Attorney Profiles

A lifetime resident of Panama City, William Harrison founded HRD in 2002. Admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Florida in 1988, William received his B.A. from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law.

Aside from his legal expertise, William is well-respected as a key political strategist for the Florida Panhandle and has been instrumental in local, county, state, congressional and presidential campaigns for nearly twenty years. He served as an Organizational Chairman in all of Governor Jeb Bush’s election campaigns, and President George W. Bush’s campaigns in 2000 and 2004, and was named to the Bush-Brogan Gubernatorial Transition Team in 1998. He also serves as Chairman of the Northern District of Florida Judicial Nominating Commission, a position he has held since 2000.

William is married with four children, and serves his community in a variety of civic positions.

From his key involvement in successful political campaigns and experience working with governmental and business leaders on vital public policy issues, Bo Rivard brings to HRD a wealth of political experience, key relationships with business leaders and knowledge of the workings of government at every level.  Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis appointed Bo as chairman of the Citizens Property Insurance Board of Governors (20019-2020). Bo also previously served as chairman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (2016). From 2011-2013 Bo served as Governor Scott’s appointee to the Republican Party of Florida Executive Committee.

Bo was raised in Panama City, Florida. He earned his B.A. at The University of Florida and his J.D. at Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law. Bo’s legal practice has been focused on representing both public and private clients in health care, land use, transportation, litigation and regulatory matters. He has served as outside counsel for numerous local governments and state agencies. Over his career, he has represented scores of businesses including several Fortune 500 companies.

Bo is actively engaged in his community. He was the chairman of the Bay County Chamber of Commerce (2011) and has served on many other local boards. Bo and his wife, Nicole, have three children and live in Panama City.

Mike joined HRD in 2011 bringing with him extensive experience in state and local government, land use, and transportation law. Mike handles major projects for both governmental and private entities. Prior to joining HRD, Mike was a partner with the firm of Harrison, Sale, McCloy, Duncan and Jackson. Mike served as General Counsel to the Panama City-Bay County International Airport District (Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport – ECP), General Counsel to the Northwest Florida Transportation Corridor Authority, and City Attorney for the City of Callaway.

While General Counsel, Mike led the Panama City Airport through all aspects of the relocation and construction of the $300 million Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport, the first new airport constructed in the United States since 9-11. The airport project is the single largest public works project in Bay County history. The new airport is a state of the art LEED designed facility with a 10,000 foot concrete runway on 4,000 acres serving all of Northwest Florida. The airport project was FDOT’s Commercial Service Airport Project of the Year for 2011.

In 2010, in response to his clients’ needs related to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, Mike worked to assemble a team of lawyers to handle oil spill claims for public and private clients.

Mike is married with three children and serves the community as a youth baseball coach and in a variety of civic positions.

Cooper concentrates his practice in the areas of corporate matters and general business law and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2022. He received his educational training from Florida State University, receiving his Juris Doctor degree in May 2021.  While attending Florida State University College of Law, Cooper was selected by Governor DeSantis for the Florida Gubernatorial Fellows program, Class XVI, working for the Agency for Health Care Administration during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Before law school, Cooper graduated from Flagler College with a Bachelor of Science in Political Science and a minor in Economics. Following graduation, he managed multiple political campaigns in Northwest Florida and was the Legislative Aide to Representative Trumbull. Cooper enjoys playing with his dogs, fishing, and spending time with family.