Nomination for The Chief Justice’s Law Firm Commendation 2008
We are proud to announce that we were nominated for The Chief Justice's Law Firm Commendation 2008 by Three Rivers Legal Services. Their nomination, in part, reads as follows: The law firm of Cynthia Stump Swanson, PA is a small, two-attorney firm in Gainesville, Florida located in rural north central Florida. Throughout the years, Ms. Swanson and her associates have accepted and represented a variety of pro bono clients primarily in family law matters referred from Three Rivers Legal Services.
The cases accepted by this firm often involve difficult custody disputes, domestic violence and divisions of small family businesses and property. In addition, the firm has also accepted referrals of clients with employment problems, guardianships and adoptions. This firm’s willingness to take on such cases either herself or with one of her new associates provides an invaluable service to the clients of Three Rivers and they have provided more than 200 hours over the past years. Ms. Swanson and her firm recognize the need for pro bono representation for those clients referred through Three Rivers as well as those who come into their office without the resources to hire an attorney.
In addition to her work with Three Rivers, Ms. Swanson is very active with and has provided countless hours of pro bono services to Planned Parenthood of North Central Florida. Her work with the organization includes providing advice when Planned Parenthood is subpoenaed for release of records; reviewing contracts; making recommendations and negotiating changes; assisting with employment concerns, personnel policies and Board matters; and reviewing laws regarding health care services, pharmacy dispensing, physician privilege, treatment of minors and the scope of practice for nurse practitioners.
The firm’s pro bono work also includes working with the Interfaith Hospitality Network assisting homeless families in crisis, the Micanopy Historic Preservation Trust which they helped establish, the Gainesville Commission on the Status of Women, the Pilot Club of Greater Gainesville, the Pilot Scholarship House, the North Central Florida AIDS Network and EXPO - The Children’s Museum of Gainesville. Ms. Swanson has been active in the 8th Judicial Circuit Bar Association, the Florida Association of Women Lawyers, the Florida Adoption Council, the League of Women Voters and several task forces of The Florida Bar.
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