Legal Specialization: Certified Specialist, Family Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization

Ms. Harris is a co-founder of Harris-Ginsberg LLP. She specializes in the representation of high net-worth individuals in all aspects of family law. Ms. Harris has been selected as a Southern California Super Lawyer for years 2004-2012 through peer nomination and an independent research and review process. She was nominated among the Top 50 Female Super Lawyers for 2004, 2005, and 2006 in the Southern California Super Lawyers balloting. Ms. Harris was also selected by Best Lawyers in America for years 2008-2012. She is a frequent panelist, lecturer and contributing author for many legal and accounting organizations and is currently active in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Ms. Harris is the past Chair of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California and past President of the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and has served on the Judicial Council’s Family Law Advisory Committee to the Chief Justice of California.

Ms. Harris was admitted to The Order of Distinguished Attorneys with the Beverly Hills Bar Association. Ms. Harris has served for nearly seven years in various offices for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit organization which was formed to provide financial grants to organizations throughout the United States and internationally which help children affected by divorce. Ms. Harris is currently the Foundation’s President-elect.

ISLN

906665488

Practice Areas

• Family Law
• Dissolution of Marriage
• Child Custody
• Visitation
• Paternity
• Divorce
• Marital Property Distribution
• Marital Property Law
• Post Divorce Modification
• Spousal Support

University

California State University, Dominguez Hills, B.A., 1973

Law School

University of California at Los Angeles, J.D., 1977

Admitted

1977, California; 1980, U.S. District Court, Central District of California

Memberships

• Los Angeles County Bar Association (Past Chair, Family Law Section)
• State Bar of California (Chair, Family Law Section, 2000-2001; Judicial Council’s Family Law Advisory Committee to Chief Justice of California, 1987-1990)

Biography

• Named: Super Lawyer 2004-2011
• Top 50 Southern California Female Super Lawyers, 2004-2008
• Southern California’s Best Lawyers, 2008-2011, Best Lawyers in America.
• She is a frequent panelist, lecturer and contributing author for many legal and accounting organizations. She is the past Chair of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of California and past President of the Southern California Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and she has served on the Judicial Council’s Family Law Advisory Committee to the Chief Justice of California. (Certified Specialist, Family Law, The State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization)