Virginia Personal Injury Attorneys of Allen & Allen Welcome Alexandria Harris As Their Summer Associate

Virginia Personal Injury Attorneys of Allen & Allen Welcome Alexandria Harris As Their 2008 Summer Associate

Allen, Allen, Allen and Allen is pleased to announce that Ms. Alexandria Harris has joined the personal injury law firm as a Summer Associate. Ms. Harris will be based in the Richmond, VA Office and will be with the Firm through the beginning of August 2008. She has completed her second year of law school at The University of Richmond School of Law and expects to graduate in May, 2009. While working with Allen & Allen this summer, Ms. Harris will be conducting legal research, writing, and will be attending trials and depositions while working along side the Firm's attorneys.

Ms. Harris graduated cum laude from Ithaca College in New York with a dual BA in Spanish and Secondary Education. She is fluent in Spanish and has a basic knowledge of French and Portuguese. Ms. Harris has spent time abroad studying and volunteering in a number of cities around the world including Shanghai, China; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Montevideo, Uruguay; Seville, Spain; and Havana, Cuba.   Her background also includes work with Congressman Jose Serrano of New York; the United States Commission on Civil Rights, LeClair Ryan in Norfolk and PennStuart in Richmond. Ms. Harris is a member of the Black Law Students Association, American Bar Law Student Association, and Women's Law Student Association at the University of Richmond. She attributes her source of inspiration and determination to work hard and achieve her goals to her grandmother.