Richard G. Harris
Partner

Location:  Los Angeles, Riverside
Phone:  310-479-0944
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Dick Harris has been an advocate on behalf of physicians, hospitals and related medical professionals for the past 25+ years, defending all aspects of medical negligence cases from case inception through trial. He has held Martindale-Hubbell's highest (AV preeminent) attorney rating for over 20 years, and has been a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), a prestigious association of experienced trial lawyers and judges, since 1998.

Dick has successfully tried approximately 35 medical negligence cases to jury verdict, and resolved hundreds more through court motion, mediation or other means, working in concert with claims representatives for the cases and with his colleagues at Dummit, Buchholz & Trapp.


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PRACTICE AREAS
  • Medical Malpractice Defense
  • Healthcare Law
  • General Liability
EDUCATION
  • University of Santa Clara, School of Law, 1981
    • J.D.
  • University of California at Santa Cruz, 1977
    • B.A., Economics
BAR/COURT ADMISSIONS
  • State Bar of California, 1981
  • United States District Court Central District of California, 1981
  • United States District Court District of Arizona, 1993
  • United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit, 1998
HIGHLIGHTS & AWARDS
  • Member, American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) since 1998
  • A.V. Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
  • Thirty Five Superior Court and Federal Court Cases Successfully Tried to Jury Verdict
  • Successful Appellate Argument before United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and California Second District Court of Appeals
  • Board of Directors, Universal Avionics Systems Corporation, Tucson, AZ 1988 — 1995
  • Board of Directors, Catalina Island Camps, Los Angeles, CA 1986 — 1990
  • Member, St. Anastasia School Advisory Board 2007 — 2010