Mr. Harrison served as President (2000-01) of the Stetson Lawyers Association and currently serves as a member of the Board of Overseers for the College of Law. The Board of Overseers counsels, advises and assists the Dean of the College of Law and the President of the University in the development of the program of legal education and of financial and other resources. Mr. Harrison also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law (Water Law).

Mr. Harrison is Board Certified in City, County and Local Government Law by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education. He dedicates his practice almost exclusively to the representation of local governmental agencies.

Mr. Harrison was admitted to practice in Florida in 1986 and is also admitted to the bar of the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida (1987), the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1989), and the United States Supreme Court (1990). His practice includes litigation and appeals in both state and federal court, as well as litigation before administrative agencies including the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings (DOAH). He is a member of the Eminent Domain Committee of The Florida Bar and previously served on the Editorial Board of the Florida Bar Journal.

As general counsel to the Hillsborough County Hospital Authority (1996-98) he was primary counsel to the Authority on the highly publicized privatization of Tampa General Hospital.

Mr. Harrison represents Tampa Bay Water in a variety of matters including construction litigation, contracts, procurement and bid protests, eminent domain and inverse condemnation, permitting and administrative matters, and defense of property damage and other claims. Among other things, Mr. Harrison served as lead counsel in the successful defense of a procurement protest involving Tampa Bay Water's $569,000,000 contract for a 30-year desalinated water supply facility to be constructed in Hillsborough County. He currently serves as lead trial counsel in ongoing litigation arising out of the design and construction of the seawater desalination facility. In addition, as eminent domain counsel, he has represented Tampa Bay Water in the acquisition of private property for a variety of water transmission pipeline projects.

Mr. Harrison also currently serves as General Counsel to the Carrollwood Recreation District, a special district in Hillsborough County, and has represented the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, the City of Madeira Beach, the City of Plant City, Martin County and the Martin County Aviation Department on matters of local government law and related litigation.

In July 2003, Mr. Harrison was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners to the Hillsborough County Natural Resources and Landscaping Appeals Board. In 2006, he was appointed to the successor agency, the Hillsborough County Land Use Appeals Board, where he continues to serve.

In July 2004, Mr. Harrison was named to Florida Trend’s inaugural list of “Florida Legal Elite,” a compilation of Florida’s top lawyers selected by Florida lawyers. He received this prestigious honor again in 2005, 2006 and 2009.

Selected Reported Decisions:

Harman v. State, 12 So. 3d 898 (Fla. 2 DCA 2009)

Cox v. Cox 10 So. 3d 180 (Fla. 2 DCA 2009)

Weekly Planet, Inc. v. Hillsborough County Aviation Authority,
829 So. 2d 970 (Fla. 2 DCA 2002)

Toledo v. Hillsborough County Hospital Authority,
747 So. 2d 958 (Fla. 2 DCA 1999)

Halifax Hospital Medical Center v. News-Journal Corp.,
724 So.2d 567 (Fla. 1999)(on behalf of Hillsborough County Hospital Authority, as amicus curiae)

Memorial Hospital-West Volusia v. News-Journal Corp.,
729 So.2d 373 (Fla. 1999)(on behalf of Hillsborough County Hospital Authority, as amicus curiae)

Jews for Jesus, Inc. v. Hillsborough County Aviation Authority,
162 F.3d 627 (11th Cir. 1998)

Canaveral Port Authority v. Department of Revenue,
690 So.2d 1226 (Fla. 1997) (Fla. 1999)(on behalf of Hillsborough County Aviation Authority, as amicus curiae)