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More than 300 people, representing Miami's top firms and companies, gathered at Badrutt's Place on June 4th, 2008 for a networking & cocktails event to benefit Women's Fund of Miami-Dade and its grants to programs that provide legal assistance and advocacy to victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Since 2005, the annual RAISE THE BAR event has yielded more than $100,000 in grants to local organizations.

 

 

Thank you for making RAISE THE BAR a huge success!

SPONSORS

CHAMPION:

ADVOCATES:

ROBERT HALF LEGAL

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LIPSCOMB BRADY & BOBADILLA, PL

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K&L | GATES

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KUBICKI DRAPER

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BNY MELLON WEALTH MANAGEMENT

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HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP       

    COUNSELORS:
Baker & McKenzie LLP
 Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.
Holland & Knight LLP
Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton
Thompson Legal Services
Trial Graphix
Wachovia Securities
CO-COUNSEL:
 John Arrastia, Jr. P.A.
Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP
Antonia Canero P.A.
Law Offices of Sara Elizabeth Dill, P.A.
Yanette M. Moyano, Esquire
Wayne Black & Associates

AMICUS:
 BOARDROOM COMMUNICATIONS INC.
BRETT M. AMRON, P.A.
DAMIAN & VALORI, LLP
ANASTASIA M. GARCIA, P.A.
INJURY FUNDS NOW
KAUFMAN, ROSSIN & CO.
NEWPORT PROPERTY VENTURES
PADANIA WINES
PHILLIPS LANIER
RACHLIN LLP
STRATIFY LEGAL DISCOVERY
WASHINGTON MUTUAL

YOUNG/LEGAL PROFESSIONALS HOST COMMITTEE
 

CO-CHAIRS:
 William Brady, Lipscomb Brady Bobadilla, PL
April Boyer, K & L | Gates
 Carrie Levine, Hunton & Williams  LLP
Debra Montero, Robert Half Legal
Tiffany Zientz Heckler,
Women's Fund of Miami-Dade

HOST COMMITTEE:
 Amanda & Matthew Adler

Dana Gryniuk
Holland & Knight LLP

Alexander P. Heckler
 Shutts & Bowen LLP 
Government Law Group

Martin Keane
 Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

Karen Richardson
 BNY Mellon

David Samole
Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A.

Effie Silva
 Baker & McKenzie

Meredith Singer
Greenberg Traurig LLP

Michael Stewart
Wachovia Securities

Sharon Thompson
Thompson Legal Services

 
Women's Fund of Miami-Dade collected old cell phones and PDAs at this year's RAISE THE BAR as part of our partnership with the Good Deed Foundation. Your cell phones will be recycled and reused to provide lasting solutions for poverty and climate change.

Set up a cell phone collection at your firm or office by calling Tiffany Zientz Heckler at the Women’s Fund, 305-441-0506.

Learn more about Human Trafficking:
“Old Crimes in New Times: Human Trafficking and the Modern Justice System” by Sara Elizabeth Dill (pdf)

"The Countertraffickers: Rescuing the victims of the global sex trade" by William Finnegan for The New Yorker
Click to Play
 "Invisible Chains" by CBS-4 reporter Michele Gillen

 
Women's Fund of Miami-Dade, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, is a catalyst for social change and economic justice with the goal of creating a community where all women and girls reach their full potential. Grant-making, along with advocacy, training and community building are the key elements used to achieve this goal. 100% of the proceeds from this event will be given to projects serving women and girls in Miami-Dade County via Women's Fund grants to be awarded in January 2009.

To learn more about the Women's Fund or make a donation, please visit www.womensfundmiami.org.

 

Women's Fund of Miami-Dade ● 2650 SW 27th Ave, Suite 303 Miami, FL 33133 ● (305) 441-0506 ● fax: (305) 441-0406 
 info@womensfundmiami.org