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Children’s Advocacy Award goes to project that helped change state law to strengthen children’s best interests in Florida adoption
MAITLAND, Fla. – The Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association has been selected to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s Paul Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award for its work on a case that was instrumental in winning passage of the Child’s Best Hope Act, a new law that allows
Continue readingOrlando’s Jane Elizabeth Curran to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2017 Medal of Honor Award for a Non-Lawyer
MAITLAND, Fla. – Jane Elizabeth Curran, The Florida Bar Foundation’s founding executive director, has been selected to receive the 2017 Medal of Honor Award, the Foundation’s highest award, in the non-lawyer category. Curran was recruited to The Florida Bar Foundation in 1982 to lead the organization as it launched the
Continue readingJohn F. Harkness Jr. to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2017 Medal of Honor Award for a lawyer
MAITLAND, Fla. – John F. “Jack” Harkness Jr., a nationally recognized legal visionary and the nation’s longest-serving bar executive, has been selected to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2017 Medal of Honor Award, the Foundation’s highest award, in the lawyer category. After serving as the State Courts Administrator for six
Continue readingRandall Berg Jr. to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award
MAITLAND, Fla. – Miami civil rights attorney Randall C. Berg Jr. has been selected to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award. The award is named for the Foundation’s first executive director in recognition of her contributions to the Foundation, the national IOLTA movement and access
Continue readingAttorney Jewel White takes office as president of The Florida Bar Foundation board
MAITLAND, Fla. – Clearwater attorney Jewel White will take office July 1 as president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. As chief assistant county attorney with the Pinellas County Attorney’s Office, White has practiced in the areas of
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