Thomas R. Oldt to take office as president-elect of The Florida Bar Foundation
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 readingTampa lawyer Lara J. Tibbals to serve on Foundation board
By Emily Saunders Tampa attorney Lara J. Tibbals has been appointed by The Florida Bar to the board of The Florida Bar Foundation, a statewide charitable organization whose mission is…
Continue readingRetired judge Hugh Carithers joins Foundation board
By Natalie Disla The Florida Bar Foundation has appointed retired judge Hugh Carithers to its board of directors for a three-year term. The Foundation is a non-profit organization with a…
Continue readingMin Cho, uBreakiFix general counsel, appointed to Foundation board
By Natalie Disla The Florida Bar has appointed uBreakiFix general counsel Min Cho to a three-year term on The Florida Bar Foundation’s board of directors. The Foundation is a…
Continue readingFoundation funds new Equal Justice Works Fellows
By Natalie Disla The Florida Bar Foundation will fund four Equal Justice Works Fellows from 2019 to 2021. Hosted by various Florida legal aid organizations, these Fellows’ two-year civil legal…
Continue readingWith deep sadness, The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors and staff learned of the passing of Miami civil rights attorney…
Continue readingFoundation calls on Congress to continue funding Legal Services Corporation
Foundation President Juliette E. Lippman and Executive Director Donny MacKenzie will travel to Washington, D.C., April 9-11, with a delegation from Florida for ABA Day. They…
Continue readingEqual Justice: The Indispensable Role of Legal Services
Speakers include Legal Services Corporation President James J. Sandman; Voices for Civil Justice Executive Director Martha Bergmark, Director of the…
Continue readingRetired lawyers, law professors now eligible to take pro bono cases
Larry Moncrief, 91, volunteers as a pro bono lawyer for Legal…
Continue readingMessage from the President – Winter 2019
Florida Bar Foundation President Juliette E. Lippman began her term last…
Continue readingLawyers travel to Florida Keys on Justice Bus for hurricane clinic
Lawyers from Akerman LLP and Legal Services of Greater Miami rode the Justice Bus to Marathon, more than…
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