Chris is a 64 year old Marine Corps Veteran.  In October 2019, he went to the ER and was diagnosed with cancer. He had to stop working and had no health insurance. He obtained early Social Security retirement but the amount was not enough for him to pay his bills. He came to CCLA for...Read More

Carla Roundtree has been an active and engaged member of our Board of Directors since being appointed in June 2018 to represent the Urban League of Broward County. Carla is a community advocate; over the past 30 years, she has been involved in organizations such as the Parent Teacher Association, School Advisory Committee, School Advisory...Read More

Rosalind J. Matos, Esq. accepts pro bono cases from Broward Lawyers Care/Legal Aid to assist low-income residents of Broward County with defending foreclosure lawsuits in order to save them from homelessness. During the past four years, she has volunteered over 240 hours, demonstrating her generosity and willingness to serve the community. Her work has helped...Read More

Nicholas Ashby is an attorney with the Children’s Advocacy Program. Prior to joining Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Nicholas worked as a family law legal assistant with FloJam Legal, P.A. Nicholas earned a Juris Doctorate degree from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law School in 2018 and received his Bachelor of Science...Read More

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...Read More

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.”...Read More

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...Read More

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...Read More

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,...Read More

No Place Like Home Initiative In partnership with The Real Property, Probate & Trust Law (“RPPTL”) Section of The Florida Bar, Broward Lawyers Care is providing real estate and probate assistance to Broward’s underserved population who confront, usually on an emergent basis, all of the practical issues which arise from imperfect title to residential real...Read More