For the Public Good - Legal Aid Service of Broward County Honorees
Over 300 guests are expected to attend Legal Aid Service of Broward County’s (LAS’s) 8th Annual FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD gala, an evening of awards and entertainment that will celebrate the agency’s 35th year of providing civil legal services to the underserved in Broward. The dinner will be held on May 15, 2008 at the Hilton Fort Lauderdale Marina to benefit children and families. Its theme: “YOU’VE BEEN SERVED.”
Honoree Chairs of the event are TERRENCE AND MARY KAY RUSSELL AND RUSSELL E. AND JANET CARLISLE. The 8th Annual for the Public Good Committee, co-chaired by Katherine Birnbaum, Esq. and Juliette Lippman, Esq. of Kirschbaum, Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC, is seeking sponsors, commemorative journal advertisers and gathering Silent Auction donations.
“In these difficult economic times, we are especially grateful to Dr. Arthur and Belinda Keiser for their MAJOR CIRCLE sponsorship,” said Kathy Thomsen, Director of Development for LAS.
This year’s event will honor the following individuals and law firms who have shown their support of LAS through their pro bono efforts:
- RUSSELL E. CARLISLE ADVOCACY AWARD: ADELE I. STONE, ESQ., Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha, P.A.
- CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY AWARD: GRISELDA HALE
- COMMUNITY ADVOCACY AWARD: BROWARD LEGAL IMMIGRATION PROJECT (BLIP)
PROJECT PARTNERS:
BROWARD COUNTY HISPANIC BAR ASSOCIATION
HISPANIC UNITY OF FLORIDA (HUF)
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
LEGAL AID SERVICE OF BROWARD
- CONSUMER LAW AWARD: JOHN BRISTOL, ESQ.
- FAMILY LAW AWARD: NATHALIE PARCHMENT, ESQ.
- HOUSING LAW AWARD: EUGENE LEWIS, ESQ.
- LAW FIRM of the YEAR AWARD: KIRSCHBAUM,BIRNBAUM, LIPPMAN& GREGOIRE, PLLC
- LEGAL CLINIC/CONSUMER AWARD: ST. THOMAS SCHOOL OF LAW CLINIC-PROF. LARRY FEDRO, ESQ.
- LEGISLATIVE AWARD: REP. ARI PORTH - DISTRICT 96
- VOLUNTARY BAR ASSOCIATION: BROWARD COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
- YOUNG LAWYERS AWARD: AHMAND JOHNSON, ESQ.
For more information, please visit http://www.legalaid.org/broward/events.htm