Lesli D. Harris
Recognized since 2024
New Orleans, Louisiana
Advertising Law
Litigation - Intellectual Property
Trade Secrets Law
Trademark Law
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.
- E-mail: lesli.harris@kellyhart.com
- Direct Phone Number: (504) 434-6727
- Lawyer Page: https://www.kellyhart.com/attorney/lesli-d-harris/
- 400 Poydras Street, Suite 1812
New Orleans, LA 70130
- New York University, LLM, graduated 2008
- Tulane University, J.D., graduated 2002
- New York, New York State Bar Association, 2009
- Louisiana, Louisiana State Bar Association, 2002
- 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
53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
28 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Advertising Law
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
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
- Sports Law
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