1945
Born to Luther Franklin Harris and Rebecca Ann (Bluster) Harris in Greensboro, NC.
1965
Earns Associate of Arts from Oxford College of Emory University; Becomes a member of the AEU Honor Society.
1967
Earns a Bachelor of Arts from University of Florida; Becomes a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi Honor Societies.
1968
Is commissioned a Second Lieutenant, serves to Captain in U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and receives honorable discharge in 1977.
1970
Earns Doctor of Jurisprudence, with honors, from Levin College of Law at the University of Florida.
1970
Becomes a member of the Order of the Coif Honor Society; Serves as Research Editor of the Florida Law Review.
1970
Is admitted to practice law by the Florida Bar and before the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
1970
Is an associate with Holland & Knight LLP in Lakeland, FL until 1974.
1971
Is admitted to practice law before the U.S. Court of Military Appeals; Serves as a JAG officer and Military Judge with the U.S. Marine Corps until 1973.
1976
Serves as senior attorney and president of Harris, Midyette & Clements P.A. in Lakeland, FL until 1991.
1984
Serves on the board of directors of International Speedway Corp. for 35 years through 2019.
1984
Is admitted to practice law before the 11th Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
1991
Is senior attorney and president of Harris, Midyette, Geary, Darby & Morrell, P.A. in Lakeland, FL until 2000.
2000
Law firm merges with and is a shareholder with Peterson & Myers, P.A. in Lakeland, FL until 2003.
2003
Serves as of counsel to Kinsey, Vincent, Pyle, P.L. in Daytona Beach, FL and continues in this role after moving to the Tampa Bay area in December of 2020.
2008
Is chosen as a Director of the FIA’s Automobile Competition Committee of the U.S., and currently remains an active independent director.
2009
Serves on managing board for AMA Pro Racing, American motorcycle racing sanctioning body, until 2013.
2011
Is appointed by FIA as a judge of the International Tribunal (for international motorsports competition disputes).
2016
Is appointed by FIA as a judge of the International Court of Appeals (for international motorsports competition disputes).
2018
Is appointed as an alternate appeals officer for NASCAR.