MATTHEW Y. HARRIS

BACKGROUND/EDUCATION:
• Native of Potts Camp, Mississippi
• Graduate of The University of Mississippi (BBA 1989)
• 1999 cum laude graduate of
  The University of Mississippi School of Law

PROFESSIONAL:
• Member Mississippi and Union County Bar Associations
• Mississippi Association for Justice
• Admitted to practice in Justice, Chancery, Circuit,
  Federal, District and 5th Circuit Court of Appeals
• Mississippi Law Journal
• Also admitted to practice in Tennessee

SERVICE:
• Eagle Scout
• Kiwanis Club President
• Board of UNITE
• Union County Ole Miss Club President,
• Lay Leader-First United Methodist Church
• Past Chair of Church Finance Committee

Matt's practice focuses on the rights of consumers and workers. Specifically, he emphasizes representation of individuals who suffer injury on their jobs, are victims of fraud, have insurmountable debt that they cannot repay, suffer from discrimination, suffer personal injury through no fault of their own, and/or who are not paid employee benefits to which they are entitled. Matt has also received several awards in the field of bankruptcy. In 2006 Matt was the lead attorney on the case Culver, et al v. Leo, et al, wherein he helped obtain a settlement of two million dollars for employees of a factory when it failed to pay health insurance premiums to cover its workers.

He and his wife, Jennifer ( J. J.), have two daughters and one son and reside in New Albany.

Phone: 662.534.6421
Email: mharris@rdhlaw.net