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Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section and its members support the Florida Bar Foundation’s Children’s Legal Services grants
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on July 1, 2012
by Nancy Kinnally July 2012 ORLANDO — The Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar has generated more than $85,000 worth of financial support for The Florida…

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Attorney Philip N. Kabler reappointed to board of The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on June 1, 2012
by Nancy Kinnally June 2012 ORLANDO, Fla.— The Florida Supreme Court has reappointed attorney Philip N. Kabler to a three-year term on…

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Leo J. Govoni reappointed to board of The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on June 1, 2012
by Nancy Kinnally June 2012 ORLANDO, Fla. — Clearwater resident Leo J. Govoni, president of Boston Asset Management Inc., which provides investment…

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Foundation suspends law student assistance grants
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2012
The Florida Bar Foundation has suspended its Law Student Assistance Grant Program temporarily due to severely reduced revenue from Florida’s Interest on…

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Legal aid organizations struggle to retain attorneys cultivated by Bar Foundation and Equal Justice Works
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on March 1, 2012
From left, Florida Institutional Legal Services staff attorneys and former Equal Justice Works fellows Kristen Lentz, Cassandra Capobianco…

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Family Law Section gives $75,000 to support children’s legal services
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on February 1, 2012
by Nancy Kinnally February 2012 ORLANDO — The Family Law Section of The Florida Bar today announced a $75,000 charitable gift to The Florida Bar…

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Trial Lawyers give $75,000 to save children’s legal services project
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on January 1, 2012
by Nancy Kinnally January 2012Back row, from left: Ted Eastmoore, Trial Lawyers Section treasurer; Bob Palmer, Trial Lawyers Summit…

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Florida Bar Foundation receives highest rating from Charity Navigator
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2011
ORLANDO — The Florida Bar Foundation rates among the best run charities in the nation, according to Charity Navigator, the leading independent evaluator of U.S. nonprofits. The Foundation, the only…

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One student’s path to Stanford
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2011
Growing up in San Juan del Rio, Queretaro, a city on Mexico’s central plateau,…

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Positively Pro Bono: Kenneth Jacobs’ story
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on November 1, 2011
Kenneth Jacobs held a job his entire adult life until 2008 when he…

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