Lesli D. Harris

Lesli D. Harris


Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP

Recognized since 2024

New Orleans, Louisiana

Practice Areas

Advertising Law

Litigation - Intellectual Property

Trade Secrets Law

Trademark Law

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Lesli D. Harris focuses her practice primarily on intellectual property, sports and entertainment law, and emerging companies. She has also successfully handled class action defense and general business litigation. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Harris was a partner at Stone Pigman Walther Wittman in New Orleans, Louisiana, and was formerly Chief of Staff and Executive Counsel to the President at Loyola University.

Ms. Harris received her LL.M in Trade Regulation, with a concentration in Intellectual Property, from New York University School of Law. She earned her J.D., cum laude, from Tulane University School of Law, and her B.A. from the University of Virginia. She is licensed to practice law in Louisiana and New York.

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Location
  • 400 Poydras Street, Suite 1812
    New Orleans, LA 70130
Education
  • New York University, LLM, graduated 2008
  • Tulane University, J.D., graduated 2002
Bar Admissions
  • New York, New York State Bar Association, 2009
  • Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2002
Affiliations
  • Intellectual Property Committee - Committee Chair
  • New Orleans Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Committee - Intellectual Property Committee, Chair
  • Federal Bar Association - Board Member
  • Young Artists Young Aspirations - Board Member
  • New Orleans Film Society - Board Member
  • Industrial Development Board of the City of New Orleans - Board Member

Kelly Hart & Hallman LLP
Headquarters: Fort Worth, Texas

53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards

28 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards

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Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Advertising Law
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Trade Secrets Law
  • Trademark Law
Awards:
  • Chambers USA, Louisiana, Spotlight, 2021-2024

    • Intellectual Property Law
  • Best Lawyers in America®, U.S. News & World Report, 2024, 2025

    • Advertising Law
    • Trade Secrets Law
    • Trademark Law
  • Top 25 Women Louisiana Super Lawyers, Louisiana Life Magazine, 2022,2023

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers, Thomson Reuters, 2018-2023

    • Intellectual Property Law
  • New Orleans CityBusiness Women of the Year Honoree, 2022

  • Top Lawyer, New Orleans Magazine, 2018, 2020-2023

    • Intellectual Property Law
    • Communications Law
  • Leadership in Law, New Orleans CityBusiness, 2013, 2017, 2021

  • Louisiana Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2014, 2015

    • Intellectual Property Law
  • 40 Under 40, Gambit’s, 2014

  • Martindale-Hubble AV Preeminent

  • Forum for Equality Acclaim Award

Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Sports Law

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