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Left
to right, CFO Sink, Peggy Rolando,
Dionne Meyers and Adele Stone at the
RPPTL luncheon |
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CFO SINK JOINS WITH THE FLORIDA BAR ON A
STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN TO HELP FLORIDIANS FACING FORECLOSURE
“It takes a lawyer.”
That was the advice CFO Alex Sink heard last year from April
Charney – an attorney at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid who had
been working on behalf of Floridians facing foreclosure.
CFO Sink participated in a meeting with Charney, other
attorneys and community leaders at the offices of
Jacksonville Area Legal Aid to discuss what could be done to
help Floridians who were about to lose their homes.
With Florida ranked number two in the nation in foreclosure
rates, CFO Sink challenged the Bar to launch a statewide
campaign to provide pro bono services to Floridians facing
foreclosure.
The Florida Bar answered CFO Sink’s call for help by
launching a toll free hotline and coordinated statewide pro
bono campaign. The campaign provides attorneys to impacted
Floridians to help them negotiate with their lenders.
Attorneys across the state are signing up to participate in
the program.
“CFO Alex Sink asked for the help of the Florida Bar to
address the avalanche of foreclosures facing Florida
homeowners,” said Sandra Fascell Diamond, chair of the Real
Probate and Trust Law (RPPTL) Section of the Florida Bar.
“We are pleased to have the opportunity to assist with the
coordination of the efforts of volunteer attorneys in this
task. We hope to help individual owners and their families
find a way to keep their homes.”
This week, CFO Sink traveled to Palm Beach to thank the
RPPTL Section of the Florida Bar for their efforts in
starting the program.
“This is an incredible statewide effort, and you are making
a real difference to help Floridians during these difficult
economic times,” CFO Sink said to the approximately five
hundred attorneys at the Bar meeting. “I commend each of you
who are giving your time to help.”
Floridians who need legal assistance through the program can
call the free telephone hotline, 1-866-607-2187. The program
is coordinated by the Florida Bar, the Florida Bar
Foundation and Florida Legal Services.
Lawyers interested in volunteering for volunteering should
visit the Bar’s pro bono website at:
http://www.floridaprobono.org.
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