EDUCATION

University of Miami School of Law
J.D. conferred, May 1989, with Honors
Executive Editor, University of Miami Law Review, 1988-1989
Order of the Coif; graduated in top 3% of law school class

Tulane University
B.A. conferred, May 1986
Majors: English and Psychology

Employment

Shareholder, Stack Fernandez Anderson & Harris, P.A.
Miami, Florida, July 1996 - present

Associate, Steel Hector & Davis
Miami, Florida, September 1989 - July 1996

Organizations and Memberships

Admitted, Florida Bar, 1989
Member, American Bar Association, Section on Litigation, 1989 - present
Member, Dade County Bar Association, 1989 - present
Admitted, Bars for the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, and the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Bar and Court Admissions

Admitted, Florida Bar
Admitted, United States Supreme Court
Admitted, United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Admitted, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Admitted, United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida

Publications

The Impeachment exception to Rule 407: Limitations on the Introduction of Evidence of Subsequent Measures, 42 U. Miami L. Rev. 901 (1988).

Honors

“Florida Legal Elite,” Florida Trend Magazine (naming the top 2% of the lawyers in the State of Florida, as voted on by their peers)
“Super Lawyer,” Florida Super Lawyers (naming the top 5% of the lawyers in the State of Florida)
“Top Lawyers,” South Florida Legal Guide (naming the top lawyers in South Florida, as chosen by their peers)
“Top Up and Comers,” South Florida Legal Guide (naming the top up and coming lawyers under 40 in South Florida, as selected by the Top Lawyers in South Florida)

Robert Harris is a commercial litigator and corporate attorney. Bob’s commercial litigation practice is diverse, encompassing a wide array of complex areas such as employment law, corporate disputes, contract and tort litigation, defamation, products liability, real estate litigation, commercial landlord-tenant disputes, administrative law, probate and appellate practice. Through the course of his practice, Bob has gained extensive experience in a variety of legal specialties such as, for example, employment law and corporate shareholder disputes. As to employment law, in addition to litigating discrimination claims, Bob has extensive experience litigating issues concerning non-competition agreements, confidentiality agreements, and trade secrets, as well as drafting non-competition and confidentiality agreements and advising corporations as to the effect of such agreements. As to corporate shareholder disputes, Bob has litigated disputes between shareholders in closed corporations regarding interpretations of shareholders agreements, breach of fiduciary duty and corporate waste of assets.

Bob’s commercial litigation practice spans both federal and state matters. He is a member of the Florida Bar, as well as the bars of the United States District Courts for the Southern District and Middle District of Florida., and the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Bob’s corporate practice involves incorporating companies, handling corporate acquisitons, drafting corporate agreements, and providing advice as to various corporate issues from a “litigator’s perspective.” Further, Bob has extensive experience with the various laws regarding charitable organizations and commercial co-venturers.

Bob received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Tulane University in 1986. He earned his Juris Doctorate degree with Honors from the University of Miami School of Law in 1989, where he was Executive Editor of the University of Miami Law Review and a member of Order of the Coif. He is the author of The Impeachment exception to Rule 407: Limitations on the Introduction of Evidence of Subsequent Measures, 42 U. Miami L. Rev. 901 (1988). Bob graduated in the top 3% of his law school class.

Bob and his wife, Meghan, both natives of Miami, live in South Miami with their daughters, Natalie and Madeleine.