Mr. Harke received his B.A. in philosophy, with honors, from the University of Florida (1987), and his J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law (1990). He served as Editor-in-Chief of the University of Miami Law Review. After eight years at the law firm of Steel Hector and Davis LLP, Mr. Harke formed his own firm in 1998. He is now a founding partner of the law firm of Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP, where he practices complex commercial and consumer class action litigation. Mr. Harke is admitted to practice law in the State of Florida, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Florida, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is counsel in matters pending in courts throughout Florida and the United States.