News and Publications

Goldstein – Van Nortwick Award for Excellence to replace Steven M. Goldstein Award for Excellence
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2019
The Foundation’s Steven M. Goldstein Award for Excellence has been renamed the Goldstein – Van Nortwick Award for Excellence. The award recognizes a project of significant impact work undertaken by…

Continue reading
IDignity attorney awarded the Jane Elizabeth Curran Distinguished Service Award
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2019
Jackie Dowd, managing attorney of nonprofit poverty and social justice firm Legal Advocacy at Work and legal counsel for Orlando-based IDignity, has received The Florida Bar Foundation’s Jane Elizabeth…

Continue reading
Foundation seeks applicants from Middle District for Engle grants
Posted by Jessica Brown on June 17, 2019
The Florida Bar Foundation has opened a grant application for $3.6 million to be awarded to qualified legal aid organizations in the Middle of District of Florida to assist…

Continue reading
2019 Medal of Honor Recipients Named
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 30, 2019
Tampa lawyer Michael Bedke, a partner with DLA Piper, and Miami lawyer Richard C. Milstein, a partner with Akerman, have been selected as recipients of The Florida Bar Foundation’s 2019…

Continue reading
Statement on the passing of Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 22, 2019
The Foundation is saddened by the news of the passing of Talbot “Sandy” D’Alemberte, a champion of our legal community. We would like to share…

Continue reading
Stephen R. Senn takes office as first vice president of Foundation
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 22, 2019
Lakeland attorney Stephen R. Senn will take office July 1, 2019, as the first vice president of The Florida Bar Foundation. Board…

Continue reading
EJW Fellow lays foundation for change in rural immigrant neighborhoods
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 15, 2019
By Natalie Disla Passionate about sparking change for immigrant and migrant families, Joseph Cordova, a 2018-20 Florida Bar Foundation-sponsored Equal Justice Works Fellow, practices community lawyering near south Putnam and…

Continue reading
Message from the President – Spring 2019
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 15, 2019
In April, I joined 11 colleagues as part of a delegation that traveled to Washington, D.C., for ABA Days to advocate for funding of Legal Services Corporation. LSC provides…

Continue reading
With support of lawyers, foster children bloom into successful adults
Posted by Jessica Brown on May 6, 2019
Nikki S. Weisburd, left, a senior attorney with Dade Legal Aid, spent years advocating for Michelle Charles,…

Continue reading
Tampa attorney Hala A. Sandridge to take office as president of Foundation
Posted by Jessica Brown on April 30, 2019
Tampa attorney Hala A. Sandridge will take office July 1, 2019, as the president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to provide greater…

Continue reading
Connie Bookman to take office as Foundation’s second vice president
Posted by Jessica Brown on April 30, 2019
Connie Bookman, founder and CEO of Pensacola nonprofit Pathways for Change, will take office July 1, 2019, as the second vice president of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide…

Continue reading
Thomas R. Oldt to take office as president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by Jessica Brown on April 30, 2019
Winter Haven, Fla., financial advisor Thomas R. Oldt will take office July 1, 2019, as president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is to…

Continue reading