Foundation benefits from donations
The Florida Bar Foundation has been the recipient of two generous donations recently. In 2022, lawyer Matthew Weidner…
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Family Law Section makes $75,000 donation
During the 2022 Florida Bar Annual Convention in June, the Family Law Section presented a check for $75,000 to the…
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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…
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Foundation is recipient of cy pres award for $57,000
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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Judge Emiliano J. Salcines honored as Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero, donates award to Foundation
Left to right: Donny MacKenzie, Florida Bar Foundation executive director; Hon. Emiliano J. Salcines, retired judge,…
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Board member supports Foundation financially and through advocacy
Florida Bar Foundation board member Joseph “Jody” Hudgins has made a $10,001 donation to the…
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William Sklar supports Foundation’s impact and advocacy through gift
Seeing the potential for impacting various groups through legal aid, William Sklar, a member of Carlton Fields’ real estate and finance practice…
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Attorney Burton Young pays it forward
As a student at Miami Beach High in the 1940s, Burton…
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Goodall leads by example
Deborah Goodall, an attorney in the Boca Raton, Fla., office of…
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Searcy Denney makes largest ever law firm gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
Gregory W. Coleman, a Florida Bar Foundation…
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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…
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David Prather’s gift to help usher in legal aid’s next generation
Foundation CEO Bruce B. Blackwell and President Matthew G. Brenner, from left, accepted a $50,000 pledge…
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