Contact: jh@gscboston.com

Jeffrey G. Harris is a trial and appellate lawyer focusing on criminal appeals and prison litigation.  He joined the firm as an associate in 2013 after three years at Salsberg & Schneider.  Mr. Harris is a member of the public defender’s postconviction panel and is a bar advocate in Suffolk County with Suffolk Lawyers for Justice.  He has represented persons facing all manner of charges in the Massachusetts trial courts.  He also represents individuals in appellate, habeas corpus and other post-conviction matters, and inmates in parole release hearings, parole terminations and appeals, and prison disciplinary proceedings. He has also assisted in representing many clients, including a successful appeal to the First Circuit Court of Appeals.

Mr. Harris graduated from Northeastern University School of Law in 2010, where he represented clients through the Northeastern Prisoners’ Rights and Criminal Defense clinics and worked for United States District Court Judge Nancy Gertner and Superior Court Judge John T. Lu.  He has also worked for the Boston criminal defense firms of Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin and Rankin & Sultan.

Bar Admissions:  Commonwealth of Massachusetts and United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Massachusetts District Courts.

Education:  Northeastern University, J.D., 2010; New York University, MA Music Business, 2007; Trinity College, B.S., Mathematics, 1998.