Carla Appleman-Thacker awarded Florida Bar Award - January 10, 2008


The Florida Bar awarded Carla Appleman-Moniz its President''''s Pro Bono Service Award for 2007. Appleman-Moniz will be honored at a ceremony at the Florida Supreme Court on January 31st, along with the award winners from the other judicial circuits across the state. The Florida Bar stated that "Ms. Appleman-Moniz has contributed a significant number of pro bono hours providing legal assistance to individuals needing help with real estate planning and probate as well as general areas of law. She has also provided assistance to at least three local churches in clearing titles, purchase and sale of real estate and other legal matters relating to church business. In 2007, she served as chair of the First Saturday Legal Clinic. This required several hours each month to arrange for attorneys to attend the clinic and assist her in providing legal services to the people seeking help from the clinic, as well as compiling reports on the results of those clinics." The full press release may be found at https://www.floridabar.org/TFB/TFBPublic.nsf/WNewsReleases/DCDD1D796191D23C852573C9006C6B3D?OpenDocument


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