PLANTATION, Fla., Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Administrators of Authorized Help Service of Broward County, Inc., (LAS) serving each Broward and Collier counties, is happy to announce that Brent Thompson has been chosen to function the nonprofit’s new Govt Director efficient February 28, 2022. Thompson succeeds Govt Director, Anthony J. (Tony) Karrat, who retired on January 31, 2022, after dedicating greater than 4 many years of extraordinary service to the group. Moreover, Debra Koprowski was promoted to function Deputy Govt Director of Authorized Help Service of Broward County (LASBC) and Carol A. O’Callaghan will function Deputy Govt Director of Authorized Help Service of Collier County (LASCC).
As Govt Director, Thompson will proceed Authorized Help’s mission of offering high-quality free civil authorized recommendation, illustration, and training to weak residents of Broward and Collier counties. Previous to this position, Thompson served because the Govt Director of East River Authorized Providers, a non-profit that gives free authorized providers to greater than 46,000 individuals residing in poverty in Jap South Dakota.
“Brent has devoted the previous twenty years to offering authorized providers to these in want and has a confirmed observe document of success,” stated Douglas Reynolds, Board Chair of LAS. “We stay up for Brent sharing his ardour and dedication for public curiosity legislation with our South Florida neighborhood.”
As Govt Director of East River Authorized Providers, Thompson enhanced program capability leading to a 300% enhance in shoppers served per yr. He additionally developed a brand new fundraising technique, elevated programming income, and efficiently lobbied the South Dakota Legislature leading to state funding for authorized assist, a primary in South Dakota’s historical past. Earlier than becoming a member of East River Authorized Providers, Thompson served as a workers legal professional for Mid-Minnesota Authorized Help for greater than 11 years managing a high-volume caseload and co-chaired the Home Violence/Sexual Assault Interdisciplinary Venture Staff. Thompson has argued earlier than the Minnesota Courtroom of Appeals and took part in establishing the Stearns County Home Violence Courtroom. He graduated from the College of North Dakota Faculty of Regulation.
Along with Thompson’s new position, Debra Koprowski and Carol O’Callaghan have each been promoted to the positions of Deputy Govt Director of Authorized Help Service of Broward County and Deputy Govt Director of Authorized Help Service of Collier County, respectively.
“The promotions for each Debra and Carol are properly deserved, every bringing expertise, extraordinary endurance and real compassion to the authorized career particularly when working with our shoppers,” stated Reynolds. “We all know they are going to have a really optimistic influence of their new management positions.”
Koprowski beforehand served because the Regional Director of Advocacy for Authorized Help Applications in Broward and Collier Counties from 2010 to 2021. She supervises, mentors, co-counsels, and advises workers attorneys and paralegals in litigation issues. As well as, she executes administrative and challenge duties for the packages. Previous to this, Debra centered her observe on Senior Regulation, representing people over sixty years of age in foreclosures, eviction, and fraud issues at Coast to Coast Authorized Help of South Florida (CCLA). In 2019, Debra was named Worker of the Yr by each LAS and CCLA.
She earned a BA (Excessive Honors) from the College of Florida and a JD from Nova Southeastern College Shepard Broad School of Regulation.
O’Callaghan joined Authorized Help Service of Collier County in 2005 as a workers legal professional training in household legislation and have become Managing Legal professional at LASCC in 2010. Carol is previous president of each the Collier County Bar Affiliation – Younger Attorneys Part and the Collier County Girls’s Bar Affiliation (CCWBA). The Florida Affiliation of Girls Attorneys inducted her as member of the 2015 Class of Leaders within the Regulation. The CCWBA named her the Girl Lawyer of the Yr for 2015/2016. In 2021, she was included on the Naples 100 record by Naples Illustrated as one among Collier County’s most influential enterprise leaders. A triple Gator, she earned her BA (Honors), MA, and JD from the College of Florida.
About Authorized Help Service of Broward County
Authorized Help Service of Broward County is a not-for-profit legislation agency established in 1973. The mission is to offer top quality free civil authorized recommendation, illustration and training to the poor of Broward County in order to enhance the approach to life and residing situations of the low-income neighborhood and to encourage self-sufficiency. For extra info, please go to BrowardLegalAid.org or name 954-765-8950.
Contact: Aimee Adler Cooke (954) 732-0754
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