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EventsCommunity Law Program, Inc.
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Click here to download flyer and information on what to bring to the forum: Free Bankruptcy Forum
Please consider joining us for our upcoming Celebration of Equal Access and Volunteer Appreciation Dinner on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 St. Petersburg Yacht Club / 11 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 6:00 p.m. Cocktail Reception / 7:00 p.m. Dinner Featuring Gwynne Young, president-elect of The Florida Bar, as Keynote Speaker Click here to download an Invitation and Reply Card: CLP Dinner Invite & Reply Card Click here for sponsorship information: Celebration of Equal Access Sponsorship Flyer 2011 For For additional information, contact Kimberly Rodgers at krodgers@lawprogram.org
Small Probate Administration CLE Seminar Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Downtown St. Petersburg College Campus Registration begins at 9:00 AM Co-Sponsored by St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg Bar Association, and St. Petersburg Bar Foundation Administration of Small Estates, Homestead Issues in Administration of Small Estates View printable Registration Form here: Probate Flyer
Free Bankruptcy Public Forum
The threat of bankruptcy and great financial loss is affecting a growing number of low-income families and individuals in Tampa Bay. Due to this area being second in the nation for bankruptcy filings, Community Law Program, Inc. has coordinated a team of volunteer attorneys to alert and educate the general public on their bankruptcy options. Local attorneys Traci K. Stevenson and Ted Starr will be presenting important bankruptcy topics including the differences between Chapter 7 and 13. During this event, individuals will have the opportunity to have their bankruptcy questions answered in private by one of a panel of volunteer bankruptcy attorneys. Monday, January 10, 2011 Need a map? Google Maps (click link) Come Join a free presentation on bankruptcy and have your questions answered by local attorneys! The public needs to know and/or bring with them the following: 1. Copy of any lawsuit/court papers recently received; 2. Documentation of income received during the past few months including the income of a spouse; 3. Knowledge of all debt currently owed including credit cards, medical bills, car loans, and the total owed for each; and For more information, contact Community Law Program, at (727) 582-7480
Community Law Program Celebrated 21 Years of Service on 10.21.10 Nearly 200 guests filled the Ballroom of the St. Petersburg Yacht Club on 10.21.10 to join us in the celebration of 21 years of pro bono legal services to the underserved in our community. Included among the guests were Bill and Wendy Foster, Mayor and First Lady of the City of St. Petersburg, The Honorable J. Thomas McGrady, Chief Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, David Fischer, former mayor of St. Petersburg, and Bill Heller, former member of the Florida House of Representatives. The evening began with a cocktail reception followed by a program masterfully emceed by John Biesinger, III, president of the St. Petersburg Bar Association. Mayor Foster gave a welcome followed by words of recognition from Linda Perrigoue, president of Community Law Program. We then debuted our very first video describing CLP’s services and narrated by Bay News 9 senior anchor, Al Ruechel. After a wonderful dinner, our distinguished speaker, Jesse Diner, immediate past president of The Florida Bar, gave a one year reflection on the progress made throughout the state with The Florida Bar’s ONE campaign and talked about his own personal experiences doing pro bono. Next, Adele Stone, immediate past president of the Florida Bar Foundation, gave an informative history of the Florida Bar Foundation and discussed the importance of non-attorney and community support for the work of legal services. The evening concluded with remarks by Judge William Van Nortwick, Jr., First District Court of Appeals, who showed the ONE video and presented our David Stout Pro Bono Award to Attorney Bill Bostick, Jr. Bill has been a volunteer with CLP since its inception and has handled well in excess of 20 family law pro bono cases and is a regular participant in our family law weekly walk-in clinic. This truly magnificant and memorable evening could not have been possible without the help of CLP’s 21st anniversary chair, Mary Evertz, CLP’s fund development committee and board of trustees, and the following event sponsors: Bronze Sponsor Abbey Adams Table Sponsors Adams and Reese LLP Bay News 9 McClanathan, Burg & Arndt, LLC Regions Bank Rally Stores, Inc. Shutts & Bowen LLP Trenam Kemker Co-Table Sponsors Meros, Smith, Lazzara & Olney, P.A. Tucker & Ludin, P.A. Event Supporters AAAA Forwarding, Inc. Buckley & Curtis, P.A. Englander and Fischer, P.A. Executive Reporting Service Fontana CPAs J, Stanford Morse, P.A. M. Faehner, Esq., LLC Stetson University College of Law Synovus Securities
Photo Caption (Left): The Honorable William Van Nortwick, Jr. presents CLP's David Stout Pro Bono Award to Attorney William G. Bostick, Jr., Esq. Photo Caption (Right): Head Table Seating from left to right: Bill and Wendy Foster, Mayor and First Lady of the City of St. Petersburg, Jesse Diner, immediate past president of The Florida Bar, Adele Stone, immediate past president of the Florida Bar Foundation, The Honorable William Van Nortwick, Nancy Biesinger, St. Petersburg Bar Foundation Vice President, and John Biesinger, III, president of the St. Petersburg Bar Association
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