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Sylvia H. Walbolt Receives 2009 Medal of Honor Award by The Florida Bar Foundation
05/20/2009
TAMPA – Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that shareholder Sylvia H. Walbolt is the recipient of the 2009 Medal of Honor Award by The Florida Bar Foundation. This prestigious award was conferred on June 25, 2009 at the Foundation’s Annual Dinner. The program was held at the Orlando World Center Marriott during the Annual Convention of The Florida Bar.
Established in 1977, the Medal of Honor is The Florida Bar Foundation’s highest award given to a member of Florida’s legal profession. Walbolt has demonstrated her dedication to the objectives of The Florida Bar as set out in the Rules Regulating The Florida Bar: "...to inculcate in its members the principles of duty and service to the public, to improve the administration of justice, and to advance the science of jurisprudence."
Walbolt was selected to receive the award in recognition of her direct representation of those who could not afford attorneys and for her active involvement in organizations whose primary mission is to ensure equal access to justice and promote pro bono representation. She has promulgated pro bono representation through The Florida Bar Foundation, the Board of Trustees of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, an organization that seeks to obtain equal opportunity for minorities by addressing factors that contribute to racial justice and economic opportunity, and the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Access to Justice Committee. Walbolt has contributed many hours to pro bono representations, including appearing on behalf of amici curiae in appeals.
Walbolt has extensive experience handling appeals in all areas of the law, including tort, products liability, commercial, constitutional, and employment discrimination cases. She has appeared as counsel in more than 290 published opinions, and is Board Certified in both Appellate Law and Antitrust Law. Walbolt has practiced law with Carlton Fields since she graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1963.
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