ULC v. Interdev Tech. Corp., 2024 WL 780455 (Tex. App. Amarillo Feb. 26, 2024)
In re Richard Banegas, No. 11-23-00205-CV (Tex. App. Eastland Oct. 19, 2023)
Watsky v. Williamson County, 2023 WL 3765542 (W.D. Tex. June 1, 2023)
In re Johnston, 2022 WL 17821583 (Tex. App. Amarillo Dec. 20, 2022)
Texas Workforce Commission v. R.D. Wallace Oil Co., Inc., 2022 WL 16838044 (Tex. App. Amarillo Nov. 9, 2022)
Larry Ackers v. Comerica Bank & Trust, N.A., 654 S.W.3d 750 (Tex. 2022)
Mueller Supply Co., Inc. v. JNL Steel Components, Inc., 2022 WL 1199212 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2022)
Savage Tavern, Inc. v. Signature Stag, LLC, 2022 WL 686670 (N.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2022)
Russell v. McGough, 2021 WL 3557574 (Tex. App. Eastland Aug. 12, 2021)
Vista Bank v. Nelezer, Inc., 2021 WL 5027764 (Tex. App. Dallas Oct. 29, 2021)
Carrington v. Maye, 707 Fed. Appx. 847 (5th Cir. 2018)
Fred Loya Ins. Co. v. Swiech, 413 P.3d 530 (N.M. Ct. App. 2017)
Rowten v. Wall Street Brokerage, L.L.C., 646 Fed. Appx. 379 (5th Cir. 2016)
Plains Cotton Coop. Assoc. v. Gray, 672 Fed. Appx. 372 (5th Cir. 2016)
Wood v. Carpet Tech, Ltd., 2016 WL 6560047 (Tex. App. Amarillo Nov. 2, 2016)
Hunn v. Dan Wilson Homes, Inc., 789 F.3d 573 (5th Cir. 2015)
Watson v. Good Shepherd Med. Ctr., 456 S.W.3d 585 (Tex. App. Texarkana 2015)
Honors
Texas Super Lawyers, 2023 to 2026
President’s Award of Merit, Texas Young Lawyers Association, 2024
Texas Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2017 to 2022
Top Attorney, 360 West magazine, 2023 and 2025
Texas Tech School of Law GOLD (“Graduate of the Law Decade”) Award, 2016
Education
Texas Tech University School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2012
Order of the Coif
National Order of the Barristers
Regent’s Full Scholarship Recipient
National Champion and Best Brief, National Moot Court Competition, 2012
Best Oral Advocate, Texas Young Lawyers Association State Moot Court Competition, 2012
National Champion and Best Advocate, National Entertainment Law Moot Court Competition, 2010
Texas Tech University
B.A., Psychology, magna cum laude, 1997
M.Ed., Community Counseling, summa cum laude, 2001
Board Certified, Civil Appellate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2019 to present
Admissions
State Bar of Texas, 2012
State Bar of New Mexico, 2013
United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, 2012
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, 2014
Speeches and Publications
Speaker, Implications of Werner Enterprises v. Blake, LCYLA and AYLA CLE, April 2026
Speaker, Trying Cases with Appeals in Mind, Northern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference, April 2025
Co-Author, Tragic Magic or Relief from Your Grief?, October 2024
Co-Author, What’s It to You?, July 2024
Co-Author, Mother May I?, March 2024
Author, The K.I.S.S. Method, March 2024
Co-Author, Don’t Be the Case with a Broken Record, February 2024
Co-Author, Avoiding Snares and Pitfalls in Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law, February 2024