Biography

Eliot Harris handles a variety of high-stakes civil and commercial litigation, including environmental and toxic torts, product liability, insurance coverage, business litigation, and various types of catastrophic personal injury.  Mr. Harris has extensive experience in all phases of civil litigation including all pre-trial and trial procedures.  He represents a variety of businesses from Fortune 500 companies to small local businesses in both Washington and Oregon State and Federal Courts.

Affiliations, Activities and Accomplishments

Mr. Harris was named a “Rising Star” for 2010-2012 by Washington and Politics magazine.

He is admitted to practice in all Washington and Oregon State and Federal Courts.

Mr. Harris served as a member of the Washington State Bar Association, Committee of Law Examiners (2008-2011), and currently serves as a volunteer at the King County Bar Association’s Greenwood Legal Clinc in Seattle, and as co-chair of the American Bar Association, Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Section and the Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Committee.

Publications and Presentations

Mr. Harris’ articles include:

• “Ninth Circuit Upholds Dismissal of a Public Nuisance Lawsuit” featured in Sedgwick’s October 2012 edition of Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update.
• “Washington Appellate Court Limits Liability for Personal Injury Claims Brought by Contractor’s Employee Against Landowners” featured in Sedgwick’s May 2012 edition of Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update.
• “Significant Rulings from the Deepwater Horizon Court on Discovery and Evidentiary Matters” featured in Sedgwick’s April 2012 edition of Toxic Tort and Environmental Law Update.
• “Preparing Your Expert Witness for Deposition,” The Whisper, DRI Young Lawyer Committee Newsletter, January 2011.
• “Manufacturers’ Duty to Warn for Replacement Parts, For the Defense, Spring 2010.
• “Effective Cross-Examination,” The Whisper, DRI Young Lawyer Committee Newsletter, February 2010
• “The Duty to Defend: What Insurers, Insureds and Their Counsel Need to Know When Faced With a Liability Coverage Dispute,” Business Litigation Committee Newsletter, American Bar Association, Winter 2010; The 201 Practice Series: Beyond the Basics, American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, December 2009.

Mr. Harris’ speaking engagements include:

• “Applying the Rules of Evidence: What Every Attorney Needs to Know,” National Business Institute, June 22, 2012.
• “Effective Cross-Examination Begins with the Deposition”, 2012 WDTL Defense Practice Academy, March 28,2012.
• “Advanced Trial Tactics,” National Business Institute, December 2, 2011.
• “Advanced Expert Witness Deposition Tactics,” National Business Institute, December 9, 2010.
• “Personal Injury Cases: Calculating and Proving Damages,” National Business Institute, November 21, 2008.

Upcoming Speaking Engagement:

• ABA TIPS Toxic Tort and Environmental Law 22^nd Annual Spring CLE Meeting, April 4-6, 2013, “The First Twelve Look Fine To Me Counselors, What Do You Think?”  Maximizing Voir Dire in Federal and State Court.