Amy D. Harris  
Amy D. Harris
Position
Shareholder
Education
• University of South Florida, Bachelor of Science, Accounting, cum laude
• University of South Florida, Master of Accountancy
• University of Florida College of Law, Juris Doctor, with honors
Bar Admissions
• The Florida Bar (all state courts)
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida
• Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of the United States
Amy D. Harris
Amy Denton Harris joined Stichter, Riedel, Blain & Prosser P.A. in March of 2003 and became a shareholder in 2010. Mrs. Harris received her J.D. with honors in 2002 from the University of Florida. While in law school, Ms. Harris interned for The Honorable Paul M. Glenn, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida, and The Honorable Michael G. Williamson, Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida. She also is licensed as a certified public accountant, having passed all four parts of the examination on her first attempt (something accomplished by a small percentage of applicants). She is past chair of and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Accounting Circle at the University of South Florida.

She regularly represents debtors, committees, creditors, trustees, purchasers, and other parties in bankruptcy cases, assignments for the benefit of creditors, and out-of-court workouts. She is also active in the firm’s representation of borrowers and guarantors in state court litigation initiated by lenders. She has been particularly active in the representation of independent and franchised restaurant chains in Chapter 11 cases.
HONORS & DISTINCTIONS
Rated "AV" Preeminent Lawyer (highest rating) by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory
• Listed as Florida “Rising Star,” in the area of bankruptcy/insolvency practice in “Florida Super Lawyers” 2009
and 2010
• Recipient, Program Excellence Award, C.H. Ferguson-M.E. White American Inn of Court, 2006-2007
• Listed, National Register’s Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, 2004 -2005
MEMBERSHIPS & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Hillsborough County Bar Association
• Member, Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
• Member, Turnaround Management Association
• Member, Diversity Committee, Turnaround Management Association
• Member, International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
• Member, Board of Directors for the
Accounting Circle at the University of South Florida
• Former
Associate Member, C.H. Ferguson-M.E. White American Inn of Court
• Partnership Chair, Board of Directors for the Accounting Circle, University of South Florida, 2007-2008
• Former
Member, Community Service Committee, Hillsborough County Bar Association
• Chair, Board of Directors for the Accounting Circle, University of South Florida, 2006-2007
• Member, Advisory Council for the School of Accountancy, University of South Florida, 2006-2007
• Internship: Honorable Paul M. Glenn, Chief Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida, 2002
• Internship: Honorable Michael G. Williamson, Bankruptcy Judge, Middle District of Florida
, 2002
PUBLICATIONS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• Applying the Grubbs “Economic Realities” Test to Non-Residential Real Property Leases – The Cramdown, Winter 2005-2006
• The Demise of Rules 4004 & 4007 as Jurisdictional Bars – The Cramdown, Fall/Winter 2006
• Hands Across the Border: Coast-to-Coast Communications in International Insolvency Cases – Stetson University College of Law 5th International Symposium on Bankruptcy, June 12-15 2005 Freiberg, Germany (Co-author with Russell M. Blain & Stephen R. Leslie)
REPRESENTATION
Ms. Harris has headed up or has had an active involvement in the firm's representation
in Bankruptcy Court:

PlanFirst Financial Solutions, Inc. and its Affiliates
Hampton Inns Franchise Hotel
Laketown Wharf Marketing Corporation n/k/a Laketown Wharf, LLC.
• 23 Dunkin Donuts
Franchise Restaurants
• Turtle Creek, L
td., the owner of an Affordable Housing Apartment Complex
• Arlington Ridge LLC.
and its Affiliates
• Sam Seltzer’s Steak Houses of America Inc. and its Affiliates, as owners of 15 Sam Selt
zer's Steakhouses
• Suncoast Roofers Supply Inc. n/k/a SRSI L
egacy, Inc.
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Skyway Communications Holding Corp.
Langford-Leake Groups, Inc. and its Affiliates, as owners of 4 Sonic® Franchise Restaurants
• Habana Hospital Pharmacy, Inc.
• Mack Farms, Inc.
• Deb-Lyn, Inc.
, the owner of 12 Burger King® Franchise Restaurants
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Esther Weisman Enterprises, Inc.
• Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in Parkstone Medical Information Systems, Inc.

She has also been actively involved in the firm's state court practice and in out-of-state workouts.

PRESS RELEASES
COURT CONFIRMS PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR PLANFIRST FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS, INC. – AUGUST 2010
AMY DENTON HARRIS BECOMES A SHAREHOLDER – July 2010
COURT CONFIRMS PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR ALPHAROCK LLC AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES - July 2010
ELEVEN FIRM LAWYERS RECOGNIZED AS "FLORIDA SUPER LAWYERS" OR “RISING STARS” - JUNE 2010
ATTORNEYS AMY DENTON HARRIS AND BARBARA HART RECEIVE AV RATING FROM MARTINDALE-HUBBELL - SPRING 2010
STATE COURT JUDGMENT BECOMES FINAL IN MATTER OF FIRST IMPRESSION - January 12, 2010
TAYLOR, BEAN & WHITAKER MORTGAGE CORP., FILES FOR RELIEF UNDER CHAPTER 11 - AUGUST 24, 2009
OWNER OF CHAIN OF SEVENTEEN RESTAURANTS FILES FOR RELIEF UNDER CHAPTER 11 - June 5, 2009
FIRM PREVAILS IN LITIGATION INVOLVING MATTER OF FIRST IMPRESSION - April 3, 2009
BANKRUPTCY COURT CONFIRMS CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION IN ARLINGTON RIDGE CASES—March 12, 2009
BANKRUPTCY COURT CONFIRMS CHAPTER 11 PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FOR SAM SELTZER’S STEAK HOUSES OF AMERICA, INC.—February 25, 2009
Firm Prevails in Homestead Equitable Lien Dispute and Concludes Global Settlement in Gosman Case - April 13, 2007
Stichter Riedel Lawyer Amy Denton Harris Inducted into the Supreme Court of the United States--May 21, 2007
Physician Covenant Not to Compete Litigation – December 2006
Amy Denton Harris Appointed Chair of the Accounting Circle Board at the University of South Florida - July 1, 2006
Tampa Bankruptcy Court Enters Order Confirming Consolidated Plan of Reorganization for Owner of Sonic Drive-In Restaurants - June 8, 2006