Nelson Joins The Florida Bar Foundation as Pro Bono Program Officer
MAITLAND, Fla. – Claud B. Nelson III has joined The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice, as its new pro bono program officer. The Foundation funds civil legal aid and projects to improve the administration of justice and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the […]
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Founder of Space Coast Community Law School Named Brevard County Legal Aid Pro Bono Attorney of the Year
Seeing an unprecedented need for legal services in Brevard County as the economy continued to decline in 2010, attorney Brigitta Hawkins created the Space Coast Community Law School. Working to help people “get their lives back on track,” Hawkins said, “makes you feel like you actually accomplished something. Sometimes people come in, and in our […]
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The Florida Bar Foundation allocates up to $500,000 for hurricane-related civil legal aid, establishes Florida Hurricane Legal Aid Fund
MAITLAND, Fla. –The Florida Bar Foundation board of directors Sept. 7 approved an allocation of up to $500,000 to support Florida legal aid organizations that suffer infrastructure damage or equipment losses and to assist their clients with hurricane-related civil legal issues in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The funds are from Florida’s share of a […]
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Fall committee and board meetings canceled due to Hurricane Irma
Due to the severity of Hurricane Irma, which is expected to make landfall in South Florida this week, The Florida Bar Foundation’s officers have canceled all meetings on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 7-8. In place of the board meeting, the Foundation will hold a conference call on Thursday, Sept. 7, at 10:00 a.m. […]
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Hurricane Harvey Legal Aid Funds established
Hurricane Harvey Disaster Fund Information: From the Texas Access to Justice Foundation: Legal aid provides the calm after the storm. Texans are reeling from Hurricane Harvey. After the storm subsides and the water recedes the exhaustion of survival will be met by the harrowing realization that their journey back to normalcy is only just beginning. […]
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Goodall leads by example
Deborah Goodall, an attorney in the Boca Raton, Fla., office of Goldman Felcoski & Stone, recently became a Legacy for Justice Society member by naming The Florida Bar Foundation as a beneficiary in her life insurance. “As someone who practices in the area of estate planning, I know well how impactful planned gifts can be,” […]
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Rothman receives 2017 President’s Award for Excellence
Florida Bar Foundation First Vice President David B. Rothman has received the 2017 President’s Award for Excellence. Rothman has served on the Foundation’s board since 2011 and previously served on The Florida Bar Board of Governors for more than a decade. He is a past president of the Dade County Bar Association and the Florida […]
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Letters from judges in support of Florida Pro Bono Matters
Florida judges are in support of Florida Pro Bono Matters. Click below to read their letters. Chief Judge Laurel M. Isicoff, United States Bankruptcy Court (PDF) Judge Patricia A. Seitz, United States District Judge (PDF) Judge Vance E. Salter, Third District Court of Appeal (PDF)
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Statement by Florida Bar Foundation President Matthew Brenner on Legal Services Corporation funding
The Florida Bar Foundation is calling upon all who believe in equal justice under law to urge their members of Congress to continue to fully fund the Legal Services Corporation, which President Trump’s budget proposal would completely defund. The Legal Services Corporation, in many parts of the country, is the only funding source for civil […]
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With a gift in their wills, Maria Henderson and Bill Van Nortwick go the extra mile to ensure access to justice
They met at a water station while training in Jacksonville, Fla., for the New York City Marathon. He was an attorney, and she was in the insurance business in Tampa. Among the many things they soon discovered they had in common was a dedication to community service. Today, after more than 15 years of marriage, […]
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Pro bono attorney prevents wrongful eviction for mother and daughter
by Rayven Wright On the eve of her 21st birthday, Brittney and her mother Tina were shocked to receive a notice of non-compliance from their property manager. According to the notice, Brittney’s emotional support animal, Panga, was in violation of the community’s height and weight guidelines under the pet policy. If Panga was not removed […]
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Cooke fits legal services to the poor into his career—and his estate plan
The start of Ham Cooke’s legal career coincided with an event that marked a turning point, not only in American history, but also in Cooke’s perspective on his own role in society. An Army veteran and political moderate raised in Kentucky, Cooke was no ’60s radical, but he took the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. […]
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