Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceutical
- Malpractice and Nursing Home Negligence Claims
- Aviation Incidents
- Trucking and Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Toxic Torts
Biography
Ranchor Harris has served as a civil trial attorney for the past 30 years, dedicating the initial 15 years of his career to a role as a defense attorney. Over the last decade, he has focused on advocating for individuals seeking to uphold their personal rights and secure rightful compensation. Thanks to his strong ties with a leading plaintiff's litigation law firm in the country, he has had the privilege and opportunity to represent clients across multiple states, handling intricate areas of practice.
These encompass pharmaceutical cases, malpractice and nursing home negligence claims, medical device issues, aviation incidents, and trucking and motor vehicle accidents, as well as toxic torts, with a significant portion involving severe and catastrophic injuries. Cumulatively, Mr. Harris has achieved settlements and verdicts totaling millions of dollars in recovery for his clients.
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina, 1994
Education
- Whittier College School of Law, Los Angeles, California
- J.D. - 1994
- Honors: cum laude
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
- B.A. - 1990
- Major: Poly-Sci & Communications
Professional Associations
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Eastern Division of North Carolina, President
- American Board of Trial Advocates - Eastern Division of North Carolina, Executive Council Member, 2019 to 2020
- Advocates for Justice
- Southern Trial Lawyers Association
- American Board of Trial Lawyers, Executive Committee
- Eastern District of North Carolina Board of Trial Lawyers, Membership Chairman
Honors
- American Board of Trial Advocates, 2001
- SuperLawyers, 2022
Representative Cases
- $4.9 Million - Settlement-Death of an individual in a small plane crash (confidential)
- $1,000,000 Settlement - Water contamination case (confidential)
- $1,000,000 Settlement - Nursing Home Negligence (confidential)
- $1.8 Million Settlement - Water contamination case (confidential)
- $1.3 Million Verdict - Bisphosphonate Litigation (M.D. Florida 2013)
- Confidential - National Multi-District Pharmaceutical Settlement
- $475,000.00 Settlement - Trucking accident-confidential
- $800,000 Settlement - Securities broker negligence-confidential
- $1000000 Settlement - Business dissolution-confidential
- $600,000 Judgment - Breach of contract-Forsyth County Superior Court
- $125,000 Settlement - Dog attack
Classes & Seminars
- Update on Workers Compensation , Constangy Brooks, Smith & Prophete, 2011
Past Positions
- Roberts & Harris PC, Partner, 08/2019 to 08/2023
- Gerardi Keese, Attorney, 2012 to 2019