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The Florida Bar will recognize 21 lawyers for their work on behalf of low-income and disadvantaged clients at a Jan. 22 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...

Stephen R. Senn is the recipient of the 2026 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. 22 ceremony streamed live by the Supreme Court of Florida. In the past...

The Hon. Amanda Arnold Sansone, a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa, is the recipient of the 2026 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...

The Hon. Darren D. Farfante of the 13th Judicial Circuit serving Hillsborough County, is the recipient of the 2026 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 in...

The Law Firm of Pajcic & Pajcic — a Jacksonville-based law firm that has made pro bono service an integral part of the firm's ethos — will receive the 2026 Law Firm Commendation from Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz at the annual Pro Bono Awards ceremony Jan. 22 at the Supreme Court of Florida. The...

  The Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida and the D.W. Perkins Bar Association are the joint recipients of the 2026 Voluntary Bar Association Pro Bono Award, which will be presented by Chief Justice Carlos G. Muñiz in a Jan. 22 ceremony streamed live by the Supreme Court of Florida. The award...

Anne V. Piervil is the recipient of the 2026 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. 22 ceremony...

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 must be submitted by Friday, September 19, 2025, no later...

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...