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Warren Harris chairs the firm’s appellate practice group. He handles high-stakes appeals in Texas and across the country. He has handled hundreds of appeals, primarily handling cases that were originally tried by other law firms. He also serves as appellate counsel in major trials to provide strategic advice, preserve of error, argue jury charges, and handle post-verdict motions.
Warren is immediate past president of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Warren has received the Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award from the Texas Bar Foundation. He is past president of the Houston Bar Association, past president of the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society and past Chair of the Texas Bar Foundation Fellows. Warren is also past Chair of the State Bar of Texas Appellate Section, the Houston Bar Association Appellate Practice Section, and the IADC Appellate Practice Committee. He is a frequent lecturer at legal education seminars.
Warren served as an adjunct professor in appellate advocacy at the University of Texas School of Law and the University of Houston Law Center and served as a briefing attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas. He has been appointed by the Commission for Lawyer Discipline as special assistant appellate disciplinary counsel in attorney discipline proceedings. He has also represented the United States as an Appellate Special Prosecutor.
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- J.D. - University of Houston Law Center - 1988
- B.B.A. - University of Houston - 1985
- American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, President - 2023
- Houston Bar Association, President - 2018-2019
- University of Houston Law Foundation, President - 2019-2021
- Texas Supreme Court Historical Society, President - 2012-2013
- Texas Bar Foundation, Fellows Chair - 2010-2011
- Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program, Chair - 2012-2013
- University of Houston Law Alumni Association, President - 2009-2011
- State Bar of Texas, Appellate Section, Chair - 2005-2006
- Texas Bar Journal, Editorial Board Chair - 2002-2006
- International Association of Defense Counsel, Appellate Practice Committee, Chair - 2003-2009
- American Bar Association, Tort and Insurance Practice Section, Appellate Advocacy Committee, Chair - 2000-2001
- Houston Young Lawyers Association, President - 1999-2000
- Stages Repertory Theatre, President - 1994-1995