3d District Court of Appeal Office of Externships and Pro Bono Program 2014-2015 PRO BONO PROGRAM APPROVED PLACEMENTS LIST PLACEMENT ADDRESS CONTACT 2001 SW 117 th Avenue Miami, FL 33175 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida, Coral Gables Branch Court 11th Judicial Circuit Family Court Self-Help Program 15th Judicial Circuit Aleph Institute American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Dade Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse Center 175 NW 1 st Avenue 3100 Ponce de Leon Boulevard Coral Gables, FL 33134 Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse 175 NW 1 st Avenue 24 th Floor, Room 2441 205 N. Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, FL 33401 9540 Collins Avenue Surfside, FL 33154 4500 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 340 Miami, FL 33137 Susan Faerber, Law Clerk for Judge Lagoa faerbers@flcourts.org (305) 229-3200 Ext. 3234 Judge Barbara Areces, Circuit Judge, Bareces@jud11.flcourts.org (305) 349-6001 Judge Don Cohn dcohn@jud11.flcourts.org (305) 569-2506 Andy Madsen, Esq. amadsen@ju11.flcourts.org (305) 349-7376 Judge Robin Rosenberg rrosenberg@pbc.gov.org (561) 355-1950 Rabbi Menachem Katz, Director of Prison and Military Outreach mmk@alephinstitute.org (305) 864-5553; or (305) 725-2439 John DeLeon jdeleon@chavez/deleon.com (305) 740-5347; or (305) 778-0126 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - Broward Americans for Immigrant Justice (formerly Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC)) 301 NW 46 th Avenue Plantation, FL 33317 3000 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33317 Layssa Zamora, Legal Program Associate lzamora@aclufl.org Barry Butin bbcrimdef@aol.com (954) 463-7437 Michelle Abarca, Supervising Attorney/Co-Project Director mabarca@aijustice.og (305) 573-1106 Ext. 1680
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Summer Associate Research Project (SARP) Autism Legislation Project Catalyst Miami Catholic Legal Services Archdiocese of Miami, Inc. (Catholic Charities Legal Services, Inc.) Center for Earth Jurisprudence Centro de Orientacion del Immigrant Children s Trust Church World Service City Attorney of Coral Gables 621 NW 53 rd Street Suite 450 Boca Raton, FL 33487 101 W. Hamilton Street Geneva, IL 60134 1900 Biscayne Boulevard #200 Miami, FL 33132 25 SE 2 nd Avenue Suite 220 Miami, FL 33131 St. Thomas University School of Law 16401 NW 37 th Avenue Miami Gardens, FL 33054 45 NW 27 th Avenue Miami, FL 33125 3150 SW 3 rd Avenue Miami, FL 33129 1924 NW 84 th Avenue Miami, FL 33126 405 Biltmore Way City Attorney s Office Coral Gables, FL 33134 Robert Tanen, Associate Regional Director, Florida rtanen@adl.org (561) 988-2923 Tel: (561) 988-2900 Fax: (561) 989-0712 http://florida.adl.org/ Lawrence Lobb larrylobb@sbcglobal.net (630) 631-7602 Daniella Levine, Founder and President/CEO, Human Services Coalition, daniellal@catalystmiami.org (305) 576-5001 Ext. 19 www.catalystmiami.org Georges Francis, Esq., Managing Attorney gfrancis@cclsmiami.org Tel: (305) 373-1073 Ext. 207 Fax: (305) 373-1173 Mary Munson, Esq. mamunson@stu.edu (305) 623-2389 Carlos M. Perreira, Director carlospcodi@yahoo.com (786) 394-6746 Charles M. Auslander, Esq., Chief Programs and Operations Officer charles@thechildrenstrust.org (305) 571-5700 Ext. 236 Nancy Denis, Esq., Managing Attorney ndenis@churchworldservice.org (305) 774-6770 Ext. 122 Craig E. Leen, City Attorney cleen@coralgables.com (305) 460-5218 Page 2 of 10
City Attorney of Miami (Office of the City Attorney) City Attorney of Miami Beach City Attorney of Sunny Isles Beach Colombian American Service Association (CASA) Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) [CABA Pro Bono Project] Department of Children and Families (DCF) El Sol, Jupiter s Neighborhood Resource Center, Inc. FIU Office of the General Counsel Florida Capital Resource Center 444 SW 2 nd Avenue Suite 945 Miami, FL 33130 1700 Convention Center Dr. 4 th Floor Miami Beach, FL 33139 18070 Collins Avenue Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160 7925 NW 12 th Street Suite 214 Miami, FL 33126 1779 NW 28 th Street Miami, FL 33142 401 NW 2 nd Avenue N1007 P.O. Box 7682 Jupiter, FL 33468 11200 SW 8 th Street PC 511 Miami, FL 33199 100 N. Biscayne Boulevard Suite 3070 Miami, FL 33132 John A. Greco, Deputy City Attorney Tel: (305) 416-1800 Fax: (305) 416-1801 law@miamigov.com http://www.miamigov.com/cityattorney/ Jose Smith, City Attorney josesmith@miamibeachfl.gov (305) 673-7470 Hans Ottinot, City Attorney hottinot@siblfl.net (305) 792-1702 Jay Rahman jrahman@casa.us.org (305) 904-2112 Lesley Mendoza, Executive Director Lesley@cabaprobono.com (305) 646-0046 Gilda Ferradaz, Managing Director (Southern Region) (305) 337-5055 http://www.myflfamilies.com/ Mary Jill Hanson, Esq. jillocean@bellsouth.net (561) 745-9860 *Only in on Saturdays M. Kristina Raattama, General Counsel [Assistant: Edya Llaneras, Chief of Staff] kraattam@fiu.edu Elizabeth Marston, Associate General Counsel emarston@fiu.edu (305) 348-7355 Tel: (305) 348-2103 Fax: (305) 348-3272 generalcounsel@fiu.edu Stuart L. Hartstone, Esq. stuart.hartstone@floridacapitalresourcecenter.org (305) 373-9911 Page 3 of 10
Florida s Children First, Inc. Florida Department of Transportation (DOT) Florida Equal Justice Center Florida Immigrant Coalition (FLIC) The Florida Wage Theft Task Force (FLWTTF) Florida Justice Institute, Inc. Florida Legal Services 1801 University Drive Suite 3B Coral Springs, FL 33071 1000 NW 111 th Avenue Room 6136 Miami, FL 33172 3210 Cleveland Avenue Suite 102 Fort Myers, FL 33901 510 US Hwy 1 Suite 4 Fort Pierce, FL 34950 2800 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 800 Miami, FL 33137 3750 Miami Tower 100 SE 2 nd Street Miami, FL 3131 3000 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 450 Miami, FL 33137 Debbie Beck, Executive Director fcf@floridachildrenfirst.org (954) 796-0860 Lillian Valdespino, Senior Attorney Lillian.valdespino@dot.state.fl.us (305) 470-5460 Fort Myers: Sally G. Schmidt, Executive Director sally.schmidt@flajustice.org Marie Maurice, Staff Assistant sue.camis@flajustice.org Tel: (239) 277-7060 Fax: (239) 277-9050 Fort Pierce: Lisa Carmona, Staff Attorney lisa.carmona@flajustice.org Tel: (772) 489-4660 Fax: (772) 489-4667 info@floridaimmigrant.org (305) 571-7254 FLIC: http://floridaimmigrant.org/ Wage Theft: http://floridaimmigrant.org/ourwork/wage-theft/ Randall C. Berg, Jr., Executive Director RBerg@FloridaJusticeInstitute.org (305) 358-2081 Ext. 225 Fax: (305) 358-0910 info@floridajusticeinstitute.org Purvi Shaah purvi@floridalegal.org (305) 573-2081 Ext. 209 John Little john.little@fiu.edu (305) 438-2461 *Only apply for summer internships or externships Page 4 of 10
Friends of the Everglades 7800 Red Road Suite 25K Miami, FL 33143 Greenpeace 702 H Street NW #300 Washington, D.C. 2001 Guardian Ad Litem: Broward County Guardian Ad Litem: Miami-Dade County HIV Education & Law Project (HELP) Inc. The Justice Building Seventeenth Judicial Circuit 524 S. Andrews Avenue Suite 300 East Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 Juvenile Justice Center 330 NW 27 th Avenue Miami, FL 33142 935 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite 101 Miami Beach, FL 33139 Alan Farago friends@everglades.org (305) 669-0858 Deepa Padmanabha, Attorney deepa.padmanabha@greenpeace.org (202) 319-2466 Hilary Creary, Circuit Director Hilary.Creary@gal.fl.gov (954) 831-6214 Issa Hosein issa.hosein@gal.fl.gov (305) 638-6861 Ext. 267 Caryn Vogel Lubetsky, Esq., Executive Director & Founder Helpinclaw@gmail.com Tel: (305) 534-9400 Fax: (305) 534-9402 Human Rights USA Idalis Perez, P.A. (Immigration Law Firm) Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights (Non- Partisan Election Protection Coalition) Lawyers for Children America Lawyers to the Rescue 2029 P. Street NW Suite 202 Washington, D.C. 20036 11440 SW 88 th Street Suite 210 Miami, FL 33176 1401 New York Avenue NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 200 S. Biscayne Boulevard Suite 4000 Miami, FL 33131 3132 Ponce De Leon Boulevard Coral Gables, FL 33134 http://helpinclaw.com/ info@humanrightsusa.org (202)296-5702 Idalis Perez, Esq. iperez@idalisperez.com Tel: (305) 274-9266 Fax: (305) 274-9339 www.idalisperez.com Chris Melody Fiels, Campaign Manager, Election Protection Coordinator cfields@lawyerscommitttee.org (888) 299-5227 Carolyn Salisbury, Director (Miami Office) www.lawyersforchildrenamerica.org Dina Aronfeld, Founding President Dina@aronfeld.com Page 5 of 10
Legal Aid: Dade Legal Aid [Put Something Back] [Legal Aid of Dade County Bar Association (DCBA) - Family Law] Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Inc. Legal Aid Service of Collier County Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc. Legal Services of Greater Miami Inc. Little Haiti Housing Association Maurice & Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice Miami Coalition for the Homeless Miami-Dade Commission on Human Rights Miami-Dade Consumer Services Department 123 N.W. 1 st Avenue 491 N. State Road 7 Plantation, FL 33317 4125 E. Tamiami Trail Naples, FL 34112 423 Fern Street Suite 200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 3000 Biscayne Boulevard Miami, FL 33317 181 NW 82 nd Street #2 Miami, FL 33138 2727 Second Avenue Suite 327 Detroit, MI 48201 2125 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 200 Miami, FL 33137 Stephen P. Clark Center 111 NW 1 st Street 22 nd Floor 140 West Flagler Street Miami, FL 33130 Juanita Cendan, Esq. jcendan@dadelegalaid.org (305) 579-5733 Ext. 2238 Put Something Back: (305) 579-5733 Ext. 2252 http://www.dadelegalaid.org/ (954) 765-8950 http://www.legalaid.org/broward/ Carol O Callaghan, Managing Attorney (239) 775-4555 Robert Bertisch, Executive Director rbertisch@legalaidpbc.org (561) 655-8944 Ext. 247 Ilenia Sanchez-Bryson, Directing Attorney isanchezbryson@lsgmi.org (305)438-2555 Samuel Diller, Executive Director (305) 759-2542 John Philo, Legal Director jphilo@sugarlaw.org (313) 961-2255; or (313) 993-4505 Bobbi Ibarra bibarra@miamihomeless.org (305) 571-8101 Victor Romano, Ph.D., Chair OFEP@miamidade.gov (305) 375-5272 (305) 372-6017 DCBA: https://www.dadecountybar.org/legal-aidsociety-office-of-public-service/ For pro bono opportunities, email: cwinter@legalaid.org http://www.miamidade.gov/humanrights/aboutcommission.asp Leonard Elias, Esq., Miami-Dade Consumer Advocate (305) 375-4205 Page 6 of 10
Miami-Dade County Probate Division Miami-Dade County School Board Miami-Dade Family Learning Partnership- Lawyers for Liberty Miami Immigration Court, U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review National Voices for Equality, Education and Enlightenment (NVEEE) Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel Office of Legal Access Programs (OLAP) (formerly Legal Orientation and Pro Bono Program) Office of the Attorney General Office of the Attorney General - Children s Legal Services 73 W. Flagler Street 3 rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 1450 NW 2 nd Avenue Suite 430 Miami, FL 33132 10800 Biscayne Boulevard Suite 500 Miami, FL 33161 One Riverview Square 333 S. Miami Avenue Miami, FL 33130 NVEEE P.O. Box 23837 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33307 15500 Lightwave Drive #7 Clearwater, FL 33760 Krome Detention Center 18201 SW 12 th Street Miami, FL 33317 444 Brickell Avenue Suite 650 Miami, FL 33131 501 E. Kennedy Boulevard Suite 1100 Tampa, FL 33602 Nancy Samper, Administrative Judicial Assistant 305-349-7086 John lafelice, Esq. Jeff James, Esq. (305) 995-1304 Walter James Harvey, Esq., Miami-Dade County School Board Attorney Lisa Blair lblair@childreadiness.org (305) 891-7323 Lance Celaya, Attorney Advisor lance.celaya@usdoj.gov (305) 808-9475 Jowharah Sanders, Founder; Executive Director jowharahsanders@nveee.org (954) 561-2626 Jessica Saiontz jessicasaiontz@nveee.org (305) 484-7747; or (954) 561-2626 http://www.nveee.org/ Ngozi Acholonu nacholonu@flrc2.com (727) 530-4400 Ana M. Kocur, Deputy Director Office of Legislative & Public Affairs Tel: (703) 305-0289 Fax: (703) 605-0365 PAO.EOIR@usdoj.gov http://www.justice.gov/eoir/probono/probono.ht m Nicholas Merlin, Assistant Attorney General Nicholas.Merlin@myfloridalegal.com (305) 377-5441 Ext. 631 David Silverstein, Assistant Attorney General david.silverstein@myfloridalegal.com (813) 272-0407 Ext. 127 Page 7 of 10
Office of the Regional Counsel, Criminal and Civil Conflict Office of State Representative Perry Thurston PD: Broward County Public Defender PD: Miami-Dade Public Defender PD: Miami-Dade Public Defender, Appeals Unit PD: Monroe County Public Defender s Office Read2Succeed, Inc. (Civic Education & Citizenship Program) SA: Broward County State Attorney s Office SA: Miami-Dade Office of the State Attorney SA: Office of the State Attorney, 13th Judicial Circuit SA: Palm Beach County State Attorney s Office 1501 NW North River Drive Miami, FL 33125 603 NW 7 th Terrace Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311 Broward County Courthouse 201 SE 6 th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 175 NW First Avenue Suite 2400 1320 NW 14 th Street Miami, FL 33125 4695 Overseas Highway #102 Marathon, FL 33050 13418 SW 128 Street Miami, FL 33186 201 SE 6 th Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 1469 NW 13 th Terrace Miami FL 33125 419 N. Pierce Street Tampa, FL 33602 401 N. Dixie Highway West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Kelly Peterson kpeterson@rc3fl.com (305) 679-6550 Allan.lee@myfloridahouse.gov (954) 762-3746 Susan Porter sporter@browarddefender.org (954) 831-6752 http://www.browarddefender.org/ *Must be Certified Legal Intern (CLI) *Must work 20 hours minimum per week for a semester *Summer semester internships Robert Coppel rcoppel@pdmiami.com (305) 545-1600; or (305) 349-5780 Robert Coppel rcoppel@pdmiami.com (305) 545-1600 (305) 289-6015 Yussimil (Yussi) Fernandez yussif@r2succeed.org Tel: (305) 969-7440 Fax: (305) 969-5312 http://r2succeed.org/about.htm Bennet Lessman, Assistant State Attorney Blessman@sao17.state.fl.us (954) 831-6955 Adam Korn, Assistant State Attorney adamkorn@miamisao.com (305) 324-2900 Mary Ann Flanagan, Human Resources Director Flanagan_m@sao13th.com (813) 274-1905 Janine Kotocavage, Volunteer Program Coordinator jkotocavage@sa15.state.fl.us (561) 355-7249 Page 8 of 10
Scott Mager Empowerment South Florida Community Development Coalition Spanish Monastery Supreme Court of New York, Kings County The Unified Family Court, Complex Litigation Division Project Tropical Audobon Society U.S. Attorney s Office U.S. Coast Guard U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) 2300 East Oakland Park Boulevard Suite 207 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 300 NW 12 th Avenue 16711 W. Dixie Highway North Miami Beach, FL 33160 360 Adams Street #4 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse 175 NW 1 st Avenue 24 th Floor, Room 2441 5530 Sunset Drive Miami, FL 33143 101 South US-1 Fort Pierce, FL 34950 Seventh Coast Guard District Brickell Plaza Federal Building 909 SE First Avenue Miami, FL 33131 400 North Miami Avenue Room 11-2 801 Brickell Avenue Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33131 Gabriel Parker, Empowerment Facilitator gabriel@managerempowerment.com (954) 515-7296 Ralph Rosado, Executive Director RalphR@southfloridacdc.org (786) 237-2120 De'Azia Baldwin, Director of Community Partnerships DeAziaB@southfloridacdc.org (786) 237-2120 (786) 237-2125 http://www.southfloridacdc.org/ stbernard@bellsouth.net (305) 945-1461 question@nycourts.gov (718) 675-7699 Lauren Lazarus, Esq., Director llazarus@jud11.flcourts.org (305) 349-5555 Laura Reynolds, Executive Director tropicalaudobon@gmail.com (305) 667-7337 Assistant US Attorney shaniek.maynard@usdoj.gov (772) 466-0899; or (772) 293-0952 Lt. Brooks (305) 415-6692 Stephanie Casey, Law Clerk Stephanie_casey@flsd.uscourts.gov (305) 523-5150 Lisa Roberts RobertsL@SEC.gov (305) 982-6300 (305) 982-6358 Page 9 of 10
Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Internal Revenue Service 51 SW 1 st Avenue Miami, FL 33130 *Updated: December 18, 2014 by Jessica Michelle Ciminero Ana M. Raposo, Senior Tax Consultant ana.raposo@irs.gov Tel: (305) 982-5378 Fax: (305) 982-5412 Page 10 of 10