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YOUNG LAWYER AMBER KORNREICH OF MIAMI TO BE HONORED FOR PRO BONO SERVICE

January 9th, 2025

Amber Kornreich is the recipient of the 2025 Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Service Award. The award recognizes public service or legal aid performed by a lawyer who is 35 or younger or who has not practiced for more than five years. The award will be presented in a Jan. 16 ceremony streamed…

JACKSONVILLE WOMEN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION TO RECEIVE STATEWIDE PRO BONO AWARD

January 9th, 2025

The Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association is the recipient of the 2025 Voluntary Bar Association Pro Bono Award, which will be presented by Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz in a Jan. 16 ceremony streamed live by the Supreme Court of Florida. The award recognizes a Florida voluntary bar that has demonstrated a significant contribution in the…

CRAIG E. ROTHBURD P.A. TO RECEIVE COMMENDATION FOR PRO BONO WORK

January 9th, 2025

Craig E. Rothburd, P.A.— a Tampa-based law firm that has made pro bono service an integral part of the firm’s ethos — will receive the 2025 Law Firm Commendation from Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz at the annual Pro Bono Awards ceremony Jan. 16 at the Supreme Court of Florida. The commendation honors significant contributions…

JUDGE TIMOTHY J. CORRIGAN TO RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED FEDERAL JUDICIAL SERVICE PRO BONO AWARD

January 9th, 2025

The Hon. Timothy J. Corrigan, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Jacksonville, is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Federal Judicial Service Award. The award, which honors outstanding and sustained service to the public especially as it relates to support of pro bono legal services, will be…

15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE SAMANTHA SCHOSBERG FEUER TO RECEIVE DISTINGUISHED JUDICIAL SERVICE PRO BONO AWARD

January 9th, 2025

The Hon. Samantha Schosberg Feuer of the 15th Judicial Circuit serving Palm Beach County, is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Judicial Service Award. The award, which honors outstanding and sustained service to the public especially as it relates to support of pro bono legal services, will be presented by Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz…

ORLANDO’S THOMAS A. ZEHNDER HONORED WITH TOBIAS SIMON PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD

January 9th, 2025

Thomas A. Zehnder, is the recipient of the 2025 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award, the Supreme Court’s highest recognition of a private lawyer for pro bono service. The award will be presented by Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz in a Jan. 16 ceremony streamed live by the Supreme Court of Florida. Zehnder has been…

TWENTY-ONE LAWYERS WILL RECEIVE FLORIDA BAR PRO BONO AWARDS IN SUPREME COURT CEREMONY JAN. 16

January 9th, 2025

The Florida Bar will recognize 21 lawyers for their work on behalf of low-income and disadvantaged clients at a Jan. 16 ceremony at the Supreme Court of Florida. Established in 1981, The Florida Bar President’s Pro Bono Service Awards are intended to encourage lawyers to volunteer free legal services to the poor by recognizing those…

NOMINATE A FLORIDA LAWYER FOR OUTSTANDING PRO BONO SERVICE

August 6th, 2024

Nominations for the annual pro bono service awards, which honor lawyers, law firms and associations that have contributed extraordinary pro bono service as well as judges that have served the public as it relates to pro bono legal services is now open. The nomination forms are available on The Florida Bar’s website and must be submitted by Friday,…

AUSLEY MCMULLEN TO RECEIVE COMMENDATION FOR PRO BONO WORK

January 10th, 2022

Ausley McMullen — a Tallahassee-based law firm that has made pro bono service a part of every firm attorney’s responsibilities and duties — will receive the 2022 Law Firm Commendation from Chief Justice Charles T. Canady at the annual Pro Bono Awards ceremony Jan. 20 at the Supreme Court of Florida. The commendation honors significant…

YOUNG LAWYER TREMAINE L. HEMANS OF MIAMI TO BE HONORED FOR PRO BONO SERVICE

January 10th, 2022

Tremaine L. Hemans is the recipient of the 2022 Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division Pro Bono Service Award. The award recognizes public service or legal aid performed by a lawyer who is 35 or younger or who has not practiced for more than five years. The award will be presented in a Jan. 20 ceremony…