Jay Barry Harris is a senior partner with the firm whose practice is concentrated in civil litigation. Over the past 25 years, Mr. Harris's experience includes litigating cases involving product liability, employment issues, toxic torts, the environment, the trucking industry, premises liability, wrongful death and survival actions, wrongful discharge, the construction industry, insurance coverage and numerous employment and commercial disputes. On occasion, Mr. Harris has been selected by litigants to serve as a neutral arbitrator.
Currently, Mr. Harris is admitted to the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York State bars. He has appeared in all levels of the state and federal courts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and United States Claims Court. Mr. Harris is a member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Bar Associations, the International Association of Defense Counsel, Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel, American Board of Trial Advocates, the Defense Research Institute, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel. In 2004 he was elected to Chair the DRI Trucking Law Committee and has also served on the boards of numerous community organizations including the American Liver Foundation, American Cancer Society, Whitemarsh Planning Commission and Whitemarsh Township Authority. He was also the president of his synagogue. In addition to litigating, Mr. Harris continues to lecture to many community and professional groups on such topics as employment, trucking, nursing home, bad faith, insurance coverage and lead paint litigation. He has also authored articles on a variety of employment and insurance issues and the trucking industry. In June 2006, Mr. Harris was recognized among his peers for the second year in a row, and named one of the 2006 Pennsylvania "Super Lawyers" for his expertise in Transportation/Maritime matters.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Mr. Harris graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude in 1976 with a B.S. in urban studies. In 1980 he received his law degree from Temple University. After graduating, Mr. Harris served as law clerk for the Honorable Abraham J. Gafni of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.