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 Denton Harris

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2009-2011

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 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, 2010, and 2011
• 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

• 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)

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

• Florida Judgment Enforcement Seminar - April 6, 2011

REPRESENTATION
Ms. Harris has headed up or has had an active involvement in the firm's representation in Bankruptcy Court:

• Flesher Windows, Inc.
• 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, Ltd., 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 Seltzer's Steakhouses
• Suncoast Roofers Supply Inc. n/k/a SRSI Legacy, 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.