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Board member supports Foundation financially and through advocacy

Posted by Jessica Brown on March 5, 2021

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

Posted by Jessica Brown on September 15, 2018

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

Posted by Jessica Brown on October 25, 2017

As a student at Miami Beach High in the 1940s, Burton…

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Goodall leads by example

Posted by Jessica Brown on August 25, 2017

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

Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on July 12, 2017

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

Posted by Jessica Brown on February 25, 2017

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

Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on November 1, 2016

Foundation CEO Bruce B. Blackwell and President Matthew G. Brenner, from left, accepted a $50,000 pledge…

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Cooke fits legal services to the poor into his career—and his estate plan

Posted by Jessica Brown on October 25, 2016

The start of Ham Cooke’s legal career coincided with an event…

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Trial Lawyers Section provides training scholarships for legal aid attorneys

Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on April 4, 2016

The Florida Bar Trial Lawyers section provided more than $7,000 worth of scholarships enabling…

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Family Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation

Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016

Florida Bar Foundation President Donny MacKenzie, left, and CEO Bruce Blackwell, right, accept a $75,000 check…

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Florida Bar sections continue to provide vital funding

Posted by The Florida Bar Foundation on February 22, 2016

Four Florida Bar sections have donated a combined $200,000 to The Florida Bar Foundation in 2015-16, including a $75,000 gift from the Family Law Section that is earmarked for…

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Florida Bar Leadership Academy makes leadership gift

Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on September 9, 2015

The Florida Bar’s William Reece Smith Jr. Leadership Academy Class II presented a check…

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Board member supports Foundation financially and through advocacy

William Sklar supports Foundation’s impact and advocacy through gift

Attorney Burton Young pays it forward

Goodall leads by example

Searcy Denney makes largest ever law firm gift to The Florida Bar Foundation

With a gift in their wills, Maria Henderson and Bill Van Nortwick go the extra mile to ensure access to justice

David Prather’s gift to help usher in legal aid’s next generation

Cooke fits legal services to the poor into his career—and his estate plan

Trial Lawyers Section provides training scholarships for legal aid attorneys

Family Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation

Florida Bar sections continue to provide vital funding

Florida Bar Leadership Academy makes leadership gift

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