Background
Harris, Michael Joseph was born on December 11, 1957 in Binghamton, New York, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Susan Jane (Eilerman) Harris.
Harris, Michael Joseph was born on December 11, 1957 in Binghamton, New York, United States. Son of Thomas Joseph and Susan Jane (Eilerman) Harris.
Middlebury College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1980). University of Wisconsin (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1986). Order of the Coif.
Worked at Sutherland & Collins (Burlington, Vermont) specializing in General Civil Practice. Education, Corporation, Development, Municipal, Non-Profit, Small Business, Real Estate, Employment Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury, Domestic Relations. Civil Litigation in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1986, Wisconsin.
1987, Vermont and United States. District Court, District of Vermont.
Order of the Coif. Recipient: University of Wisconsin Academic Achievement Award, 1986.
Salmon Dalberg Award, 1986. American Jurisprudence Prize in Corporations.
Author: Comment, "Assessing the Utility of Wisconsin"s Close Corporation Statute: an Empirical Study," 1985 Wisconsin L. Review 812. Law Clerk to Honorary Albert West. Coffrin, Chief Judge, United States.
District Court, District of Vermont, 1986-1987.
Member: Chittenden County, Vermont and American Bar Associations. Vermont Trial Lawyers Association. Sutherland & Collins, Incorporated. was founded as Sutherland Associates, Incorporated. in 1984.
The Firm focused originally in the area of higher and public secondary education.
With the addition of John Collins, Kathleen McMahon and Michael J. Harris the firm has developed an active general civil practice representing numerous corporations, small businesses, municipalities, non-profit corporations and individuals throughout the state.
President, board member Community, Inc., St. George, Vermont, 1991-1995. Member American Bar Association, Vermont Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association, Vermont Trial Lawyers Association, Vermont Employment Lawyers Association, Chittenden County Bar Association.
Married Robin Mary Rhodes, April 9, 1983. Children: Mairead, Scott, Laura.