The Florida Justice Institute is a nonprofit public interest law firm that uses impact litigation and advocacy to improve the lives of Florida's poor and disenfranchised residents, while focusing on criminal justice reform, homelessness & poverty, disability access, and other civil rights issues.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The federal judge presiding over the case of G.H. v. Tamayo, a statewide challenge to the Department of Juvenile Justice's use of solitary confinement, has ruled that the case can proceed as a class action.This means that the 15- year- old plaintiffs, G.H. and R.L., will represent all children who are.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The federal judge presiding over the case of G.H. v. Tamayo, a statewide challenge to the Department of Juvenile Justice's use of solitary confinement, has ruled that the case can proceed as a class action.This means that the 15- year- old plaintiffs, G.H. and R.L., will represent all children who are.
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The Florida Justice Institute is a nonprofit public interest law firm that uses impact litigation and advocacy to improve the lives of Florida's poor and disenfranchised residents, while focusing on criminal justice reform, homelessness & poverty, disability access, and other civil rights issues. We achieve widespread and lasting change through targeted and systemic civil rights litigation throughout the state of Florida.
We bring targeted and systemic civil rights litigation to achieve widespread and lasting change for Florida's poor and disenfranchised residents. We investigate through partnerships with advocacy groups and directly impacted people, and use strategic, creative, and client-centered litigation to end systems of oppression and improve living conditions across the state of Florida.
The Florida Justice Institute, Inc. (FJI) was founded in 1978 by Roderick N. Petrey while serving as Executive Vice President of the Edna McConnell Clark Foundation in New York City. Rod was and still is a leading figure in securing funding for public interest law programs across the country. Upon leaving the Clark Foundation to enter the private practice of law in Miami, Rod was given a start-up grant to establish FJI.
Roderick N. Petrey (Rod) founded the Florida Justice Institute in 1978, and has served on its Board of Directors since then. More recently, he founded New Equity Partners after serving as President of the Collins Center for Public Policy, a Miami-based Think Tank, for twenty years.
He is retired Senior Counsel to Holland & Knight LLP, a large international law firm, and serves as general counsel for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Florida International University and various other public and private institutions.Mr. Petrey is Vice-President and legal counsel for the P.L. Dodge Foundation and a member of the Board and Secretary of BAC Florida Bank.
He is retired Senior Counsel to Holland & Knight LLP, a large international law firm, and serves as general counsel for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute, Florida International University and various other public and private institutions.Mr. Petrey is Vice-President and legal counsel for the P.L. Dodge Foundation and a member of the Board and Secretary of BAC Florida Bank.
We receive hundreds of requests for assistance, mostly from incarcerated people and their families, whom we cannot represent. We are continuously seeking the pro bono assistance of other lawyers, either to co-counsel with FJI or to take cases on their own. These cases typically involve Section 1983 civil rights claims, but may also involve medical malpractice, personal injury, or wrongful death claims.
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