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Foundation uses Lightning Foundation donation to help legal aid lawyers pay down law school loans

Posted by Jessica Brown on September 20, 2022

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…

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Foundation announces first IOTA collections under amended rule

Posted by Jessica Brown on July 28, 2022

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…

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June 2022 Board Report

Posted by Jessica Brown on July 13, 2022

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…

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Ft. Lauderdale lawyer Robert W. Murphy appointed to Foundation board

Posted by Jessica Brown on June 30, 2022

Ft. Lauderdale lawyer Robert W. Murphy has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court to serve a three-year term on the…

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Former Florida Supreme Court Communications Director Craig Waters appointed to Foundation board

Posted by Jessica Brown on June 30, 2022

Former Florida Supreme Court Communications Director Craig Waters has been appointed by The Florida Bar to a three-year term on the…

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Ft. Lauderdale Judge Stefanie C. Moon appointed to Foundation board

Posted by Jessica Brown on June 30, 2022

Judge Stefanie C. Moon, of the 17th Judicial Circuit of Florida, has been appointed by the Florida Supreme Court…

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Tallahassee Judge Suzanne Van Wyk takes office as president of Foundation

Posted by Jessica Brown on June 29, 2022

Judge Suzanne Van Wyk, an administrative law judge with the Florida…

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Foundation grantee advocates for rights of children with disabilities

Posted by Jessica Brown on May 16, 2022

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…

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President’s Message – Spring 2022

Posted by Jessica Brown on May 16, 2022

Foundation executive director Donny MacKenzie and I talk for an hour and a half every Thursday morning. I always leave those calls with a sense of awe in how…

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Foundation is recipient of cy pres award for $57,000

Posted by Jessica Brown on May 10, 2022

The Florida Bar Foundation received a cy pres award of $57,588.08 in January. Robert W. Murphy of The Murphy Law Firm in Ft. Lauderdale facilitated the donation. Under cy pres,…

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March 2022 Board Report

Posted by Jessica Brown on March 23, 2022

The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors met via Zoom conference on March 18, 2022. The major actions of the board and reports received included: Election of Foundation Board of…

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Judge Emiliano J. Salcines honored as Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero, donates award to Foundation

Posted by Jessica Brown on January 6, 2022

Left to right: Donny MacKenzie, Florida Bar Foundation executive director; Hon. Emiliano J. Salcines, retired judge,…

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