Daniel A. Harris
Partner
336-574-2788
Daniel Harris is an experienced and talented defense attorney who is widely recognized by his peers and by local judges for his skill in the courtroom and in trial, his knowledge of the law, his ability to interact with clients and others in the court system, and his integrity.
Attorney Harris is in the very select company of still practicing attorneys to have won a Federal Criminal Jury Trial in the Middle District of North Carolina, having his client found not guilty of an indictment for Impersonating a Federal Officer. Attorney Harris has also successfully argued multiple suppression motions in Federal Court, obtained probationary sentences, and helped clients receive substantial downward variances.
Attorney Harris has won numerous other jury trials, to include having a client found Not Guilty of three separate Class C trafficking charges, each charge carrying a mandatory minimum of 18.75 years. Attorney Harris has negotiated dismissals and reductions of First Degree Murder Charges, First Degree Sex Offense Charges, Habitual Felon indictments, Embezzlement, First Degree Kidnapping, Arson, and many more. In District Court Attorney Harris has won hundreds of cases and received numerous Not Guilty verdicts on cases including but not limited to DWIs, Assault on Female, Domestic Violence Protective Order Violations, Communicating Threats, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Larceny, and much more. Attorney Harris is also widely respected by judges and local attorneys alike for his intimate knowledge of the North Carolina Expunction laws and processes.
While every case is different and we cannot make any promises about the outcome of your particular case, know you are in experienced and carrying hands if you hire Attorney Harris.
For legal assistance, please call toll free 336-574-2788 or use our convenient contact us form.
Areas of Practice
- 50Bs/50Cs
- Armed & Common Law Robbery
- Assault and Batteries
- Corporate Criminal Defense
- Criminal and Civil forfeiture
- Criminal Appeals – NC and 4th Circuit
- Criminal Investigations
- Driving While Impaired
- Expunctions
- Federal Criminal Defense
- Felonies
- Firearm Offenses
- Firearm Rights Restoration
- Fourth Amendment Defense
- Fraud Crimes
- Homicide – Murder and Manslaughter
- Misdemeanors
- Money Laundering
- Parole and Probation
- Pornography Charges
- Search and Seizure
- Sex Offense Crimes
- Sex Offender Registry Removal
- Sexual Assault
- Student Conduct Representations
- Theft
- Traffic Violations
- Weapons Charges
- White Collar Crime
Professional Associations
- 18th Judicial Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- North Carolina Bar Association
- North Carolina Advocates for Justice
- Greensboro Bar Association
- Greensboro Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Past Leadership Positions and Involvement
- Innocence Project, Elon University School of Law,
- Vice-President
- Society for Health Law and Bioethics,
- President
- University of North Carolina Men’s Club Soccer,
- President
- Criminal Law Society
Past Coursework of Note
- Elon University School of Law
- Advanced Criminal Procedure
- Business Associations
- Constitutional Law
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Pretrial Practice
- Criminal Procedure
- Death Penalty Jurisprudence
- Evidence
- Immigration Law
- International Criminal Tribunals
- Judicial Process
- Negotiations
- University of North Carolina
- Civil Liberties in the United States
- Classical Political Thought
- Constitution of the United States
- Constitutional Judicial Process
- International Relations and World Politics
- Major Issues in Political Theory
- Mock Constitution
- Modern Political Thought
- North Carolina Politics and Public Policy
- Public Speaking
- Power Politics
- Social and Political Philosophy
BAR ADMISSIONS
- State of North Carolina, 2013
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2014
- United States District Court for the Eastern District Of North Carolina, 2015
- United States District Court for the Middle District Of North Carolina, 2013
- United States District Court for the Western District Of North Carolina, 2017
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
SuperLawyers, 2018 – 2023
- Rising Stars
Business NC Legal Elite, 2015-2019, 2021, 2023
- Criminal Law
- Young Guns
National Trial Lawyer’s Top 40 Under 40 Elon University School of Law Moot Court Board 2012 Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition,
- Undefeated in Individual Competition
- 3rd Best Brief
2013 N.C. Bar Recognition for 75+ Pro Bono Service Hours at Elon Law