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    The Florida Bar Foundation > Articles by: Jessica Brown

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  • 2018 Annual Dinner Photos

    Posted on July 19, 2018

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  • Foundation announces new executive director

    Posted on June 25, 2018

    The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors has selected Dominic C. “Donny” MacKenzie as its Executive Director effective August 20, 2018. The Foundation is a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. MacKenzie was selected after a competitive nationwide search process facilitated by Young Mayden Legal Search. After serving on […]

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  • Foundation receives $500,000 cy pres award

    Posted on June 7, 2018

    The Florida Bar Foundation has received a $500,000 cy pres award from a class action settlement in a case involving rental fees for propane tanks. Jeffrey M. Liggio of West Palm Beach firm Liggio Law represented the class against Heritage Operating L.P., now AmeriGas, through more than 12 years of litigation. Philip M. Burlington of […]

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  • Foundation funds 14 law students through Summer Fellow Grant Program

    Posted on June 6, 2018

    Fourteen law students will have the opportunity to work in civil legal aid programs this summer through The Florida Bar Foundation’s Summer Fellows Grant Program. “This is the opportunity of a lifetime for these students,” said Kate York, the Foundation’s grants program officer. “It’s a great way to develop their awareness and passion for legal […]

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  • Sharon Bourassa to receive Foundation’s 2018 Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award

    Posted on June 1, 2018

    Lawyer and Legal Aid Service of Broward County’s Director of Special Projects Sharon Bourassa 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, recognizing individuals who, over their careers, have achieved meaningful, effective and lasting increases in access to […]

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  • Marcia Cypen to receive Foundation’s 2018 Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award

    Posted on June 1, 2018

    Miami lawyer and Executive Director Emeritus of Legal Services of Greater Miami Marcia Cypen 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, recognizing individuals who, over their careers, have achieved meaningful, effective and lasting increases in access to […]

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  • Ft. Lauderdale attorney Juliette E. Lippman to take office as president of The Florida Bar Foundation

    Posted on May 21, 2018

    Ft. Lauderdale attorney Juliette E. Lippman will take office July 1, 2018, as president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. A partner with Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC, Lippman is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator. She has received many accolades […]

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  • Dr. Louis B. St. Petery will receive 2018 Florida Bar Foundation Medal of Honor for a Non-Lawyer

    Posted on May 16, 2018

    Louis B. St. Petery, MD, a pediatric cardiologist with Tallahassee Primary Care Associates, will receive the 2018 Medal of Honor Award in the non-lawyer category. His leadership and legislative advocacy on behalf of children on Medicaid have led to funding increases and substantial changes to the system. When St. Petery sued on behalf of children […]

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  • Howard Talenfeld to receive The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2018 Medal of Honor Award for a Lawyer

    Posted on May 16, 2018

    As managing partner of Talenfeld Law and founding president of Florida’s Children First,  Howard Talenfeld is being honored with the Medal of Honor Award for a Lawyer for his legislative efforts that significantly improved services for dependent children with special needs and foster children, for his advocacy that led to an improved child welfare system, […]

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  • Former Florida Supreme Court Justice James E. C. Perry to serve on Florida Bar Foundation board

    Posted on May 9, 2018

    Former Florida Supreme Court Justice James E. C. Perry of Longwood, Fla., has been appointed by The Florida Supreme Court to a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. His term begins July 1, 2018. Perry received his bachelor’s […]

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  • Attorney Raymond Reid to serve on Florida Bar Foundation board

    Posted on May 9, 2018

    Jacksonville attorney Raymond Reid has been appointed to a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. His term begins July 1, 2018. Reid is a partner at Pajcic & Pajcic, focusing his practice in the areas of personal injury, […]

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  • Attorney Maria C. Gonzalez to serve on Florida Bar Foundation board

    Posted on May 9, 2018

    Ft. Lauderdale attorney Maria C. Gonzalez has been appointed by The Florida Bar to a three-year term on the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. Her term begins July 1, 2018. Gonzalez is a board-certified marital and family lawyer with Young, Berman, […]

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