Carlisle, a father of IOTA, receives Simon Award
From The Florida Bar:
Russell E. Carlisle of Fort Lauderdale has been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award. The award will be presented by Chief Justice Peggy A. Quince at a Jan. 29 ceremony at the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee.
Russell E. Carlisle
Carlisle was founding president of the Legal Aid Service of Broward County in 1975. The following year he joined the Board of Directors of Florida Legal Services. As vice-president of Florida Legal Services, he briefed and argued the first petition for Interest on Trust Accounts (IOTA) before the Florida Supreme Court. Carlisle became president of The Florida Bar Foundation in 1979 and devoted the next two years to obtaining the tax and regulatory approvals for IOTA. Carlisle and others took the program to other U.S. jurisdictions and it is now available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It is the second largest provider of funds for legal services to the poor in the U.S.
Mr. Carlisle, on our best days, we’re standing on your shoulders. Congrats for the well-deserved recognition.