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Archives: Stories of Justice
  • Victoria Mesa-Estrada and plaintiffs

    Laid off legal aid attorney continued pro bono on case ending with $17.4 million verdict

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 30, 2015

    Left to right, plaintiffs Ana Francisco and Sandra Lopez, attorney Victoria Mesa-Estrada, plaintiff Maria…


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    Pro bono attorney helps families struggling with debt

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 28, 2015

    Frank Eaton has been practicing large, complex Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases around the country…


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    Crossing Borders—My Experience as a First Time Juvenile Immigration Lawyer  

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 27, 2015

    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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    Winning freedom from domestic violence

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 22, 2015

    Pro bono attorney Natalie Weech helped Natasha De…


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    Andre Bryant becomes 15th man exonerated by Innocence Project of Florida

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 2, 2015

    Andre Bryant was reunited with his family Oct. 1 after spending eight years in prison for a robbery he…


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    ACTL Fellows provide trial skills training for legal aid attorneys

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on September 9, 2015

    Legal aid attorneys learned trial skills from American College…


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  • Garcia joins Foundation as director of pro bono

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on September 9, 2015

    Former legal aid attorney Ericka Garcia has joined The Florida Bar…


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  • Medical-legal partnership answers veterans’ needs, changes lives

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2015

    Henry Wilson, right, turned his life around with help from Equal Justice Works Fellow Amanda Sejba, who…


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  • Rule challenge restores millions in food stamps, mostly to elderly, disabled

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2014

    “Thomas Mayer,” 86, lives on $911 a month in Social Security and $16 a month in food stamps,…


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  • Foundation’s early investments in the fight against human trafficking continue to pay dividends

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2014

    When her labor pains started, Jacinta Moreno, 15, pleaded to be taken to…


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  • Foundation grantees stepping up to help children fleeing violence in Central America

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2014

      The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees found that about 60 percent of unaccompanied Central American children they…


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  • Support of Bar members critical to success of children’s projects

    Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on August 1, 2014

      Trenton Miller, 18, is headed to college this fall thanks largely to help he received from Attorney…


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