Daniel A. Harris

Super Lawyers Rising Star. Business North Carolina Legal Elite. Best Lawyers - Tier 1 Firm for Criminal Defense. 10.0 Rating. Federal Jury Trial Not Guilty Verdict. Daniel Harris is an experienced and talented defense attorney who is widely recognized by his peers and by local judges for his skill in the courtroom and in trial, his knowledge of the law, his ability to interact with clients and others in the court system, and his integrity. Attorney Harris is in the very select company of still practicing attorneys to have won a Federal Criminal Jury Trial in the Middle District of North Carolina, having his client found not guilty of an indictment for Impersonating a Federal Officer. Attorney Harris has also successfully argued multiple suppression motions in Federal Court, obtained probationary sentences, and helped clients receive substantial downward variances. Attorney Harris has won numerous other jury trials, to include having a client found Not Guilty of three separate Class C trafficking charges, each charge carrying a mandatory minimum of 18.75 years. Attorney Harris has negotiated dismissals and reductions of First Degree Murder Charges, First Degree Sex Offense Charges, Habitual Felon indictments, Embezzlement, First Degree Kidnapping, Arson, and many more. In District Court Attorney Harris has won hundreds of cases and received numerous Not Guilty verdicts on cases including but not limited to DWIs, Assault on Female, Domestic Violence Protective Order Violations, Communicating Threats, Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Larceny, and much more. Attorney Harris is also widely respected by judges and local attorneys alike for his intimate knowledge of the North Carolina Expunction laws and processes. While every case is different and we cannot make any promises about the outcome of your particular case, know you are in experienced and carrying hands if you hire Attorney Harris. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Daniel A. Harris included in a Super Lawyers® list Honors SuperLawyers, Rising Star, 2018 through 2023, January 1, 2018 - December 31, 2023 Business NC Legal Elite, Criminal Law, 2015 - 2018, 2020, 2022-23, January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2023 Business NC Legal Elite, Young Guns, 2015 - 2018, January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2018 Elon University School of Law Moot Court Board 2012-2013 Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, Undefeated in Individual Arguments, 2012 Leroy R. Hassell, Sr. National Constitutional Law Moot Court Competition, 3rd Best Brief, 2012 Other Sources of Feedback About Daniel A. Harris Included on the 2026North Carolina Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list

• Partner

• Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale, LLP, Associate Attorney, 2013 - 2017
• Clifford Clendenin & O’Hale, LLP, Locke and Andrew Clifford, Legal Intern, 2011 - 2013
• The Honorable R. Stuart Albright, Guilford County Superior Court, Judicial Intern, 2011
• Elon University School of Law Honor Court, Student Defender, 2011
• Languages
• English (Primary)
• Spanish

• Beyond Ferguson: A Frank Discussion of Race, Policing and the 4th Amendment, Elon University School of Law, September 2014

• Innocence Project, Elon University School of Law, Vice-President
• Society for Health Law and Bioethics, President
• University of North Carolina Men’s Club Soccer, President
• Criminal Law Society

• North Carolina, 2013
• U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit, 2014
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina, 2015
• U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina, 2013
• U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina, 2017

• 18th Judicial Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• North Carolina Bar Association
• North Carolina Advocates for Justice
• Greensboro Bar Association
• Greensboro Criminal Defense Lawyers Association