Jonathan Harris

Attorney

29 yrs experience
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Bar admitted 1996
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Houston, TX

Bar admissions

Texas
1996

Education

J.D.: South Texas College of Law1996
Undergraduate: University of Texas at Austin

Awards and recognition

01Texas Super Lawyers (2011, 2015-2025)
02Board Certified Personal Injury Trial Law (Texas Board of Legal Specialization)

Memberships

State Bar of Texas (id 194260)
Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Background

Jonathan S. Harris is a partner at Schechter, Shaffer & Harris, LLP in Houston, Texas, with over 20 years of experience exclusively handling personal injury cases. He emphasizes auto accidents, 18-wheeler truck accidents, and maritime claims. Harris began his legal career as an insurance defense lawyer, gaining valuable insight into how insurance companies defend and value personal injury cases. For the last 17 years, he has exclusively represented injured plaintiffs. Within his first five years of practice, he became Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, an honor achieved by less than 2% of Texas attorneys. He has been selected to Super Lawyers in 2011 and 2015-2025.

Notable cases

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$2,917,240 judgment for injured railroad conductor
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$1,192,000 verdict for worker with meniscus injury at Chevron Phillips Chemical
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$1,100,000 recovery for child injured by phone display at Metro PCS

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