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Jacksonville Attorney Lynn Drysdale to Receive Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award
MAITLAND, Fla. – Jacksonville attorney Lynn Drysdale 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 to justice. The award recognizes individuals who, over their […]
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Family Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
With a unanimous vote of its Executive Council Jan. 30, The Florida Bar’s Family Law Section approved its third $75,000 donation to The Florida Bar Foundation since 2012. Section Chair Maria C. Gonzalez presented the gift at the Foundation’s March 4 board meeting along with David Manz, who as Family Law Section chair in 2012 […]
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Foundation-funded project protects the rights of chronically ill children to specialty care
When Jennifer Rodriguez got a call from a nurse case manager last May asking her to take a survey about her son Alex, 11, she had no idea that her responses could get him tossed from a Medicaid specialty managed care program for chronically ill and disabled kids. “I answered her questions honestly but she […]
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A decade of partnership puts an end to 275 years behind bars
When James Bain embraced his sisters on the steps of the Polk County, Fla., courthouse on Dec. 17, 2009, as a free man for the first time in 35 years, he had served more time in prison than anyone ever exonerated through DNA testing. On March 4, 2016, 42 years to the day since the […]
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Attorney Carl J. Domino Appointed to Florida Bar Foundation Board
MAITLAND, Fla. – Attorney Carl J. Domino of Palm Beach and Martin counties has been appointed to the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater access to justice. Domino graduated from Florida State University in 1966 with a bachelor of science in accounting. After serving in the […]
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Legal services solutions designed and tested at Bar Foundation’s Legal Aid Summit
You have just received notice that you are about to be evicted, and you have no idea of your legal options, but you heard on the radio that legal help is available at your local community center. While there is no lawyer on site, a law student volunteer at the community center can scan […]
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