Chelsea Harris

Shareholder at Coker Law Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL19 years experienceAdmitted 2006

About Chelsea Harris

Chelsea Harris is a shareholder at Coker Law in Jacksonville, Florida, with nearly 20 years of litigation experience and more than 50 cases tried to verdict. Board Certified in Civil Trial Law since 2022, she focuses on personal injury, bodily injury, automobile accidents, and premises liability cases.

Harris earned her J.D. cum laude from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2006 and her B.A. in Psychology with a Spanish minor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003, where she was inducted into Sigma Delta Pi. In law school, she won the Robert Orseck Moot Court Competition and ranked 24th best team in the International Jessup Moot Court Competition (11th best oralist).

Before joining Coker Law, Harris served as an assistant state attorney for the 4th Judicial Circuit in Duval County and later as managing shareholder at Kubicki Draper, a defense firm representing major insurance companies. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), the International Society of Barristers, and the Chester Bedell Inn of Courts.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Coker Law Jacksonville

These results are credited to Coker Law Jacksonville. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$8.1 millionVerdict

A Duval County jury awarded $8,183,993 to a Jacksonville family after their one-year-old son choked on an apple slice at Primrose School of Glen Kernan, went into cardiac arrest, and sustained permanent brain damage from oxygen deprivation.

Duval County, FL (Circuit Court, Case No. 16-2021-CA-000012) · 2024Premises LiabilityRead the full story →
$2.5 millionVerdict

A Duval County jury returned a $2.5 million verdict for the family of Anne Fiorito, an elderly dementia patient who lost sight in one eye after a Vitas Healthcare hospice aide struck her during a bathing routine at Cypress Village Retirement Community.

Jacksonville, FL (Duval County Circuit Court) · 2021Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

Florida Coastal School of Law
B.A. in Psychology, 2006
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Undergraduate, 2003

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Florida, admitted 2006
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, admitted 2008
American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA, 2019)
International Society of Barristers (2020)
Chester Bedell Inn of Courts (2020)
Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association
Jacksonville Justice Association
Florida Justice Association
Jacksonville Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Board Certified in Civil Trial Law - The Florida Bar (2022)
Best Lawyers in America (2020-present)
Florida Super Lawyers (2021-present)
Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star (2016-2020)
Jacksonville Business Journal 40 Under 40 (2021)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating
Robert Orseck Moot Court Competition Winner (2006)
International Jessup Moot Court - 24th best team, 11th best oralist

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$23.94 million · Copilot Burned in Fatal Wildfire Helicopter Crash Wins Verdict Against Engine Maker
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$27.01 million · Jury Awards Former Smoker With COPD $27 Million Against Philip Morris USA
Fasig Brooks Law Offices
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$5.46 million · Neighbor's Unguarded Angle Grinder Costs Man His Sight: $5.46 Million Verdict in Gadsden County

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.