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Admission Dates & Jurisdictions

Admitted to Florida Bar 1985

Education

Bachelor’s Degree, Converse College

MSW University of South Carolina, 1982

JD, University of South Carolina, 1985

Atticus Workshops and Seminars

Numerous CLE Seminars

Collaborative Training

Interdisciplinary Family Collaborative Practice Training, Advanced/Intermediate   Course by Florida Collaborative Trainers (2013)

Interdisciplinary Team Training by Florida Collaborative Trainers (2010)

Marketing Collaborative Practice Group Workshop by Liz Ferris, Miami (2008)

Basic and Advanced Interdisciplinary Training: The Collaborative Law Institute of           Texas by Norma Rusch (2006 & 2010)

Basic Training: Chip Rose, Mediation Center of Santa Cruz (2002)

Professional Experience

Harris and Hunt, P.A.

Tampa, Florida

Marital and Family Law

2007 – Present

Managing Partner

 

 

Nancy Hutcheson Harris and Associates

Tampa, Florida

Marital and Family Law

1998-2007

Managing Partner

 

 

Maney, Damsker, Harris & Jones, P.A.

Tampa, Florida

Marital and Family Law

1987-1998

Managing Partner

Honors & Awards

The Best Lawyers in America (2015)

The National Advocates – Top 100 Lawyers (2014)

Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers (2013)

Top Lawyers of Tampa – The National Law Journal (2012)

Legal Leaders – Tampa’s Top Rated Lawyers (2012)

Tampa Bay Magazine Top Lawyers (2010)

Super Lawyers (2007-2015)

Florida Trend’s Legal Elite (2006)

Hillsborough County Family Law Inns of Court Professionalism Award (2001)

Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, AV rated (2000-present)

Law and Leading Attorneys of Florida (1998)

Pimm v. Pimm 601 So.2d 534 (FLA. 1992) (recognized by the AAML as one of      the most important Florida cases)

Professional Associations

Hillsborough County Bar Association, Member

HCBA Family Law Section, Member

HCBA Collaborative Law Section, Member

HCBA Family Law Executive Council (Former Chair, Current Member)

HCBA Civil (Non-Family) Collaborative Law Committee, Member

St. Pete Bar Association, Member

Family Law Inn of Tampa, Master

Tampa Bay Collaborative Divorce Group (Founding Member, Past Co-Chair)                                TBCDG Executive Committee, Member

TBCDG Board of Directors, Member

Collaborative Family Law Council of Florida (Past VP, Current Board Member)

International Academy of Collaborative Professionals, Member

Global Collaborative Law Council, Member

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Member

Next Generation Divorce, Member

Hillsborough Association of Women Lawyers, Member

American Bar Association Family Law Section, Member

Florida Bar, Member

Florida Bar Family Law Section, Member

Florida Bar Family Law Section Executive Committee

(Past Member and Comm. Chair)

Florida Bar Grievance Committee (Past Chair)

Speaking Engagements

19th Annual Bench Bar Conference & Judicial Reception – Give the Judges a Break

            – Try the Collaborative Process (October 2015)

 

Florida Chapter of Association of Family and Conciliation Courts  – 12th Annual

Conference – Sharpening Your Skills with Collaborative Practice: What is

Collaborative Divorce and How Can Collaborative Skills Help Every

Divorcing Family (October 2015)

 

Tampa Bay Association for Marriage and Family Therapy – When the Marriage is             Over . . . What to do about it.  (March 2015)

Clearwater Bar Association – Resolving Employment Disputes Through     Collaborative Law Process (February 2015)

Canakaris Inn of Court – Collaborative Divorce Offering a Better Alternative           (February 2015)

Florida Bar Family Law Section Webinar – The Difficult Client and Other Obstacles          Along the Path (December 2014)

Evidence: A Family Law Practitioner’s Winning Game Plan: Hearsay: What Did   They Say? (March 2014)

Inaugural Collaborative Family Law Conference – Collaborative Practice: The     Future Is Now! (May 2013)

HCBA Labor & Employment Law Section – Resolving Employment Disputes        Through Collaborative Law Process (April 2013)

Stetson University College of Law: Interviewing & Counseling 101: How to get the            right clients in the door and keep them there. (February 2013)

Florida College of Advanced Judicial Studies – Childhood Sexual Abuse: What   Every Judge Should Know (June 2012)

HCBA Mediation and Arbitration Section: Mediation – Tips from the Top (May 2012)

AFCC 48th Annual Conference –Managing alienation, estrangement and child     sexual abuse allegations in the parenting coordination process (June 2011)

AAML 31st Annual Institute Presentation: Collaborative Law and Breakout            Session         on “Joint Experts: When to Use or Not to Use” (May 2009)

Florida Bar – Basic Family Law: Trial Preparation and Strategies (February 2006)

Florida Bar Family Law Section – Trial Advocacy Seminar (2005)

National Public Radio (NPR) Interview: Alimony Termination/Modification Upon   Retirement.

CNN News Televised Appearance:  Impact of Retirement on Long Term Spousal             Support.

Continuing Legal Education: Basic and Advanced Family Law Topics,       Collaborative Law, Prenuptial and Postnuptial Agreements, Complex Trial      Issues, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Publications

West Publishing: Florida Family Law, 2011-2014 ed. (Vol. 23, Florida Practice      Series), Chapter 15 – Collaborative Divorce by Nancy Hutcheson Harris

“Collaborative Practice: Not Just for the Family Lawyer,” Lawyer, Hillsborough      County Bar Association, March Issue 2013

Service Activities

Academy Prep Center for Education (college prep education for economically      challenged 5th– 8th grades) – Board of Trustees (Former Member),        Development Committee (Past Co-Chair, Current Member)

Academy of the Holy Names Board of Trustees – Former Member

Leadership Tampa Graduate and Alumni

United Way of Tampa Bay Board of Directors – Former Member

USF Women in Leadership & Philanthropy – Lifetime Member

Lawyers for Literacy Mentoring Program (2005-Present)

Tampa Bay Collaborative Divorce Group – Founding Member

Tampa Theatre – Current Board Member