Overview
Patti Harris, Special Counsel at Zetlin & De Chiara LLP, provides legal and business counsel to architects and engineers across the country. A serial entrepreneur, Ms. Harris is the founder and CEO of Licensesure, which provides business and licensing compliance services to design professionals. From 2000 to 2013, Patti served as the Managing Partner of Zetlin and De Chiara. Ms. Harris started her career as a corporate attorney with two New York City law firms and her legal practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, business organization and management issues, and licensing issues.
Ms. Harris is very active in design industry organizations. She is a member of the Board of Directors and President-Elect of the Global Design Alliance. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, having served as Board Chair in 2015. In 2012, she served on the Mayor's Task Force for Rebuilding New York City.
She speaks and writes about business organization and professional licensing to industry organizations such as the AIA and ACEC.
Ms. Harris has been recognized for her leadership by the Global Design Alliance which presented her with their Sutherland Award for service to the design industry. She was also selected to appear in the 2021 Super Lawyers list of top rated attorneys.
Experience
Representative Matters
Honors
Honors & Recognitions
- Supers Lawyers 2021
- The Sutherland Award 2019, Global Design Alliance
- Women Worth Watching Awards 2014, Profiles in Diversity Journal
- Urban Green Space Service Award 2013, Special Recognition, The Mayor's NYC Building Task Force
- Outstanding Woman 2009, Women's Builder's Council
News & Events
News
Speaking Engagements
Publications
Affiliations
Community & Professional
Global Design Alliance
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Construction Law Committee
The American Bar Association
General Counsel / Board Membership
Board of Directors, Global Design Alliance, 2005-Present
Chair-Elect, Global Design Alliance, 2020
Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Executive Committee, Treasurer and past- Board Chair, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
Education
New York University, M.B.A, with distinction
New York University, J.D.
Pomona College, B.A.
Admissions
- New York