
Nancy H. Harris
Harris & Hunt P.A. 100 S Ashley Drive, Ste 300 Tampa, FL 33602 Practice Area(s): Family Law call (813) 223-5421 visit website
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