Megan Denk of Wolfson Children’s Hospital Honored By JALA
Megan Denk, Executive Director of THE PLAYERS Center for Child Health at Wolfson Children’s Hospital, was honored by Jacksonville Area Legal Aid at its Bridges to Justice for Children’s Health event...
View ArticleThe Honorable Karen K. Cole: Committed To Community Service
Even as a young lawyer, the Honorable Karen K. Cole of the Fourth Judicial Circuit was committed to community and professional service, the latter including a term as the president of the Jacksonville...
View ArticleMichelle Broyles Leads JALA’s Family Law and Victim Advocacy Unit
As a child in Kentucky, Michelle Broyles made a little book in school about how she wanted to be a lawyer when she grew up. “My friend actually saved my picture book,” said Broyles, division chief of...
View ArticleMike Tanner Becomes President-Elect of the Florida Bar
Florida Bar President-Elect and Gunster shareholder Mike Tanner is a high-profile business litigator with a long list of professional accolades and nearly a decade of service on the Bar’s board of...
View ArticleJALA’s New Veterans Legal Services Unit Makes Great Strides
In its first year of operation, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid’s Veterans Legal Services Unit and the statewide Florida Veterans Legal Helpline together have closed nearly 750 civil legal cases. By...
View ArticleTanner Leads The Florida Bar into a Brighter Post-Pandemic Future
The 10th Jacksonville lawyer to serve as president of The Florida Bar, Gunster shareholder Mike Tanner, was sworn in at a hybrid in-person and online Bar Convention appropriately themed “There are...
View ArticleSouthern Legal Counsel: A Small Firm With a Big Impact on Florida
Tucked away on a tree-lined street about a mile north of the University of Florida sits a tiny law firm that’s had an outsized impact on Florida over the last 45 years. INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN Southern...
View ArticleJALA’s Adam Thoresen Protects Consumers and Keeps Businesses Honest
As division chief of Jacksonville Area Legal Aid’s Consumer Advocacy and Litigation Unit, Adam Thoresen spends his days helping clients find their way out of waking nightmares. “What will happen is...
View ArticleIrving Reinvigorates JALA’s Pro Bono Initiatives in the Wake of the Pandemic
Growing up in the farming town of Lake Panasoffkee in Florida’s heartland, Aaron Irving was influenced by his grandfather, James Veal Sr., a local politician and environmental activist who could strike...
View ArticleJALA’s Jacalyn Crecelius Restores Hope to Veterans Lost in the Civil Legal...
Army veteran Maria Walker made it through Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan, and her mother, Carroll Akinleye, survived years of domestic violence, but when Walker’s half-brother allegedly...
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