Alumni Spotlight: Another St. Thomas Law Alum Makes Partner

Julie Harris Nelson '94

St. Thomas Law congratulates alum Julie Harris Nelson who was recently named partner in the South Florida office of Roig Lawyers.

Mrs. Harris Nelson began her legal career as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County under Katherine Fernandez Rundle. She later began practicing insurance defense with an emphasis on premises liability and bodily injury.

While attending St. Thomas Law she was a member of Black Law Students Association, the Catholic Lawyers Guild, the Appellate Moot Court and Trial Court Teams, and the Peter Faye Inns of Court.

She served as summer federal law clerk to the Honorable William Hoeveler in 1992.  In 1993 and 1994 she served as a law clerk for the City of Miami Attorney’s Office and the Florida Department of Transportation.

Roig Lawyers is a minority owned, multi-practice Florida litigation firm with a growing presence in the Florida legal market. They currently have over 100 attorneys in six offices throughout the state.