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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