The idea of customer satisfaction was unpopular among Texas law firms in 1980. We knew otherwise, that clients and employees alike needed to be treated as valued individuals and with respect. HARRIS & HARRIS was, from the beginning, created to meet these needs.

Workers’ compensation defense and employment law are our sole interest in the law. This Texas firm has grown to fulfill our mission statement at a time when others do not even have a mission statement. Customer satisfaction and leadership have propelled us to the forefront of our industry.

HARRIS & HARRIS believes that insurance carriers large and small, third party administrators, self-insured employers and hundreds of Texas political subdivision clients want one firm that can provide all services in workers’ compensation. Our attorneys travel to all Texas DWC hearings locations and to all court rooms in Texas to meet our clients’ needs. We provide services from Designated Austin Representation to Judicial Review so that no client in need of representation will be turned away or referred to "local counsel". HARRIS & HARRIS is a defense firm and does not represent plaintiffs.

No other law firm in workers’ compensation defense provides the depth of educational services as HARRIS & HARRIS. From our TDI-approved seminars, on-line newsletters, to our state of the art on-line research Knowledge Base for clients only, we meet your need for information necessary to successful claims administration. So advanced is this site, www.harriswc.com, that it has bodies of Texas law that no other site contains, not even the DWC or commercial sites. This unique site is not a link to the DWC site, but an independent one built by HARRIS & HARRIS, which contains all Appeals Panels decisions, published as well as unpublished, the statutes, rules, SOAH decisions and more for quick on-line research by clients. Client bulletins are issued online and by hard copy and legislative updates are presented during sessions of the Texas Legislature to keep Texas and home office clients up to the minute. Even DWC public meeting summaries are presented for a full client awareness of the latest developments in this quickly changing area of the law in Texas. In addition, we offer an Attorney Hotline by e-mail. By using attorneyhotline@harriswc.com our clients can e-mail their questions to our office. The message is received by all attorneys in our office and answered by the first available attorney. Best of all, this service is free of charge.

Practice areas within workers’ compensation include all levels of DWC benefit hearings, Medical Dispute Resolution, SOAH appeals hearings, audit and violation defense, a trial section, which tries most of the compensation cases tried in Texas and more. Our leadership position in innovation and technology means each attorney utilizes the latest laptop law library at each hearing to insure the fullest representation for clients. No other firm boasts this technology for hearings.

As we begin our third decade of service to clients, our experience level is markedly great. The lessons taught by former I.A.B. Chairman and name partner, H.S. Harris, Jr., now deceased, have endured as a lasting contribution to our firm culture. Begun as a two-lawyer firm, HARRIS & HARRIS now enjoys a large force of attorneys and a larger support staff. Legal assistants and paralegals work closely with their attorneys and the firm’s clients to ensure seamless service. Stringent contact and reporting requirements to clients are set and met to give each client the level of involvement desired during our handling of the claim matter.

We are as our clients. Diversification is not a buzzword, but a commitment kept everyday at HARRIS & HARRIS. No other workers’ compensation law firm boasts the approximately 50% level of women and minority attorneys in our organization. A kept promise which makes us and our product stronger and our law firm unique.

Promises made to be different. Promises to clients and employees of Harris & Harris. Decades of hard work and staying true to a belief in quality and customer satisfaction. Promises kept at HARRIS & HARRIS.