President’s Message – Fall 2023
In December 2023, The Florida Bar Foundation changed its name to FFLA. Posts prior to this date contain our former name. The Foundation has spent more than a year working on changes that will better...
View ArticleMiami lawyer David B. Rothman and Sarasota lawyer Kimberly L. Rodgers honored
In December 2023, The Florida Bar Foundation changed its name to FFLA. Posts prior to this date contain our former name. The Florida Bar Foundation awarded two lawyers with its top honors in June....
View ArticleFoundation is grateful recipient of donations
In December 2023, The Florida Bar Foundation changed its name to FFLA. Posts prior to this date contain our former name. In June, The Florida Bar Family Law Section donated $75,000 to the Foundation’s...
View ArticleSeptember 2023 Board Report
In December 2023, The Florida Bar Foundation changed its name to FFLA. Posts prior to this date contain our former name. The Florida Bar Foundation Board of Directors held its quarterly board meeting...
View ArticleFlorida Bar Foundation rebrands, changes name to FFLA
The Florida Bar Foundation is now known as FFLA. The nonprofit organization, which is the designated administrator of Florida’s Interest of Trust Accounts program, is changing its name and rebranding...
View ArticleFFLA to distribute $33.8 million in IOTA funds to 35 legal aid organizations
On Dec. 8, 2023, the board of directors of FFLA approved the distribution of $33,870,910 of Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) funds to 35 Florida legal aid organizations. FFLA is the designated...
View ArticleDecemer 2023 Board Report
The FFLA Board of Directors met in Winter Park, Fla., on Dec. 8, 2023, at the Winter Park Campus of Valencia College. Prior to the meeting, presentations were made by Silvia McLain, executive director...
View Article2023 Pro Bono Heroes
Pro Bono Hero Mary Doty Solik began doing pro bono with Legal Aid Society of the Orange County Bar Association in 1990. She takes on some of the hardest Guardian ad Litem cases around and has accepted...
View ArticleFFLA hosts housewarming, dedicates Legacy Garden
FFLA held a housewarming event on December 7, 2023, to officially announce its new name, welcome guests to its new office and dedicate its Legacy Garden. During the event, a memorial tree was planted...
View ArticlePresident’s Message – Winter 2024
FFLA is off and rolling! In December, we distributed more than $33 million in IOTA funds to 35 legal aid providers. Undoubtedly, this funding gives more low-income Floridians a greater chance to...
View ArticleFFLA provides AI-Assisted Research tool to grantees
FFLA has added Westlaw Precision with AI-Assisted Research to its statewide subscription that provides legal research tools to its grantees. FFLA’s subscription allows more than 20 Florida legal aid...
View ArticleRecent donations benefit FFLA
Cy Pres Award FFLA received a cy pres award of $392,549 from a recent class action settlement with unclaimed and residual funds. Plaintiffs’ lawyers John Yanchunis and Ryan McGee of Morgan & Morgan...
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