Douglas Harris

• National bankruptcy counsel for a leading hotel franchisor.
• Representing servicers and direct lenders to obtain stay relief and dismissal of bankruptcy actions to proceed to foreclosures.
• Representing a multi-brand restaurant company in franchise bankruptcies.
• Represented a national cinema theater chain in acquiring additional corporate owned facilities through Bankruptcy Code Section 363 sales.
• Represented a leading provider of passenger transportation and mobility services in its Chapter 11 cases.
• Represented a manufacturer of precision engineered products in the commercial aviation, military, and space industries in its Chapter 11 case.

Douglas Harris is a senior associate in Alston & Bird’s Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group.

Douglas earned his J.D. from Duke University School of Law in 2019. He was a staff editor for the Duke Journal of Constitution Law & Public Policy and Duke Law & Technology Review, while publishing articles for both. He also served as a member of the mock trial board. While in law school, Douglas worked as a law clerk for the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office.

Before law school, Douglas earned his B.A., magna cum laude, in philosophy and psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he was the president of Phi Alpha Delta, a pre-law organization.

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• Duke University (J.D., 2019)
• University of California, Santa Cruz (B.A., 2015)