Biography
Holly Harris is a results-oriented litigator who designs strategies to protect clients and mitigate their legal, financial, and brand risks. With extensive experience handling high-volume litigation across state lines, Holly defends manufacturers and suppliers in complex matters involving product liability, toxic substances, and environmental issues.
Holly represents corporations from various industries in Missouri and Illinois and assists national coordinating counsel in defending mass tort litigation nationwide. She has significant pre-trial experience, including defending fact and expert witness depositions, drafting dispositive and pre-trial motions, coordinating discovery, negotiating settlements, and managing trial preparation.
Due to many notable accomplishments early in her career, Holly was named to the Best Lawyers Ones to Watch in America list for 2025 in product liability litigation. She was also recognized on the Rising Stars list in Thomson Reuters' 2024 edition of Super Lawyers.
Outside of her practice, Holly is a St. Louis transplant and self-proclaimed foodie. She enjoys spending time with her two dogs, Harley and Lola, and volunteering with the local pet shelters.
Education
- Saint Louis University School of Law (J.D., 2018)
- Top 15% of Class
- Academic Excellence Awards for Highest Grades in Constitutional Law and Criminal Procedure
- Theodore McMillian American Inns of Court, Student Member
- President, Criminal Law Society
- Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society
- Missouri State University (B.S., magna cum laude, 2015)
Bar Admissions
Courts
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Professional Affiliations
- American Bar Association
- The Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- St. Clair County Bar Association
- Women Lawyers' Association of Greater St. Louis
- Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers
- The Lawyers Association of St. Louis
- The Missouri Bar
- Illinois State Bar Association
Honors
- Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2025)
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers, Rising Star (2024)