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March 2, 2020

Story of Justice: Bradley*

Bradley is a Kindergartener with an IEP for Developmental Delay (DD) and Speech Impairment (SI). Bradley’s mother came to Legal Aid after she filed a Due Process Complaint against the school district alleging that her son’s IEP had incorrect information in it and that the school had failed to proceed with an independent evaluation of...
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Story of Justice: Peter*

Peter is an 80-year-old Florida Native and United States Marine Corps veteran.  He enlisted in the Marine Corps at the age of 17 and never looked back. Tragically, the next year the military discovered that Peter was engaged in a same sex relationship and sought to court martial him for “having engaged in homosexual acts.”...
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Pro Bono Attorney Spotlight: Akilah Harris

Akilah Angelique Harris is a solo practitioner focusing her practice on the area of family and marital law. Since 2015, Ms. Harris has assisted Legal Aid clients facing a variety of family law issues and has been a key contributor to the Mission United Veterans Pro Bono Project. In 2016, Ms. Harris represented a Veteran...
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Board Member Spotlight: Annabella Barbosa

Annabella Barboza is a shareholder of Barboza Law & Associates, a boutique law firm specializing in real estate, probate, estate planning and business law. Barboza volunteers with our MISSION UNITED Veterans Pro Bono Project and helped develop our first Veteran estate Planning clinic. She has been instrumental in launching the NO PLACE LIKE HOME project...
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Profile in Good: Katherine Guerra

Katherine (Kathy) Guerra is the Director of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) at Legal Aid, serving clients in both Broward and Collier Counties. Prior to joining Legal Aid, Guerra worked for private law firms assuming an active role in all aspects of the tax and estate planning process including business due diligence, industry analysis,...
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