Evan Mason Harris, Esq.
Mr. Harris, a partner in the Watchung New Jersey Firm of Aiello, Harris, Abate Law Group PC had numerous years of trial experience representing defendants in personal injury cases for the insurance industry and began representing plaintiffs in their injury claims. Mr. Harris has
secured 7 figure results for individual clients against major trucking firms and construction companies. He has had numerous case results reported in the New Jersey Law Journal’s “Suits & Deals” and is rated a “10.0” by Avvo. Nevertheless, Mr. Harris remains a down-to-earth person whose priorities – “family and colleagues have always come first to me.” – Growing up in Great Falls, Virginia, Mr. Harris admired his father. This former WWII combat Army veteran closed his law practice to join the service after Pearl Harbor. He later served under Robert Kennedy in the Justice Department, pursuing prosecutions against organized crime.
After majoring in Political Science at Fairleigh Dickinson University, he graduated from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1984. Mr. Harris learned under two of the best trial lawyers in New Jersey, Harold E. Braff, Esq. and R. Gregory Leonard, Esq.
The Aiello, Harris, Abate, Law Group PC firm enjoys a Martindale-Hubel! Rating of 5.0 and is one of the most respected law practices in Somerset County with respected lawyers such as Christopher Aiello, Esq. and Certified Civil Trial Attorney Frank Tunnero, Esq. (“One of the best courtroom lawyers anywhere”), who both enjoy a superb reputation as trial lawyers and advocates. Their diverse practice in Watchung, New Jersey, includes criminal defense, classic personal injury, and employment litigation.
Areas of Practice:
- Complex Civil Litigation Matters
- Construction Cases
- Personal Injury
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, 1984
- U.S. District Court District of New Jersey, 1984
Education
- Seton Hall University School of Law, Newark, New Jersey
- J.D. – 1984
- Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, New Jersey
- B.A. – 1981
- Major: Political Science
Professional Associations and Memberships
- New Jersey Chapter of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Active Member
- Inns of Court (Family Law), Member
Past Employment Positions
- Leonard &Butler, P.C., Associate, 1987 – 1991
- Braff & Ertag, Associate, 1984 – 1987