Managing Partner Lance A. Harke of Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP Elected President of the Greater Miami Shores Chamber of Commerce

MIAMI, FL, May 26, 2013 (Press-News.org) Managing Partner Lance A. Harke of the Miami Shores-based commercial litigation and consumer class action law firm of Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP, (www.harkeclasby.com) was recently elected President of the Greater Miami Shores Chamber of Commerce. His term will be for one year ending at the conclusion of 2013.

"It is an honor to be elected President of the Miami Shores Chamber of Commerce by such an esteemed group of business and community leaders," said Lance A. Harke. "Both personally and as a firm, we take great pride in devoting our time to making maintaining and improving the unique qualities of our Miami Shores community. As President, I will continue to uphold the mission of the Chamber."

Harke concentrates his trial practice in the areas of products liability, insurance and complex class action and other commercial and consumer litigation matters. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and admitted to practice law in the State of Florida, the United States District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Florida, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Harke graduated from the University of Florida, with high honors and received his B.A. degree in Philosophy. He received his law degree from University of Miami School of Law, where he graduated cum laude, and was Editor-in-Chief of the University of Miami Law Review.

The mission of the Miami Shores Chamber of Commerce is to represent local businesses and help them grow and prosper. Whether that means connecting businesses to other businesses, to local residents, or to visitors, the Chamber's goal is to be an advocate for local businesses, marketing them and to improve the general welfare of the greater Miami Shores community.

Miami Shores-based Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP is an AV-rated litigation boutique founded by partner and trial attorney Lance A. Harke in 2000. The firm represents clients throughout the State of Florida and in courts across the country in a wide range of commercial law matters related to commercial litigation, business torts, consumer class actions, securities class actions, product liability, insurance litigation, general civil litigation, general commercial litigation, civil appeals, prescription drug issues, employment matters, bad faith issues, professional malpractice, medical malpractice and appellate practice.