Scott H. Harris
Director
Scott is a director in the Firm's Litigation Department. He has tried cases in the state and federal courts in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and elsewhere for over fifteen years. His practice involves representing companies and executives in litigation and at trial in a range of commercial disputes including: tax matters, trade secret and restrictive employment covenant litigation, contract claims, shareholder rights, land use and other business disputes. Scott also represents both plaintiffs and professionals in professional malpractice and licensure litigation and has a substantial practice representing both plaintiffs and defendants in significant personal injury matters.
Department
Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Commercial litigation and trial practice
- Professional negligence and licensure
- Personal Injury Litigation on behalf of both Plaintiffs and Defendants
Representative Clients & Work
- Won a substantial settlement in a lawsuit against company's former employees for their theft of trade secrets and violation of the non-competition agreements
- Defeated a claim that client had violated her non-competition covenant with her former employer by demonstrating that the signed employment contract offered by the Defendant was a forgery.
- Successfully defended a tool and die manufacture against breach of contract claims and prevailed on counterclaims alleging breach of stand-still agreement.
Admissions
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York; United States Supreme Court; United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; United States District Courts for the Districts of New Hampshire and Massachusetts; United States Tax Court.
Professional & Association Memberships
- President, New Hampshire Association for Justice
- Daniel Webster Chapter American Inns of Court (Executive Committee 2000-present; Treasurer 2004 to present)
- Fellow, New Hampshire Bar Foundation
- New Hampshire Bar Association, American Bar Association and American Trial Lawyers Association.
Recognition
- United States Department of Justice Tax Division's Outstanding Trial Attorney Award
- New Hampshire Trial Lawyer's Special Recognition Award
Career
- J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, 1988
- B.A., Franklin & Marshall College, 1985
Recent Publications and Lectures
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