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ANNABELLE M.
HARRIS
 Annabelle
M. Harris joined Cummins & White, LLP in 1987 and became
a partner in 1994. Ms. Harris’ practice focuses on civil
litigation, insurance coverage, and appellate matters. She
is fluent in American Sign Language.
Ms. Harris represents insurance companies and their insureds
in both first and third party coverage analysis, disputes,
litigation and appeals. She handles all aspects of insurance
coverage issues, from policy drafting to claim appraisals
to "bad faith" litigation.
Ms. Harris has broad appellate experience, and has been lead appellate
counsel on a number of appeals, which have resulted in the establishment
of new law in California. Her appeals have ranged from first party
property insurance coverage issues to breach of contract in a securities
context. She has frequently been commended by the appellate court
justices for her concise and compelling legal argument.
Ms. Harris is a member of the State Bar of California. She is admitted
to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Central, Southern
and Eastern Districts of California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit. She is a member of the American Bar Association,
the Orange County Bar Association and the Orange County Trial Lawyers
Association. Ms. Harris is a life member of Phi Alpha Delta Law
Fraternity. She coached the Orange High School team in a national
mock trial competition sponsored by the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
Ms. Harris received her B.A. in English Literature from California
State University at Fullerton (1984). She studied at the Salzburg
Institute of Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria (1985) before
going on to earn a J.D. from the University of the Pacific,
McGeorge School of Law (1987). At McGeorge, she served as
Staff Comment Writer (1985-1986) and Note Editor (1986-1987)
for the Pacific Law Journal, as well as Staff Writer for the
International and Comparative Law Journal (1986-1987). She
was on the Dean’s Honor Roll (1984-1985), and was the
recipient of the Verne Adrian and Annabel McGeorge Academic
Scholarship (1985). She was also honored for her work with
the indigent for Community Legal Services.
Ms. Harris was born in Fullerton, California. She and her
family reside in Laguna Beach, California.
Ms. Harris can be reached directly via e-mail at aharris@cwlawyers.com.
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