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Heather E. Harris is a Partner with Harris & Harris Lawyers. Heather was born, raised, and educated in California, but has made Southern Nevada her home.Heather was raised in Northern California and graduated from Lodi High School in 1993. In 1997, Heather completed her undergraduate education early and received a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies, with honors, from the University of California Santa Barbara. As a result of her academic achievements, Heather was awarded a scholarship and chose to attend the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law. Initially, Heather planned to focus her legal career on environmental law, but that changed after working at an on-campus legal clinic helping indigent clients. As a result of her experience, Heather developed a new plan for her career: helping injured people.In 2008, Heather and partner Brian K. Harris formed their current firm, Harris & Harris Lawyers. Since the beginning of Harris & Harris Lawyers, Heather has been exclusively committed to representing injured victims. She meets with her clients personally and they know she is working every day to get the results they need and deserve.Heather has successfully litigated hundreds of cases in Nevada. She is an active member of the State Bar of Nevada, the American Bar Association, the Clark County Bar Association, and is a sustaining member of the Nevada Justice Association. She is also a sustaining member of the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum; an organization which recognizes trial lawyers throughout the United States who have achieved Multi-Million Dollar verdicts and settlements. Recently, Heather was also recognized for her consistent successful results by being named one of the Top 40 Lawyers under 40 in Nevada. She has also served as a Member of the Board for Neighborhood Housing Services of Southern Nevada, an organization that assists low-income families find housing. Heather has made numerous television and media appearances to promote safety awareness and provide legal tips to the Southern Nevada community.Heather loves being a trial lawyer. As she learned early on, Heather believes there is truly no satisfaction like winning for an injured person who needs her help. She states, “as a trial lawyer, there is no greater feeling of success than when clients thank me for standing up for them and getting their lives back. That is my goal every time. I will always stand up for injured victims.”

After graduating with his Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in 1999, Chris began a career in human resources and administration. After several years away from the practice of law, however, Chris realized the best way to help those in need was to advocate for them in the courts. Chris began practicing law in 2007, concentrating his practice to the areas of Personal Injury and Consumer Bankruptcy.

Amanda has spent her career in pursuit of helping others. Amanda began her journey at University of California, Davis, where she received a department citation for her service as the President of Psi Chi – The International Honor Society in Psychology. Amanda ultimately graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.. Upon graduation, Amanda moved to Las Vegas to work as a claims manager for a local personal injury firm. From this experience, Amanda realized that her compassion for clients and her ability to empathize gave her an edge—making her an outstanding advocate. With this realization as her motivation, Amanda applied to—and was accepted by—UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law.. Throughout her first year at Boyd Law, and influenced by her psychology degree, Amanda took note of the incredible amount of stress that both law students and attorneys cope with daily. Driven by her desire to help others, her passion for psychology, and her innate need to solve problems, Amanda researched how stress influences the brain’s biology, as well as stress symptomatology in student and attorney performance. With her research findings, Amanda spearheaded Boyd Law’s mindfulness movement, creating programming to help students achieve optimal success through mental wellness. Amanda continues to teach classes to attorneys, where she explains how stress negatively affects brain chemistry and how exercise, combined with meditation, can reverse those effects and, in turn, make them more effective advocates.. Amanda further contributed to Boyd Law School by serving as a Student Bar Association class representative, President of the Nevada Justice Association: Student Chapter, and as a member of Boyd’s Wellness Committee. Finally, as a Boyd Law student, Amanda co-founded the Nevada Justice Association Mock Trial Competition which continues today. This endeavor not only demonstrates Amanda’s dedication to becoming an excellent trial attorney, but also shows her commitment to bettering Nevada’s legal community. Through this competition, students now have the rare opportunity to practice their advocacy abilities in a trial setting before leaving law school.Amanda spends her time using her unique background and talent to aggressively pursue justice for her clients. In her spare time, she gives back to the community by practicing as a Children’s Attorney Project pro bono attorney through the Nevada Legal Aid Center.

Jared Clark is the founder and managing partner of Clark Law Group. Clark Law Group is a Las Vegas-based personal injury firm with the following mission: to provide our clients with the highest level of legal representation.. Jared earned his Juris Doctor degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Law (“TJSL”) in San Diego, California, where he graduated cum laude, and his Bachelor of Science, Pre-Professional Biology, from University of Nevada Las Vegas. During his studies at TJSL, Jared also attended TJSL’s international studies through the Faculté de Droit de I’Universiteé de Nice located in Nice, France.. While obtaining his law school education, Jared remained exceptionally active in San Diego’s legal community. Jared had the honor of interning for the Honorable John A. Houston – U.S. Federal Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. In addition, Jared was also selected to intern for the San Diego Public Defender’s office where he assisted indigent and underprivileged clients with misdemeanors and serious felony cases.. Jared has been a resident of Nevada since 1988 and is committed to serving his community by providing exceptional legal services to victims who have been injured by the carelessness and negligence of others.

Dustin E. Birch graduated from the University of Utah in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science, including an International Relations Certificate. He then went to law school at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William & Mary, America’s oldest law school. Dustin graduated from Marshall-Wythe in 2007 and moved to Las Vegas.. Dustin has been practicing in the realm of personal injury for the entirety of his legal career. He started with a small plaintiff’s personal injury firm and then worked for one of Nevada’s premiere insurance defense firms. In his time as an insurance defense attorney, Dustin handled several of the firm’s largest cases, including several catastrophic injury cases where the Plaintiffs were paralyzed as a result of their injuries. Dustin’s time as an insurance defense attorney gives him a unique perspective on how insurance companies handle personal injury claims, and how to best maximize recovery for his clients. Dustin joined Aaron & Paternoster in 2010 and became a partner with Paternoster Law Group when Aaron & Paternoster dissolved.. Dustin speaks Portuguese and loves spending time at home with his wife, daughter, and two dogs.

I graduated from the University of Utah in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and attended the University Of San Diego School Of Law where I received a Juris Doctorate in 1995.. I practice actively in Nevada and California and am admitted to practice before all state courts in Nevada and California and the United States District Court, District of Nevada and the Central District of California.. I practice in the areas of personal injury, automobile accidents, slip and fall, premises liability, product liability, social security disability, consumer rights, construction law and commercial landlord/tenant law. I have  tried many cases in California and Nevada with excellent results. My jury trials have involved automobile accidents, slip and fall cases, complex construction litigation, commercial landlord/tenant, premises liability, general negligence and products liability.. I am fluent in Danish having attended high school in Nykobing, Denmark and enjoy waterskiing, wakeboarding and snow skiing with my two daughters.

In 2002, Josh Harris graduated from Utah Valley State College (UVSC) with a bachelor’s degree in legal studies, earning Dean’s List honors. During his undergraduate studies, he participated in the Law Society, was active in promoting the legal studies program at UVSC, and fulfilled an internship in personal injury law.. Josh attended the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California—excelling in civil procedure, evidence, advanced torts, and corporations. During law school, Josh spent a summer in Salzburg, Austria, studying constitutional law and human rights under United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. He also served as an assistant to the McGeorge’s dean of admissions. Joshua began work as a clerk for Richard Harris Law Firm during his final year in law school. Upon graduation, he began working at Richard Harris Personal Injury Law Firm as an attorney.. Josh was born in Sacramento, California, and moved to Las Vegas in 1980. He graduated from Bonanza High School and earned Boy Scouts of America’s highest honor, the Eagle Scout award. After graduation, he traveled to Pennsylvania to serve in a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.. EDUCATION. Utah Valley State College, B.S. (2002)Utah Valley State College Law SocietyUniversity of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, J.D.