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Christopher M. Harne

Experience
Christopher Harne graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Arts degree (English major and Italian minor) in 1993. Following graduation he worked as a reporter and contributing writer for a local newspaper and several magazines and journals, while also working as a communications coordinator for Orange County. Chris received his Juris Doctor cum laude from Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law in 2004, where he was recognized as a national member of the Order of Barristers. Chris earned the Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Legal Writing and was a member of the Mercer Law Review and Mercer Moot Court Board. Chris competed on Mercer’s civil rights moot court team, which won the Best Brief Award and advanced to the semifinals of the William E. McGee National Civil Rights Moot Court Competition in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Chris began his practice at a law firm in Orlando in 2004, handling insurance defense and commercial litigation. He joined Killgore Pearlman as an associate in 2008 and concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial litigation, construction law and insurance defense. Chris is admitted to practice before the State Courts of Florida and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Chris also serves pro bono as a Guardian Ad Litem for the Orange County Bar Association’s Legal Aid Society.

Practice Areas
•	Commercial Litigation
•	Construction Law
•	Insurance Defense

Education
•	Juris Doctor, Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law, 2004 (cum laude)
•	Bachelor of Arts, Emory University, 1993

Bar Admissions
•	2004 – Florida Bar
•	2005 – U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida

Professional Organizations
•	Orange County Bar Association, member (2004 -- present)
•	Florida Bar (2004 – present)

Publications
•	Co-Author, Cutting Classes: Florida Tightens its Restrictions on Class Action Lawsuits, THE FLORIDA BAR JOURNAL, March 2007, at 8.
•	Filtering Software in Public Libraries: Traditional Collection Decision or Congressionally Induced First Amendment Violation?, 55 Mercer Law Review 1029 (2004).