The scope and function of the Legal Needs of Children Committee is to enhance and promote the legal needs and rights for children who are involved with the court system. The Committee studies the issues that children in the court system face and promotes solutions to the issues via training and education to members of the bar and community.
This course focuses on the requirements and process for children and adolescents in foster care who are being considered for, recommended for, or placed in residential mental health treatment.
This course is presented by the Legal Needs of Children Committee of the Florida Bar with CLS's Stephanie Zimmerman.
This course is presented by the Legal Needs of Children Committee of the Florida Bar with Anne Marie Perine, Esq., BCS Juvenile Law
Human Trafficking Training, April 2025
Delinquency 101 - Path of the Case, April 2025
Delinquency 102, May 2025
Log in to the Members Portal to access your committee materials.
Staff Contact: Rick Courtemanche, 850-561-5788
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office
205 N Dixie Hwy Ste 4.1100
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-4522
Office: 561-440-0377
Cell: 561-440-0377
[email protected]
One Community Law Group, PLLC
2701 W Busch Blvd Ste 226
Tampa, FL 33618-4512
Office: 813-725-5080
Fax: 863-250-8228
[email protected]
Guardian ad Litem
Lee County Justice Center
1700 Monroe St Ste 600
Fort Myers, FL 33901-3071
Office: 239-258-2762
Cell: 239-258-2762
[email protected]
Board Certifications:
1301 6th Ave W Ste 101
Bradenton, FL 34205-7403
Office: 941-554-1753
Fax: 941-741-3706
[email protected]
Board Certifications:
The Ferraro Law Firm
600 Brickell Ave Ste 3800
Miami, FL 33131-3073
Office: 305-375-0111
Fax: 305-379-6222
[email protected]
Broward County Courthouse
201 SE 6th St Rm 11125
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
Office: 954-831-7779
[email protected]
Harris, Hunt & Derr, P.A.
100 S Ashley Dr Ste 300
Tampa, FL 33602-5303
Office: 813-223-5421
Fax: 813-223-6127
[email protected]
DispatchHealth
2268 Black Mangrove Dr
Orlando, FL 32828-4849
Office: 850-339-1359
Cell: 850-339-1359
[email protected]
Legal Aid Society of the O.C.B.A., Inc.
100 E Robinson St
Orlando, FL 32801-1602
Office: 407-841-8310
Cell: 407-841-8310
[email protected]
Orlando Health - Legal Affairs
1414 Kuhl Ave
Orlando, FL 32806-2008
Office: 321-842-1456
[email protected]
State Attorney 18th Judicial Circuit
91 Eslinger Way
PO Box 8006
Sanford, FL 32772-8006
Office: 407-665-6000
[email protected]
Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regi
401 S Dixie Hwy
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-5834
Office: 561-837-5156
Fax: 561-837-5423
[email protected]
Lesser Lesser Landy & Smith
4800 N Federal Hwy Ste 205B
Boca Raton, FL 33431-3408
Office: 561-367-7799
Cell: 561-289-5005
Fax: 561-578-8565
[email protected]
Board Certifications:
Children's Services Council of Palm Beac
2300 High Ridge Rd
Boynton Beach, FL 33426-8747
Office: 561-374-7545
Fax: 561-374-7745
[email protected]
Eighteenth Judicial Circuit
The Moore Justice Center
2825 Judge Fran Jamieson Way
Viera, FL 32940-8006
Office: 321-637-5305
[email protected]
children's legal services
1145 18th Pl
Vero Beach, FL 32960-3649
Office: 772-770-6715
Fax: 772-460-3682
[email protected]
Board Certifications:
Florida Guardian ad Litem Office
815 Beville Rd Ste A
South Daytona, FL 32119-1859
Office: 386-239-7803
Cell: 386-286-5824
[email protected]
Jay & Campbell, PLLC
1 SE Ocean Blvd
Stuart, FL 34994-2214
Office: 844-624-2361
Cell: 954-551-9735
Fax: 888-785-0492
[email protected]
Ms. Kathryn Rachel Murphree Joy
4727 NW 19th Pl
Gainesville, FL 32605-3431
Office: 352-392-1358
Cell: 904-553-7067
[email protected]
OCCCRC
235 S Main St Ste 205
Gainesville, FL 32601-6585
Office: 352-377-0567
[email protected]
Morgan & Morgan PA
20 N Orange Ave
Orlando, FL 32801-2414
Office: 689-219-2540
Cell: 407-801-2420
Fax: 689-219-2492
[email protected]
Shamy El Fadel & Mahone
980 N Federal Hwy
Suite 420
Boca Raton, FL 33432
Office: 561-939-8042
Cell: 561-939-8042
[email protected]
Crystal McBee
401 S Dixie Highway
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-5834
Office: 561-837-5156
[email protected]
Adrian Philip Thomas, P.A.
1000 Corporate Dr Ste 300
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334-3688
Office: 954-764-7273
Cell: 954-756-9655
[email protected]
Peaceful Paths
2100 NW 53rd Ave Ste A
Gainesville, FL 32653-2149
Office: 352-377-5690
Cell: 352-363-9974
Fax: 352-878-9033
[email protected]
Tampa General Hospital
235 W Brandon Blvd Ste 114
Brandon, FL 33511-5103
Office: 813-421-4669
Cell: 656-999-0572
[email protected]
CASA
1011 1st Ave N
St Petersburg, FL 33705-1503
Office: 727-895-4912
[email protected]
Law Offices of Monique K. Pope, P.A.
777 Arthur Godfrey Rd Ste 203
Miami, FL 33140-3444
Office: 305-424-1650
Cell: 786-390-3542
[email protected]
Legal Services of North Florida, Inc.
2119 Delta Blvd
Tallahassee, FL 32303-4209
Office: 850-385-9007
[email protected]
City of Lakeland-City Attorney's Office
228 S Massachusetts Ave
Lakeland, FL 33801-5012
Office: 863-834-6010
[email protected]
Casais & Prias, PLLC
2333 Ponce De Leon Blvd Ste 314
Coral Gables, FL 33134-5418
Office: 305-722-8015
Fax: 305-722-8016
[email protected]
Raimondi Law
3650 N Federal Highway Ste 208
Lighthouse Point, FL 33064-6649
Office: 954-281-7030
[email protected]
Law Office of Christian Robin
37512 Sky Ridge Cir
Dade City, FL 33525-0837
Office: 813-715-0565
Cell: 813-714-2812
Fax: 813-715-0565
[email protected]
Statewide Guardian ad Litem Office
3 Courthouse Sq Ste 100
Kissimmee, FL 34741-5440
Office: 407-742-6655
Cell: 407-742-6655
[email protected]
Board Certifications:
Fourth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
Judicial Staff Atty
501 W Adams St Rm 6136
Jacksonville, FL 32202-4657
Office: 904-255-1131
[email protected]
Board Certifications:
Zinn Legal, P.A.
PO Box 10016
Daytona Beach, FL 32120-0016
Office: 386-256-9466
Cell: 386-256-9466
Fax: 386-269-9943
[email protected]
