James H. Nance

Jim Nance, whose lifelong nickname is “Booty”, obtained the first $100,000 verdict and the first $1 million dollar verdict in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit which includes Seminole and Brevard Counties. Mr. Nance was also one of the nine Florida lawyers appointed by the late Governor Lawton Chiles who successfully sued the tobacco companies on behalf of the State of Florida, resulting in a remarkable settlement of more than $13 billion in 1997. Private Practice with Miami and Orlando law firms, 1958-1963. Practice limited to personal injury and wrongful death in Melbourne, 1963-present. Awards and Honors Honors March of Dimes Citizen of the Year, 1999 Recipient, Stetson University's 'S' Club Lifetime Achievement Award Best Lawyers in America Who's Who in the South and Southwest Who's Who in American Law Melbourne Police Foundation Nursing Scholarship, Brevard Community College Athletic Scholarship, Stetson University Pre-Law Scholarship, Flagler College James H. Nance Fountain at the University of Miami School of Law Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Christ School, Ashville, North Carolina Lee's McCrae College, Banner Elk, North Carolina Space Coast Citizen of the Year, March of Dimes, 1999 - Present Stetson University 'S' Club Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000 The Inner Circle of Advocates, Secretary, 1988 - 2009 James H. Nance Oceanside Park, Indialantic, Florida AV® Preeminent™ Rating for at least 30 years by Martindale-Hubbell Safari Club International African Big Five Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Henry Kelsey Big Game Records, 2010 Listed in Super Lawyers of Florida Listed in Law Dragon Listed in The Best Lawyers in America Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers (limited to 500 internationally)

• Attorney

• U.S. Army, 1956 - 1957
• Dade County, Florida, Assistant State Attorney, 1957 - 1958
• Miami and Orlando law firms, Private Practice, 1958 - 1963

• Author of "Comparative Negligence in Florida", Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association Advocate, 1975
• Lecturer at various seminars for Academy, Florida Trial Lawyers

• Executive Committee, The National Trial Lawyers, 2012
• Founder, Board of Directors, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
• Board of Directors, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
• Brevard County Sheriff's Civil Service Board, Chairman, 1979 - 1980
• Honorary member of the South Brevard American Cancer Society
• Previous School Board Member, Holy Trinity Episcopal School, 1982 - 1986
• Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of The Haven, a Melbourne home for abused children
• Lifetime Member, Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council
• Lifetime Member, Brevard County Police Chiefs Association
• Member, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
• Sons of Confederate Veterans
• Sons of the American Revolution
• Stanford University Cancer Research
• Space Coast Early Intervention, a school for Down Syndrome children
• Children's Home Society of Florida
• Breast Friends of Florida
• Grandfather Mountain Home for Children, North Carolina
• Crossnore School Children's Home, North Carolina
• Brevard Alzheimer's Foundation
• Bright Star, Health First Foundation
• American Lung Association
• March of Dimes
• Brevard Community College Foundation, Board of Governors
• Melbourne Police Foundation, Board Member

• Florida
• District of Columbia
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals
• Supreme Court of the United States of America
• U.S. Supreme Court
• Specialties and Certifications
• Civil Trial Advocate, National Board of Trial Advocacy
• Civil Trial Lawyer, Florida Bar

• The Inner Circle of Advocates (membership limited to 100 nationally, who have obtained $1 million verdicts) (Member)
• Lawdragon (500 Leading Plaintiffs' Lawyers in America)
• American Board of Trial Advocates (Diplomat)
• International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Member)
• Melbourne Police Foundation (Board Member)
• Brevard County Bar Association
• Florida Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• National District Attorneys Association
• Law Science Academy of America
• District of Columbia of Bar
• New York State Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• California Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• The American Association for Justice (Sustaining Member)
• The Inner Circle of Advocates (membership limited to 100 nationally, who have obtained $1 million verdicts), 1981 - 1983 (President)
• The National Trial Lawyers, 2012 (Executive Committee)
• National Board of Trial Advocacy (the organization that Board certifies trial lawyers nationally)
• Board of Directors of The Inner Circle of Advocates, 1979 - 2009
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity