Lafayette Hill Attorney Is Now A Sr. Partner Of Law Firm
Jay Barry Harris, Esq. of Lafayette Hill, has been named a senior partner of the regional law firm of Fineman Krekstein & Harris, P.C. The firm's name was recently changed to include his name and to reflect his long-time contributions to the firm.
Harris has been with the firm since 1981 and has been partner since 1987. He concentrates his practice in civil litigation, including 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.
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. He is a member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York Bar Associations, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Defense Research Institute, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute and the Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel.
He has 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 Beth Tikvah- B'nai Jeshurun.in Erdenheim.
In addition to litigating, Mr. Harris lectures to many community and professional groups on such topics as employment, trucking, nursing home, bad faith and lead paint litigation. He has also authored articles on a variety of employment and insurance issues and the trucking industry.
Harris graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, magna cum laude, and he received his law degree from Temple University. After graduating, he served as law clerk for the Honorable Abraham J. Gafni of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
Fineman Krekstein & Harris is a full-service law firm offering litigation and business and corporate legal service to its clients. It has offices in Center City Philadelphia, Conshohocken, Pa. and Haddonfield, New Jersey.