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Put Something Back still needs your help!  We currently have various clients needing assistance with a bankruptcy matter. The following cases would appreciate your assistance. Please review the cases. Please advise Lotoya Brown if you are available to help one of these clients in need.  If you would like to view cases in any other...
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Do you have a pro bono hero? Someone whose dedication to pro bono work and to improving access to justice exemplifies our professional obligation to use their skills as an attorney to help those less fortunate? Someone who deserves recognition for pro bono work? If so, you have an opportunity to nominate your pro bono hero...
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Below is a fabulous pro bono opportunity for a volunteer attorney to join a drafting group and assist with drafting a Youth Compensation Legal Guide. The pro bono request is to assist with the chapters on (1) business law and (2) contracts. The attorney does not need to know about youth homelessness; rather, they’re looking for a business law/contracts attorney who can bring that knowledge...
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I remember my first pro bono client as if it were yesterday. I remember his name, OB (it appears he may still be alive at 108 years old!), and exactly what he was wearing the first time I met him. He was probably five foot nothing, and he was wearing a suit with a vest,...
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Are you interested in fighting antisemitism using the courts? Please reach out to Deedee Bitran, Of Counsel at Shutts & Bowen and Senior Counsel & Director of Pro Bono at the StandWithUs Saidoff Legal Department (deedeeb@standwithus.com). StandWithUs is an international non-partisan education organization that fights antisemitism. There are many meaningful and different ways to get...
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Reposted with permission from Shutts.com Shutts IP Team Successfully Defends Copyright Infringement Case Brought By “Tiger King” In their pro bono representation of songwriter client Vince Johnson, members of Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Intellectual Property practice group successfully resolved a copyright infringement matter brought on by Joseph Maldonado, also known as Joe Exotic or “Tiger...
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Kathy McLeroy, a partner at Carlton Fields, was recognized last week by the Business Law Section with this year’s BLS Pro Bono Award, due to her longstanding commitment to, and contributions to, pro bono and access to justice.  Kathy has served for many years as the Chair of the Florida Bar’s Standing Committee on Pro...
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Here are the case summaries of our bankruptcy cases that are in need of pro bono counsel with BALS. Contact Linda Barack for more information. 23-XXX9739 (Bankruptcy) Pinellas County Senior seeks assistance with chapter 7 Bankruptcy.  Senior had to retire early due to her health.  Her only source of income is Social Security. She estimates...
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