
Meet Paola Parra Harris
Jacksonville Family Law Attorney
Peer Rated for Highest Level of Professional Excellence in 2018 by Martindale -Hubbell, Paola Parra Harris enjoys a reputation as a tough and passionate advocate for her clients. Voted “Woman Lawyer of the Year” by her peers in the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association, Paola Parra Harris has been practicing Family Law in Jacksonville since 1998.
Paola has a family of her own, takes the concerns of her clients seriously and is a zealous advocate for each and every client. She takes special pride in the fact that her law practice focuses in all areas that affect family disputes and that it is successful in achieving positive results for her divorce and family law clients in Northeast Florida.
What We Do
The Jacksonville Family Law Attorneys at Parra Harris Law have been practicing Divorce & Family Law for more than 45 years. We understand the sensitive and complex issues that family law cases present.
We provide effective and efficient ways to reach your goals while always ensuring that you understand your options and rights along the way.
Whether resolving your family law matter amicably through negotiation or mediation, or when necessary, by litigation, we are prepared to fight as an advocate on your behalf to make sure that your best interests are represented.
Our Family Law Practice Areas
- Adoptions
- Alimony & Taxes
- Annulments
- Asset & Property Division
- Children’s Law
- Child Custody & Timesharing
- Child Relocation Law
- Child Support
- Divorce
- Divorce Modification
- Domestic Partnership
- Domestic Violence
- Family Law
- Guardianships
- High Asset / Net Worth Divorce
- Legal Separation
- Marriage Law
- Mediation
- Military Divorce
- Parental Alienation
- Post Judgement Order Enforcement, Contempt & Modifications
- Paternity
- Pre-Nuptial Agreements
- Property Division & Complex Property
- Restraining Orders
- Rights Issues
- Same Sex Marriage
- Separation
- Spousal Support
- Surrogacy & Artificial Conception
- Traditional Litigation
- Uncontested Divorce
- Wills & Probate
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
- AV Preeminent Peer Rated Attorney – Martindale-Hubbard – 2017 – Present
- Woman of Distinction – Girl Scouts Gateway Council – 2019
- Ultimate Attorney in Family Law – Jacksonville Business Journal – 2019
- Business Leader of the Year – Mayor’s Hispanic American Advisory Board – 2019
- Woman Lawyer of the Year – Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association – 2012
- Top 10 Most Influential Hispanics of North Florida – EcoLatino 2011
- Up & Comer – Jacksonville Business Journal – (2003)
COMMUNITY AND LEADERSHIP
- Rotary Club of Jacksonville (2019 – Present)
- Sulzbacher, Board of Directors (2018 – Present)
- Leadership Florida – Cornerstone Class 39
- Hispanic Bar Association of N.E. Florida, Founder & President (2004 -2005)
- Jacksonville Bar Association, Naturalization Committee Co-Chair (2003 – Present)
- Florida Bar Association, Grievance Committee (2014 – 2017)
- Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association – President (2002 – 03)
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers – Treasurer (2001-02)
- Florida Coastal School of Law, Adjunct Professor (2011 – 2012)
- Mayor’s Hispanic American Advisory Board, Chair (2011 – 2012)
- Mayor Alvin Brown Legal Transition Team (2011)
- Read It Forward Jacksonville Coalition, Advisory Board Member (2015 – 2017)
- Leadership Jacksonville Class of 2003, (Selections Committee 2003 – Present)
- North Florida Hispanic Leadership Alliance, Board Member (2008 – Present)
- Rotary Club of San Jose, President (2012 – 2013), Treasurer (2011 – 2012), Secretary (2010 – 2011).
- JaxPort Task Force (2014 – 2015)
- Catholic Charities of Jacksonville, Chairman (2017-18); Board of Directors (2011 – 2018)
- Junior League of Jacksonville, Board of Directors (2006 – 2007)
- Rotaract of Florida’s First Coast (President, 2002-2003; Secretary, 2001 – 2002)
- Catholic Lawyers Guild, Member (1997 – Present)
- The Bolles School, Parent Association (2011 – Present)
- San Jose Catholic Church – Catechist (1999 – Present)
- Southside United Methodist Church – VBS Teacher (2008 – 2012)