Jim@NanceLaw.com
www.NanceLaw.com

John B. Stetson University A.B. 1953 University of Miami J.D. 1956 U.S. Army, 1956-1957 Assistant State Attorney, Dade County, Florida, 1957-1958 Private Practice with Miami and Orlando law firms, 1958-1963 Practice limited to personal injury and wrongful death, in Melbourne, 1963-present 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. Legal Memberships: Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity Brevard County Bar Association Florida Bar Association American Bar Association National District Attorneys Association Law Science Academy of America District of Columbia of Bar Trial Lawyer Memberships: Member, New York State Trial Lawyers Association Member, California Trial Lawyers Association Member, Texas Trial Lawyers Association Founder, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Diplomat, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Sustaining Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Lifetime Fellow, Roscoe-Pound-American Trial Lawyers Association Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers (limited to 500 internationally) Member, The Inner Circle of Advocates (membership limited to 100 nationally, who have obtained $1 million verdicts, President 1981-1983) Diplomat, American Board of Trial Advocates Board Certifications: National Board of Trial Advocacy - Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate Florida Bar - Board Certified as a Civil Trial Lawyer Current Directorships: Board of Governors, Brevard Community College Foundation Board of Directors of the Melbourne Police Foundation Past Directorships: National Board of Trial Advocacy (the organization that Board certifies trial lawyers nationally) Board of Directors of The Inner Circle of Advocates, 1979-2009 Previous School Board Member, Holy Trinity Episcopal School, 1982-1986 Board of Directors, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Board of Directors, Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Chairman, Brevard County Sheriff's Civil Service Board, 1979-1980 Honorary member of the South Brevard American Cancer Society Honorary Member of the Board of Directors of The Haven, a Melbourne home for abused children Author and Lecturer: Author of "Comparative Negligence in Florida," Los Angeles Trial Lawyers Association Advocate, May 1975 Lecturer at various seminars for Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Courts Admitted to Practice: All the Courts of the State of Florida Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, U. S. District Courts Eleventh District Court of Appeals District of Columbia Court of Appeals The Supreme Court of the United States of America Other Memberships: 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 Member, Florida Citrus Sports Who's Who in the South and Southwest Who's Who in American Law Melbourne Police Foundation Other Charities: Stanford University Cancer Research The Haven, a Melbourne home for abused children 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 Schools Supported: 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 Honors and Awards: Space Coast Citizen of the Year, 1999, March of Dimes 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-Hubble 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