Lesli D. Harris

Areas of Emphasis:
• Intellectual Property and Technology
• Class Actions and Complex Litigation
• Commercial Litigation
• Insurance Coverage and Regulation
• Employment

Ms. Harris joined Stone Pigman in 2002 and is a member of the firm. She focuses her practice on intellectual property law representing sports teams and a sports fashion wear company. Other areas of emphasis include employment law, class action defense and commercial litigation.

	Contact Information: New Orleans Office Download Vcard lharris@stonepigman.com Phone: (504) 593-0938 Fax: (504) 596-0938

Education
Ms. Harris received her LL.M. in intellectual property law from New York University in 2008. After obtaining her LL.M., she spent a year working as a litigation law clerk in the Media Law Department of NBC Universal in New York. She obtained her law degree, cum laude, from the Tulane University School of Law in 2002, where she was a Senior Justice of the Tulane Moot Court Board, 2001-02. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in 1997.

Professional and Civic Activities
Ms. Harris is Chair of the New Orleans Bar Association's Entertainment Law Committee and Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's Intellectual Property Litigation Committee's Membership, Board Member of AIDSLaw of Louisiana, and member of Louisiana Association of Black Women Attorneys. She is a member of the Tulane Inn of Court. Ms. Harris speaks frequently on intellectual property topics. She is admitted to the Louisiana and New York bars.

Teaching Positions
"Pipeline to the Judiciary: Preparing and Encouraging Young Attorneys for Judicial Positions with the Goal of Diversifying the Bench", National Bar Association Mid-Winter Meeting, January 2012.