Message from the President – Spring 2019
In April, I joined 11 colleagues as part of a delegation that traveled to Washington, D.C., for ABA Days to advocate for funding of Legal Services Corporation. LSC provides a substantial amount of funding to seven Florida legal aid organizations; without their funding, 44% fewer Floridians would get civil legal help. We met with several […]
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With support of lawyers, foster children bloom into successful adults
Ping-ponging between relatives’ homes as a child, Michelle Charles struggled to understand why she and her two sisters moved so often. When she was five, her mother died, and her father began constantly shuffling the girls’ living arrangements. When Michelle was eight, she moved from Miami into a home in Gainesville with her grandmother and […]
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Tampa attorney Hala A. Sandridge to take office as president of Foundation
Tampa attorney Hala A. Sandridge will take office July 1, 2019, as the president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. Sandridge, co-managing shareholder of the Tampa office of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, is a member of the firm’s board of directors and chair […]
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Connie Bookman to take office as Foundation’s second vice president
Connie Bookman, founder and CEO of Pensacola nonprofit Pathways for Change, will take office July 1, 2019, as the second vice president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. Bookman, a licensed clinical social worker, founded Pathways for Change in 2005 to provide counseling, […]
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Thomas R. Oldt to take office as president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation
Winter Haven, Fla., financial advisor Thomas R. Oldt will take office July 1, 2019, as president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. Oldt earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of South Florida and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War […]
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Tampa lawyer Lara J. Tibbals to serve on Foundation board
By Emily Saunders Tampa attorney Lara J. Tibbals has been appointed by The Florida Bar to the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. Her three-year term begins July 1, 2019. Tibbals currently serves Of Counsel in Hill Ward Henderson’s Litigation Group. Her […]
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Retired judge Hugh Carithers joins Foundation board
By Natalie Disla The Florida Bar Foundation has appointed retired judge Hugh Carithers to its board of directors for a three-year term. The Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to provide greater access to justice by funding civil legal aid in Florida. Carithers begins his term July 1, 2019. Before becoming a judge […]
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Min Cho, uBreakiFix general counsel, appointed to Foundation board
By Natalie Disla The Florida Bar has appointed uBreakiFix general counsel Min Cho to a three-year term on The Florida Bar Foundation’s board of directors. The Foundation is a nonprofit organization committed to providing greater access to justice through civil legal aid in Florida. Cho’s term begins July 1, 2019. In August 2017, Cho joined […]
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Foundation funds new Equal Justice Works Fellows
By Natalie Disla The Florida Bar Foundation will fund four Equal Justice Works Fellows from 2019 to 2021. Hosted by various Florida legal aid organizations, these Fellows’ two-year civil legal aid projects will provide impoverished groups with the representation and implementation needed to make progress in their communities. “Their projects focus on underrepresented and underprivileged […]
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With deep sadness, The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors and staff learned of the passing of Miami civil rights attorney Randall C. Berg Jr. yesterday. Randy served as Florida Justice Institute’s executive director for more than 40 years. He made numerous, immense contributions to the cause of equal justice in Florida and was honored multiple times by the Foundation. Most recently, he was named the 2017 Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service […]
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Foundation calls on Congress to continue funding Legal Services Corporation
Foundation President Juliette E. Lippman and Executive Director Donny MacKenzie will travel to Washington, D.C., April 9-11, with a delegation from Florida for ABA Day. They will meet with Florida members of Congress to ask for their support of continued funding for Legal Services Corporation (LSC). LSC “ensures ‘Equal Justice Under Law’ by enabling access […]
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Equal Justice: The Indispensable Role of Legal Services
Speakers include Legal Services Corporation President James J. Sandman; Voices for Civil Justice Executive Director Martha Bergmark, Director of the Michigan Legal Help Program Angela Tripp and Florida Justice Technology Center Executive Director Joyce Raby. Moderated by Florida Bar Foundation President Juliette E. Lippman, BA ’90, George Washington University. Please RSVP to [email protected] There is a crisis […]
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