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Paul Doyle Children’s Advocacy Award goes to project that secured lawyers for dependent children with special needs
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 From left, Florida’s Children First Executive…
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Jacksonville attorney Dominic C. “Donny” MacKenzie takes office as president of The Florida Bar Foundation
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2015July 2015 MAITLAND, Fla. — Jacksonville attorney Dominic C. “Donny” MacKenzie took office July 1 as president of The Florida Bar…
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President’s Award for Excellence presented posthumously to Julio Jaramillo
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2015View video tribute to Julio Jaramillo produced by Noemi Orsini July 8, 2015 by Doug Sachs Past Florida Bar Foundation…
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William A. Van Nortwick Jr. receives 2015 Medal of Honor Award
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2015Jacksonville attorney William A. Van Nortwick Jr.,…
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Foundation honors founding executive director for her distinguished service
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2015Jane Curran accepted the distinguished service award established in her honor from 2014-15 Florida Bar Foundation President Emerson…
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Medical-legal partnership answers veterans’ needs, changes lives
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2015Henry 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 Jessica Brown 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 Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014When 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 Jessica Brown on November 1, 2014The 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 Jessica Brown on August 1, 2014Trenton Miller, 18, is headed to college this fall thanks largely to help he received from Attorney…
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Larry and Pat Stewart see their support of The Florida Bar Foundation as helping protect the American dream
Posted by Jessica Brown on July 1, 2014As soon as planes were allowed to fly again in the aftermath…
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Batchelor Foundation gift supports Miami Law’s advocacy for foster youth
Posted by Jessica Brown on March 1, 2014“Stephanie Davis” is pursuing her dream of attending art school in New York City thanks in large…
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