About Harshila Leva
Harshila Leva joined Harris Lowry Manton LLP as an Associate in 2023. She helps develop, handle, and prepare cases for trial, representing individuals and families in catastrophic injury and wrongful death litigation, including product liability, auto torts, premises liability, medical malpractice, and trucking accident cases. Harshila began her career as a public defender at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, handling preliminary hearings, bench trials in misdemeanor and felony matters, and juvenile delinquency cases. Born and raised in Monroeville, Alabama, she earned a B.S. in finance from the University of Alabama and her J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2017, where she participated in the criminal defense law clinic and served as a student representative on the Law Faculty Diversity Committee. She is a member of the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the American Association for Justice, and the South Asian Bar Association.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Harris Lowry Manton LLP
These results are credited to Harris Lowry Manton LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.
A Fulton County jury awarded $47.7 million after a defective rear seat latch in a 2000 Lincoln LS collapsed during a crash, severing a six-year-old girl's thoracic spinal cord and leaving her paralyzed.
A Floyd County jury awarded $43.5 million to the family of Morris Ellison, an 80-year-old man who suffered malnourishment, severe dehydration, and an untreated broken hip before dying at a Rome, Georgia nursing home whose operator had diverted Medicare and Medicaid funds from patient care.
A DeKalb County jury awarded $40 million to Jessica Mundy and her husband after her 2004 Ford Explorer spontaneously shifted from park into reverse, striking and running over her, after the trial team showed Ford had known about the 'false park' transmission defect for decades.
A Fulton County jury awarded $35 million to the family of Joshua Chang, a 21-year-old Yale student killed when his car struck a concrete planter on the shoulder of Batesville Road, finding the City of Milton 93% responsible for leaving a dangerous obstacle in the right-of-way.
A Gwinnett County jury awarded $30.5 million in November 2016 after finding that Gwinnett Medical Center and an attending physician failed to act on an ultrasound showing abnormal fetal blood flow at 35 weeks, delaying an emergency C-section long enough to deprive a newborn of oxygen and cause permanent spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
