Laid 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…
Continue readingFoundation’s early investments in the fight against human trafficking continue to pay dividends
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014When her labor pains started, Jacinta Moreno, 15, pleaded to be taken to…
Continue readingFoundation grantees stepping up to help children fleeing violence in Central America
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that about 60 percent of unaccompanied Central American children they…
Continue readingProtecting the legal rights of Florida’s migrant farmworkers
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2013Colin Abbott, managing attorney of the Florida Rural Legal Services migrant unit, talks with client Myriam…
Continue readingOne student’s path to Stanford
Posted by Jessica Brown on November 1, 2011Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…
Continue readingSchell defends workers who say pay didn’t add up to beans
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2011Greg Schell, right, managing attorney for Florida Legal Services’ Migrant Farmworker Justice Project, discusses legal strategy with…
Continue readingGoldstein Award winners challenge selective code enforcement
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2010Attorneys Lisa Carmona, left, and Tequisha…
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