Attorney ad litem helps Charlotte find her forever home
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 16, 2023Stephanie Johnson, the managing attorney for Legal Services of North Florida’s Tallahassee office, left her office one day in 2020 to meet a new client. She headed to a…
Continue readingFoundation grantee advocates for rights of children with disabilities
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 16, 2022What 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…
Continue readingWith support of lawyers, foster children bloom into successful adults
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 6, 2019Nikki S. Weisburd, left, a senior attorney with Dade Legal Aid, spent years advocating for Michelle Charles,…
Continue readingKeeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-prison pipeline
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on May 17, 2018For almost five years, Ebony Townsend’s school failed…
Continue readingKeeping children with disabilities out of the school-to-jail pipeline
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 13, 2018By the time she was 10, Ebony Townsend had been…
Continue readingMiami pro bono attorney works to reunite teen with his aunt
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 24, 2016By Rayven Wright After his parents lost their parental rights, “Jake,” 15, began the battle to find…
Continue readingFamily Law Section gives its third $75,000 gift to The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 21, 2016Florida Bar Foundation President Donny MacKenzie, left, and CEO Bruce Blackwell, right, accept a $75,000 check…
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 long legal road leads to a permanent home for Brittney
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2015Brittney Carroll, 11, smiles broadly…
Continue readingSupport of Bar members critical to success of children’s projects
Posted by Jessica Brown on August 1, 2014Trenton Miller, 18, is headed to college this fall thanks largely to help he received from Attorney…
Continue readingBatchelor Foundation gift supports Miami Law’s advocacy for foster youth
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2014“Stephanie Davis” is pursuing her dream of attending art school in New York City thanks in large…
Continue readingFlorida foster youth shine at the Capitol
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013Manushka Gilet, second from left, and other members of Florida Youth SHINE talk with Rochelle Koff of the…
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