H. Hamilton (Chip) Rice III 
Tampa, Florida

Chip Rice received his Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy in 1982 and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant of Armor in the United States Army. He served six years on active duty and resigned his commission in 1988 to attend the University of Kentucky College of Law. While attending law school, Chip was selected as a Notes Editor of the University of Kentucky Law Review. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1991. Upon graduation, he began his practice with a large law firm in Nashville, Tennessee and subsequently moved to Tampa in 1993. Before joining Bush Graziano & Rice as a shareholder in 2000, Chip was a shareholder at another Tampa law firm.

Chip is an experienced trial attorney whose practice is focused on the defense of products liability claims, with an emphasis on children's products, medical malpractice, long-term health care and general and premises liability claims. He has tried a number of cases to verdict in Florida in both state and federal court. He is rated an "AV" by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory and was named to the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Florida Super Lawyers lists.

Chip is admitted to practice in the States of Florida and Tennessee, the U.S. District Court for the Middle, Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee and the U.S. District Court for the Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida.

Areas of Practice:

Products Liability

Professional Negligence

Defense of Long-Term Health Care Claims

Children's Products

Bar Admissions:

Florida

Tennessee

U.S. District Court Middle District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court Western District of Tennessee

U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida

U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida

Education:

University of Kentucky College of Law, Lexington, Kentucky, 1991
Juris Doctor
Law Review: University of Kentucky Law Review, Notes Editor

United States Military Academy, 1982
Bachelor of Science

Honors and Awards:

"AV" by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

Past Employment Positions:

United States Army, Armor, 1982-1988