Foundation CEO Bruce Blackwell to receive 2016 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Award
Florida Bar news release by Mark HomeisterAttorney Bruce B. Blackwell
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Left to right, plaintiffs Ana Francisco and Sandra Lopez, attorney Victoria Mesa-Estrada, plaintiff Maria…
Continue readingPro bono attorney helps families struggling with debt
Frank Eaton has been practicing large, complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases around the country…
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When Dade Legal Aid/Put Something Back first asked for attorneys to take unaccompanied minor cases, I wasn’t sure I was the right…
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Pro bono attorney Natalie Weech helped Natasha De…
Continue readingAndre Bryant becomes 15th man exonerated by Innocence Project of Florida
Andre Bryant was reunited with his family Oct. 1 after spending eight years in prison for a robbery he…
Continue readingACTL Fellows provide trial skills training for legal aid attorneys
Legal aid attorneys learned trial skills from American College…
Continue readingMedical-legal partnership answers veterans’ needs, changes lives
Henry Wilson, right, turned his life around with help from Equal Justice Works Fellow Amanda Sejba, who…
Continue readingRule challenge restores millions in food stamps, mostly to elderly, disabled
“Thomas Mayer,” 86, lives on $911 a month in Social Security and $16 a month in food stamps,…
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