Pro bono attorney prevents wrongful eviction for mother and daughter
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 29, 2016by Rayven Wright On the eve of her 21st birthday, Brittney and her mother…
Continue readingGulfport attorney, 79, still going strong for pro bono clients
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 26, 2016By Rayven Wright Not long after his retirement in 2012, Gulfport attorney Larry Markell, then…
Continue readingCooke fits legal services to the poor into his career—and his estate plan
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 25, 2016The start of Ham Cooke’s legal career coincided with an event…
Continue readingMiami pro bono attorney works to reunite teen with his aunt
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 24, 2016By Rayven Wright After his parents lost their parental rights, “Jake,” 15, began the battle to find…
Continue readingFlorida Bar Foundation hires South Florida pro bono program officer
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 23, 2016MIAMI – Anais Taboas will join The Florida Bar Foundation Nov. 7 as its new South…
Continue readingMobile Law for All project sends volunteers into high-poverty neighborhoods
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 21, 2016By Stacey Singer DeLoye Legal Aid Foundation Tallahassee Executive Director Darby Kerrigan Scott and Promise Zone Staff…
Continue readingTeamwork enables Miami veteran to keep longtime family home
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 21, 2016By Stacey Singer DeLoye For 40 years the Rolle family had lived in the same modest…
Continue readingTampa man’s family homestead benefit secured with attorney’s help
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 21, 2016By Stacey Singer DeLoye After losing his mother to Alzheimer’s disease, a Tampa-area man almost lost the…
Continue readingJacksonville attorneys help disabled client resolve landlord-tenant dispute
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 21, 2016By Stacey Singer DeLoye When landlords don’t keep up their property, the…
Continue readingPro bono lawyer helps wakeboarding harness inventor skim through patent application
Posted by TheFloridaBarFoundation on October 21, 2016By Stacey Singer DeLoye University of Central Florida engineering student Matthew White is…
Continue readingFlorida Bar Foundation continues to play a vital role in Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 13, 2016When Florida Chief Justice Jorge Labarga issued an administrative order Oct. 10 re-establishing the Florida Commission on Access to Civil Justice and making it permanent, the Florida Supreme Court’s…
Continue readingFoundation office closing due to Hurricane Matthew
Posted by Jessica Brown on October 5, 2016The Florida Bar Foundation, which is located in Maitland, just north of Orlando, will be closed Thursday, Oct. 6, and Friday, Oct. 7, due to Hurricane Matthew. Courts, schools,…
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Cooke fits legal services to the poor into his career—and his estate plan
The start of Ham Cooke’s legal career coincided with an event…
Continue readingFoundation office closing due to Hurricane Matthew
The Florida Bar Foundation, which is located in Maitland, just north of Orlando, will be closed Thursday, Oct. 6, and Friday, Oct. 7, due to Hurricane Matthew. Courts, schools,…
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