FLORIDA VETERANS LEGAL HELPLINE RECEIVES 2026 EQUAL JUSTICE AWARD

Photo from the Beckham Awards.Jacksonville Area Legal Aid presented the 2026 Robert J. Beckham Equal Justice Award to the Florida Veterans Legal Helpline, which provides veterans throughout Florida with a single point of entry to free civil legal assistance.

Representing the Florida Veterans Legal Helpline, from the left, are Col. D.J. Reyes, deputy executive director, Florida Department of Veterans Affairs; Bay Area Legal Services President Emeritus and former CEO Dick Woltmann; Kelley Flournoy, managing attorney of the Major General Ernest A. and Marilyn Bedke Veterans Law Center at Bay Area Legal Services; Executive Director Leslie Powell-Boudreaux of Legal Services of North Florida; LSNF Helpline Project Attorney Daniel McLaughlin; and attorney Jacalyn Crecelius of JALA’s Veterans Legal Services Unit.

The Veterans Legal Helpline is available to eligible veterans living in Florida or who have a legal issue pending in Florida. To apply for services, call (866) 486-6161, Monday-Friday, 9.a.m.-4:30 p.m. If your matter is not an emergency, you can also apply online anytime.

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