Sarasota lawyer John Patterson wins 2022 Medal of Honor for a Lawyer
Sarasota lawyer and former Florida Bar Foundation president John C. Patterson Jr. was awarded The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2022 Medal of Honor for a Lawyer, the Foundation’s highest honor, in June. Patterson, a partner with Shutts & Bowen LLP in Sarasota, was honored for his career-long dedication to increasing local and statewide access to justice […]
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Foundation uses Lightning Foundation donation to help legal aid lawyers pay down law school loans
The Florida Bar Foundation has used a $20,000 donation from the Tampa Bay Lightning to help three Tampa-area legal aid lawyers pay down their law school loans. After Honorable Emiliano Jose “E.J.” Salcines was named a Lightning Community Hero in December, he donated a portion of his award to the Foundation. Lightning Community Hero awards […]
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September 2022 Board Report
The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors held its quarterly meeting on Sept. 9, 2022, in Ft. Lauderdale. Director Murray Silverstein and his law firm Greenspoon Marder LLP graciously hosted the meeting as well as committee meetings and the Foundation’s annual board orientation the previous day. This saved the Foundation considerable expense and provided an […]
Continue readingFoundation announces first IOTA collections under amended rule
The Florida Bar Foundation has collected $9,498,804.89 in Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) collections during its first fiscal year under the amended Rule 5.1-1(g)(8) Rules Regulating The Florida Bar. In accordance with the rule, the Foundation will, on or before Dec. 31, 2022, distribute to one or more qualified grantee organizations all IOTA funds collected […]
Continue readingJune 2022 Board Report
Quarterly Board Report: June 2022 The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors met in person in Orlando on June 23, 2022. The major actions of the board and reports received included: Adoption of FY 2022-23 Operating Budget The Board adopted the recommendation of the Budget & Finance Committee and approved the Foundation’s FY 22-23 Operating […]
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Ft. Lauderdale lawyer Robert W. Murphy appointed to Foundation board
Ft. Lauderdale lawyer Robert W. Murphy has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to serve 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 will begin July 1, 2022. Murphy is a lawyer at his firm, Murphy […]
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Former Florida Supreme Court Communications Director Craig Waters appointed to Foundation board
Former Florida Supreme Court Communications Director Craig Waters 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. Waters, of Tallahassee, served as director of public information for the Court for 35 years. […]
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Ft. Lauderdale Judge Stefanie C. Moon appointed to Foundation board
Judge Stefanie C. Moon, of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to serve 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 will begin July 1, 2022. Moon, who was […]
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Tallahassee Judge Suzanne Van Wyk takes office as president of Foundation
Judge Suzanne Van Wyk, an administrative law judge with the Florida Division of Administrative Hearings, will take office July 1, 2022, as president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. Van Wyk, a judge since 2012, graduated with honors from Florida State University College […]
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Jordan Hopkins
As Grants Administrator for the Foundation, Jordan is responsible for managing the workflow of the entire grant process to ensure efficient and effective administration for each of the Foundation’s grant programs. Jordan graduated from Florida State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics and a Certificate in Leadership Studies. During her tenure at FSU, […]
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Foundation grantee advocates for rights of children with disabilities
What started as playing in the pool with his siblings on Memorial Day turned into a life-altering emergency room trip for two-year-old TJ Johnson. After getting accidentally bumped in the head, TJ’s eye began to wander, and he was rushed to the emergency room. There, doctors found a craniopharyngioma – a brain tumor near TJ’s […]
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