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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 2012 Back 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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Florida Bar Foundation convenes children’s legal services grantees
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on September 1, 2011
September 2011 by Gabrielle Davis Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Pariente, left, with foster-youth advocate Ashtavia Maddox at the Children’s…

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Kathleen Self to receives 2011 Medal of Honor for a non-lawyer
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on July 1, 2011
by Nancy Kinnally ORLANDO, Fla. – A pioneer in the implementation of Teen Courts across Florida, Kathleen “Katie” Self of Sarasota received…

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Bruce B. Blackwell receives 2011 Medal of Honor for a lawyer
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on July 1, 2011
by Nancy Kinnally ORLANDO, Fla. – Bruce B. Blackwell, an Orlando attorney widely renowned for his pro bono work, professional leadership and…

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Senior Judge John P. Kuder appointed to Florida Bar Foundation board
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on July 1, 2011
by Gabrielle Davis July 2011 ORLANDO — The Florida Bar Foundation has appointed Senior Chief Judge John P. Kuder of the First Judicial…

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