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11/16/99 Privacy Rights in a High Tech World, presented at an Employment Law Seminar, Philadelphia
08/11/99 The Effective and Lawful Use of Releases and Waivers: Post-Oubre Implications, presented at the 1999 ABA Annual Meeting, Section of Labor and Employment Law, Atlanta
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practice accolades

Labor & Employment

The American Lawyer Magazine's Litigation Department of the Year – Labor and Employment Law Finalist 2004, Winner 2006, Finalist 2008, Finalist 2010, and Finalist 2012

Listed in the highest tier for National Labor and Employment Practice in Chambers USA 2011

Ranked in the top tier by The Legal 500 for Labor and Employment Litigation, ERISA Litigation, Labor-Management Relations, and Workplace and Employment Counseling (2011)

Ranked, National Tier 1: Employment Law – Management, U.S. News and Best Lawyers (2010)

Named one of Law360's Employment Groups of the Year (2010)

Ranked #1 for "Most Prestigious" Labor and Employment Practice, Vault 2012 Associate Survey

honors + affiliations

Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America (2007–2011)

Listed, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005–2011)

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Member, Philadelphia Bar Association

Past President, Philadelphia Bar Foundation

bar admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Court Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Courts of Appeal for the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits
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Judith E. Harris
Senior Counsel


Email: jeharris@morganlewis.com
Philadelphia
1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5028
Fax: 215.963.5001

Judith E. Harris is a senior counsel in Morgan Lewis's Labor and Employment Practice. Ms. Harris counsels and represents employers in matters involving discrimination, trade secret, non-compete, employee compensation, including stock options and employee benefits, and other issues arising under federal and state employment laws. Ms. Harris represents employers in multiparty (class action and collective action) and single plaintiff litigation. She has successfully tried numerous complex jury and non-jury cases. In addition, she has argued in the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Pennsylvania intermediate appellate courts.

From 2005 through 2011, Ms. Harris was named one of the leading U.S. lawyers for employment law by Chambers USA, based on the views of clients, peers, and other industry professionals. Chambers noted that clients appreciate Ms. Harris's "sharp ability to see where a case is going and think three steps ahead. She does an excellent job of managing complex situations."

Ms. Harris served as City Solicitor for the City of Philadelphia, where she directed and managed the City’s 270-employee law department. In that capacity, Ms. Harris was the general counsel to the City of Philadelphia and its officials, including the Mayor, the City Council, the executive branch of the City, and its boards and commissions. As City Solicitor, she provided advice, counsel and representation in all of the city’s commercial, tort, tax, employment and regulatory litigation, and the City’s transactional matters.

Ms. Harris is active in professional organizations. She is a frequent speaker at employment law and litigation continuing education programs and serves as an instructor in trial advocacy programs relating to employment matters.

Ms. Harris is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. Supreme Court.

education

  • Howard University School of Law, 1970, J.D.
  • Mount Holyoke College, 1967, A.B.