Legal Aid Programs in Broward County
2021 Annual Recognition Awards
Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida and Legal Aid Service of Broward County present the recipients of their 2021 Annual Recognition Awards. The awards were presented during a series of on-line events that took place on May 4–7, 2021 via Facebook Live. If you missed the live events, click on the links below to watch the Award presentation videos!
*Listed in order of date of event presentation
2021 Award Recipients
Commitment to Justice Award
Presented to Theresa Edwards, Esq.
American Justice, P.A.
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Jacquelyn and Bruce Rogow Employee of the Year Award
Presented to Edwin Cordova, Esq.
Supervising Attorney, Housing Unit, Legal Aid Service of Broward County
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Law Firm of the Year Award
Presented to the Van Horn Law Group
Award received by Chad Van Horn
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Russell E. Carlisle Advocacy Award
Presented to Anthony J. Karrat, Esq.
Executive Director, Legal Aid Service of Broward County
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Spirit of Justice Award
Presented to Ofer Shmucher, Esq. and Shera Anderson, Esq.
Shmucher Law, PL
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Attorney of the Year Award
Presented to Lauren Alperstein, Esq.
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP
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Special thanks to the annual sponsors of legal aid programs in Broward.
Sponsors include: Akerman, LLP |Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC | Broward County Bar Association | Daily Business Review | Florida Power & Light | Kristen Goss, Esq. | JM Family Enterprises, Inc. | Kelley Kronenberg| Kelley Uustal | Kim Vaughan Lerner LLP | The Quackenbush Law Firm | Jacquelyn and Bruce Rogow | Rosen Injury Law | Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk |Stearns Weaver Miller| Shutts | Truist | Valley National Bank |Van Horn Law Group | Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, PL.