Tampa attorney Kathleen Schin McLeroy receives The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2016 Medal of Honor Award
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on June 17, 2016MAITLAND, Fla. – Tampa attorney Kathleen Schin McLeroy has received The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2016 Medal of Honor Award, the Foundation’s highest…
Continue readingKevin Gay receives The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2016 Medal of Honor Award for a Nonlawyer
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on June 17, 2016MAITLAND, Fla. – Kevin Gay, CEO and founder of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Operation New Hope, has received The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2016…
Continue readingFoundation receives $23 million from Bank of America settlement
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on May 19, 2016The Florida Bar Foundation April 26 received $23,048,159 to be used for foreclosure prevention and…
Continue readingPro bono help brings a mother’s six-year wait to a joyful end
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Continue readingFoundation-funded project protects the rights of chronically ill children to specialty care
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016Alex Rodriguez, 11, was one of five petitioners in a rule challenge brought by the Florida State University…
Continue readingA decade of partnership puts an end to 275 years behind bars
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016James Bain embraced his sisters on the steps of the Polk County Courthouse Dec. 17, 2009, the…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Winter 2016
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 2, 2016Listed below are generous groups and inspiring individuals who have helped make The Florida Bar Foundation’s…
Continue readingBlackwell Receives 2016 Tobias Simon Award
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 2, 2016Florida Bar Foundation CEO Bruce Blackwell receives Tobias Simon Award When Florida Bar Foundation CEO Bruce B. Blackwell…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Spring 2016
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on February 22, 2016Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran wrote, “Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward…
Continue readingFlorida Bar sections continue to provide vital funding
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on February 22, 2016Four 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…
Continue readingA long legal road leads to a permanent home for Brittney
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2015Brittney Carroll, 11, smiles broadly…
Continue readingLaid off legal aid attorney continued pro bono on case ending with $17.4 million verdict
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 30, 2015Left to right, plaintiffs Ana Francisco and Sandra Lopez, attorney Victoria Mesa-Estrada, plaintiff Maria…
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Message from the President – Spring 2016
Lebanese-American poet Kahlil Gibran wrote, “Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward…
Continue readingFlorida Bar sections continue to provide vital funding
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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