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John
P. Harris, III
1619
Jefferson Davis Highway
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Telephone: (540) 371-4941
Fax: (540) 899-9477
john1619@bigplanet.com
Education:
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- Attended:
Virginia Military Institute
- Graduate:
U.S. Naval Academy - 1965
- Graduate:
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University - 1977
Military
Service:
- U.S.
Navy pilot 1965 - 1974
Courts:
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- Supreme
Court of Virginia
- U.S.
District Court (Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia)
- U.S.
Court of Appeals (Fourth Circuit)
- U.S.
Supreme Court
Certification:
- Continuously certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy since 1985. Virginia does not have a certification program.
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1999-2004
Rated AV by Martindale-Hubble
Author:
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- "An
Objective Finding on a Negative X-ray" The Journal (January
1990)
- "What
Is the Death of a Child Really Worth?" The Journal (April
1990)
- "How
to Cross-Examine the Hired Gun" The Journal (Winter
1991 -1992)
- "How
to Overcome Your Computer Phobia" The Journal (Winter
1991 -1992)
- "Favorite
Computer Programs" The Journal (Winter
1991 -1992)
- "Treatises" The
Journal (Winter 1991 -1992)
- "The
Not-So Independent Medical Examiner" The Journal (Spring
1992)
- VIRGINIA
PERSONAL INJURY FORMS, 1994 (Annual supplement
1995 - 2004) Lexis Law Publishing
- Outline
- "Using Punitive Damages Against Drunk Drivers to
Enhance Full Recovery" for the seminar Everything
You Need to Know to Settle Auto Accident Cases - Return
of a Classic - New and Updated for 1996-1997 (Nov.
1996)
- VIRGINIA PERSONAL INJURY FORMS,
2d ed., 2004, (Annual supplement 2005 - 2006) LexisNexis®
Lecturer:
- Seminar
- The1989 Blue Ribbon Seminar - speaker (Nov. 7 & 9,
1989) "Enhancing Damages Through Liability"
- Annual
Convention - Foundations of Justice:
Tools for Building a Successful Case;
(Apr. 17, 1993) "How to Prove Entitlement
to Punitive Damages in a Drunk Driving
Case"
- Seminar
- Everything You Need to Settle Auto Accident Cases;
(May 17 & 23, 1994) "How to Obtain Punitive Damages Against Drunk Drivers"
- Seminar Chairman -
New Direction to Full and Fair Verdicts in Auto Collision Cases (November 4, 9, 16, 18, 2000)
- Seminar -
Basic Medicine: Essential for the Trial Lawyer
"Cross-Examining the Defense Doctor" (November 9, 11, 16, 18, 2004)
Member:
- Virginia
State Bar
- Fredericksburg
Area Bar Association (President -2002)
- Southern
Trial Lawyers Association
- Association
of Trial Lawyers of America (Sustaining member)
- Virginia
Trial Lawyers Association
- Board
of Governors (1990-1996)
- Membership
Growth Committee (1990-1991, 1993-1996)
- Annual
Convention Committee (1991, 1993-1995)
- Insurance
Law Subcommittee (1993-1995)(Chairman 1995)
- Continuing
Legal Education Committee (1995-1997
- Community & Civic
Services Committee (1996)
- Public
Relations Committee (1993, 1994)(Chairman 1994)
- Publishing
Committee (1989-1993)(Chairman 1991)
- Long-Range
Planning Committee (1992-1993)
- Mentor
Program (1992)
- Fundraising
Committee (1992, 1993)
- Annual
Convention Sponsor (1992-1998)
- Arbitration
Associate
-
Practice
Areas:
- Negligence,
Personal Injury, Medical Malpractice, Lawyer Malpractice,
Product Liability, Wrongful Death
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