The seminar offered insight and training for staff and pro bono attorneys, engaging participants to analyze real probate and guardianship case scenarios and collaborate with the experts, while stepping into the role of judge. The seminar was free for all attorneys who agreed to accept a probate or guardianship case from Put Something Back Pro Bono Project in Miami.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Nushin Sayfie and Administrative Judge Yvonne Colodny of the Probate Division underscored the importance of pro bono services and commended lawyers for handling pro bono cases.
“Navigating the complications of an aging loved one is very challenging and in today’s world a lawyer has become a luxury that not all people can afford,” Chief Judge Sayfie said. “More than ever, we need lawyers to provide pro bono services so that our courts can continue to deliver justice to all. The judges and magistrates of the 11th Judicial Circuit Probate Division are so grateful to Put Something Back and to the lawyers of Miami-Dade County for their ongoing commitment to pro bono.”
The event was moderated by Dale Noll of Akerman, chair of the Miami Dade Bar Probate and Guardianship Committee. Noll and Mark Brown, managing attorney for Dade Legal Aid/Put Something Back, introduced the panel of speakers that included Luis E. Barreto, Danielle Birman, Lotoya K. Brown, Rose Edelman, Kristen Feuer, Elizabeth M. Hughes, Michael Julian, and Stacy Rubel.
Featured presentations included Trust and Estate Litigation, Fiduciary Litigation, Demand Letters, Court-Appointed Lawyers in Determinations of Incapacity, Interested Persons, Foster Youth Guardianships, Ethics and Professionalism, The Anatomy of a Pro Bono Case, and No-fault Removals.
To accept a pro bono case or for more information, contact Lotoya Brown at Lbrown@dadelegalaid.org or visit www.dadelegalaid.org.
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Put Something Back Pro Bono Project trains lawyers to tackle probate and guardianship cases
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This could really help people. So many can't afford a lawyer.
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