Story of Justice: Rebecca Appeals during Covid-19 The Challenge: Rebecca received SSI benefits for severe schizophrenia for many years. When she moved to Georgia to live with her sister, the Social Security Administration reviewed her case. After having issues with her sister, Rebecca decided to return to Florida and notified the local SSA office of the...Read More
Story of Justice: Mike the Vet and a case for PTSD Background: While in the Army in the 1980s, Mike, an African American, was stationed in rural Germany transporting and guarding nuclear weapons to and from small German towns. The locals did not agree with the US occupying and storing nukes in their villages, so...Read More
Angela Fernandez, Esq. Angela Fernandez is an attorney with CCLA who recently joined the Senior Citizen Law Project, which provides free civil legal services to low-income seniors 60 and older in various areas of law including Landlord-Tenant, Foreclosures, Consumer, Abuse/Exploitation, Immigration, Health and Public Benefits. Previously, Angela worked with the Family and Domestic Violence Law...Read More
Rhoda Sokoloff, Esq. Rhoda Sokoloff, Esq., volunteers with Broward Lawyers Care (BLC) at Legal Aid to assist survivors of domestic violence to resolve their family law issues. She has volunteered with BLC for over 20 years. In the past eight years, she has volunteered over 100 hours. In addition to accepting family law cases, she...Read More
Edward H. Zebersky, Esq. A long-time supporter of our Legal Aid programs, Zebersky is a Martindale Hubbell AV rated Super Lawyer, recognized as not only a “Top Florida Attorney,” but one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in America. Ed’s practice ranges from traditional personal injury cases, to more complex litigation involving defective products, bad...Read More
Story of Justice: Amal Challenge: A law enforcement victim advocate reached out to the Family Law team at CCLA to help a young victim, Amal, who had been hospitalized after a domestic violence incident. Following an argument about finances, the Perpetrator/Husband, Mahir, attacked Amal, repeatedly punching her in the face. The force of the punch...Read More
Story of Justice: Jack Challenge: Jack needed legal guidance to modify the Parenting Plan and time-sharing schedule for his 5 and 9 year old children. The mother of the children repeatedly went to their school drugged and drunk to pick up the children. The school staff alerted the Department of Children and Families (DCF) and...Read More
Eric Rosen, Esq. Eric Rosen, Esq. joined our joint Board of Directors in January 2019. He is a Florida Bar Board Certified civil trial lawyer and founder of Rosen Injury Law, P.A. He is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as a civil trial specialist, a certification held by less than 2% of all attorneys licensed...Read More
Mindy Jones, Esq. As a supervising attorney with Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida, Mindy Jones, Esq. has been representing victims of intimate partner violence in Broward County for nineteen years. She provides holistic legal services to victims and survivors for all of their civil legal needs. Mindy is in her fourth term...Read More
Steven Linde, Esq. Steven Linde, Esq. is a new member of the Broward Lawyers Care Pro Bono Panel. Steven joined Broward Lawyers Care to give back to his community during the ongoing pandemic. He volunteered to complete healthcare surrogate designation documents for Legal Aid clients who are worried about falling ill or being unable to...Read More