Overview
We are very proud of the landmark legal victories achieved for our clients, but we are equally proud of our firm’s commitment to philanthropy and community service. Our commitment to the community is extensive. We provide significant financial, leadership and pro bono support to a myriad of not-for-profit organizations impacting the arts, community services, children and families, education, health, legal services and public interest. In addition, the firm participates in community programs that impact lives countless ways.
Philanthropy
- The firm has contributed over $2.5 million to not-for- profit organizations in the last five years.
- The firm spearheads firm-wide donation campaigns in response to catastrophic events, at the holidays, for cancer research, and during Hunger Action Month.
- The firm regularly hosts events for community and professional organizations in our offices, including:
- An America Jewish Committee event addressing anti-semitism.
- A West Point Society event featuring former general David Petraeus.
- A Pathway to Judicial Clerkship forum for minority law students in conjunction with the Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr. Bar Association.
Leadership
- We encourage our employees to become active members and leaders of the organizations they champion.
- Firm attorneys serve on the boards of more than 50 not-for-profit organizations.
- Firm attorneys serve on committees, volunteer, and engage in fundraising activities for countless organizations striving to make a difference in our communities.
Pro Bono Legal Services
- The Florida Bar limits pro bono service to work on behalf of the indigent and organizations whose primary purpose is to serve the indigent.
- Additional pro bono legal services are regularly provided to not-for- profit organizations whose mission does not meet the Florida Bar’s definition of pro bono legal services, including arts organizations and community foundations.
- Firm attorneys participate in pro bono activities organized by local legal service organizations such as Put Something Back, Florida’s Guardian ad Litem program, the Cuban American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Project, Legal Services of Greater Miami, and the University of Miami’s Bankruptcy Assistance Clinic.
- The firm has participated in pro bono projects including providing legal assistance to Holocaust survivors seeking additional reparations from Germany; the representation of unaccompanied minors in the immigration system; clients seeking assistance in bankruptcy proceedings; and assisting with restoration of voting rights.
Our Impact
- Contributed over $2.5 million to not-for-profit organizations in the past 5 years
- Our attorneys hold leadership roles in over 50 community organizations
- Provides financial and leadership support to many professional organizations working to enhance the legal and business communities in Florida
- Reported 5,850 hours in pro bono legal services to The Florida Bar in the past five years
- Spearheads multiple firm-wide donation campaigns raising funds for worthwhile causes
- Supports a variety of community programming activities
Community Activities
Breakthrough Miami Career Day
Each summer we open our Miami office to Breakthrough Miami’s middle school scholars, providing them a glimpse of what career opportunities are available in the legal profession.
Give Miami Day
The firm has been a champion of Give Miami Day since its inception. In the past four years, the firm and its employees have contributed over $480,000.00 to support not-for-profit organizations in Miami-Dade County on Give Miami Day.
Bridge to Law School Program
The Bridge to Law School Program is an initiative founded by two firm attorneys that integrates academic preparation, mentoring, and professional development to demystify the law school experience and the practice of law for first-generation college students.
Tony Menendez Computer Scholarships
Founded in memory of our partner and friend, Tony Menendez, this scholarship program provides much needed computer equipment to students enrolled in the Honors College at Florida International University.
Supported Organizations
Learn more about the organizations we are proud to provide significant or ongoing financial support and/or current leadership:
Community Organizations:
- Ability Housing
- Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts*
- ALS Recovery Fund
- America’s Second Harvest of the Big Bend*
- American Bar Association Judicial Intern Opportunity Program
- American Heart Association
- American Jewish Committee*
- American Red Cross
- Americans for Immigrant Justice*
- ArtServe Fort Lauderdale*
- Bankruptcy Bar Foundation of the Southern District of Florida
- Baptist Health South Florida Foundation
- Barry University
- Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami*
- Bay Area Legal Services
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County*
- Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami
- Boys Scouts of America, Suwannee River Area Council*
- Breakthrough Miami*
- Breakthrough T1D (formerly Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)*
- Broward Center for the Performing Arts*
- Broward College
- CABA Pro Bono Project
- Camillus House*
- Capital City Bank Community Foundation*
- Casa Familia*
- Cedar Sinai Women’s Cancer Center
- Children’s Bereavement Center
- Children’s Home Society
- Circuit Two First Step*
- City Theatre*
- City Year
- Coconut Grove Cares
- Community Foundation of Broward County
- Community Foundation of North Florida*
- Dance NOW! Miami*
- Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
- Dolphins Cancer Challenge
- Dream in Green*
- Educate Tomorrow
- The Education Fund*
- Elderly Housing Development & Operations Corporation
- Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
- Feeding South Florida
- Florida International University (FIU)*
- Florida State University (FSU)*
- Florida Supreme Court Historical Society*
- Fort Lauderdale Museum of Discovery & Science
- Foundation for New Education Initiatives*
- Friends of Gables High*
- Give Kids a Chance (GKAC)*
- Goodwood Museum & Gardens*
- Greater Miami Jewish Federation
- Gulliver Preparatory School*
- HARID Conservatory of Music*
- Huntington’s Disease Society of America
- Jack & Jill Children’s Center
- Jewish Federation of Broward County*
- Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation
- Jorge Nation Foundation for Wishes
- The Junior League of Tampa*
- Key Biscayne Community Foundation
- Kidz 1st Fund
- Legal Aid Foundation of Tallahassee
- Legal Aid Service of Broward County
- Legal Services of Greater Miami*
- Legal Services of North Florida
- LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts
- MacDonald Training Center*
- March of Dimes
- Miami Children’s Museum
- Miami Children’s Museum Charter School*
- Miami City Ballet*
- Miami-Dade Urban Debate League*
- The Miami Foundation*
- Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation
- Moffitt Cancer Center
- National Parkinson Foundation
- New World Symphony*
- Nicklaus Children’s Hospital Foundation*
- PATCHES PPEC*
- Philadelphia Soul Foundation
- Put Something Back
- Refuge House*
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Tallahassee*
- Santa Fe College Foundation*
- SAVE Dade Foundation*
- SELF 1st Foundation*
- SLAM! (Sports Leadership and Management)* and SLAM! Foundation*
- Southern Shakespeare Company*
- Spanish River Community High School Foundation*
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami*
- Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare Foundation*
- Tallahassee Quarterback Club
- Teach For America*
- United Way of the Big Bend
- United Way of Miami Dade*
- University of Florida Foundation
- University of Miami
- Voices for Children Foundation*
- WLRN Public Radio*
- West Point Society of Miami*
- World Central Kitchen
Professional Organizations:
- Academy of Florida Management Attorneys (AFMA)*
- American Bar Association*
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- American College of Bankruptcy*
- Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida
- Coalition of Attainable Housing Providers of Florida*
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) – Miami
- Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) – Tampa Bay*
- Cuban American Bar Association (CABA)
- Federal Bar Association, National*
- Federal Bar Association, South Florida Chapter*
- Florida Association of Women Lawyers (FAWL)
- The Florida Bar*
- Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
- Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce*
- Housing Leadership Council of Tampa Bay*
- Meritas’ Black Lawyers Forum*
- St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce*
- Tallahassee Bar Association (TBA)*
- Tallahassee Women Lawyers (TWL)*
- Tampa Bay Builders Association (TBBA)
- Urban Land Institute (ULI)*
- William H. Stafford American Inn of Court*
- Women for Florida State University (W4FSU)*
- Women’s White Collar Defense Association
*Indicates board membership as of April 2025.