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Ben Harris is a member of the firm’s Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group. He practices complex civil litigation, securities litigation, and litigation involving financial institutions. Mr. Harris represents financial institutions in lender liability actions, suits to enforce creditors’ rights, and in suits relating to operational matters. Mr. Harris also represents troubled financial institutions and their officers and directors across the country. Most recently, he has obtained successful jury verdicts in complex, multi-million dollar cases in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Mr. Harris has also served as counsel to publicly-traded bank holding companies in shareholder derivative and class action litigation, and has served as counsel to special committees of the boards of directors of these institutions in such matters. He is admitted to practice in Alabama, Florida, Texas, and the District of Columbia, as well as in federal courts in a number of jurisdictions.

Mr. Harris has also assisted financial institutions and other clients in resolving issues in Central and Latin America, and has assisted companies and educational institutions interested in developing trade in Cuba. He has traveled to Cuba on several occasions for that purpose.

Mr. Harris is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sociedad Mobile-La Habana and is a member of Mobile United and Leadership Mobile.

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009 (Copyright 2008 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Commercial Litigation 
• AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell. CV, BV and AV are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the confidential opinions of members of the Bar and the Judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Ratings fall into two categories—legal ability and general ethical standards.

News

• Sixty-Three Jones Walker Attorneys Named in The Best Lawyers in America® 2009; Jones Walker Top-Listed in Louisiana
• MHSO Wins Victory in $30-plus Million Civil Jury Trial in Federal Court in Newark, New Jersey

Presentations

• Corporate Compliance Seminar, February 11, 2005

Memberships

• Alabama State Bar
• District of Columbia Bar
• The Florida Bar
• Leadership Mobile
• Mobile United
• Sociedad Mobile-La Habana (Board of Directors)
• State Bar of Texas