The Miami law firm of Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, P.A., has been selected to receive the Law Firm Commendation award from Chief Justice Charles T. Wells of the Florida Supreme Court. The awards ceremony will be held Thursday, March 14, at the Court.

The purpose of the Law Firm Commendation is to recognize, when appropriate, a law firm which has demonstrated a significant contribution in the delivery of legal services to individuals or groups on a pro bono basis.

Markowitz, Davis, Ringel & Trusty, P.A. was established in 1980 and has grown to be a multi-disciplinary, mid-sized civil practice law firm with a remarkable devotion to community service, dedication to the needs of employees, knowledge of the law and commitment to its clients. Firm attorneys have touched the lives of thousands through their pro bono work. In 2001, the firm’s partners and associates devoted more than 2,200 hours to pro bono work, and for many years, 100 percent of the firm’s lawyers have delivered pro bono legal services. Each of the firm’s five shareholders are active community leaders, some serving as officers and directors of some of South Florida’s leading civic and charitable organizations.

Since its inception, the firm has received any number of pro bono clients through referrals from the federal and state trial and appellate courts. For over a decade, individual lawyers have worked thousands of hours on pro bono cases. In the early 1990s the firm formalized a relationship with Put Something Back, a joint pro bono project of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit and Dade County Bar Association, to provide the indigent with access to the civil court system in Miami-Dade County. The firm regularly takes pro bono cases to provide representation to the indigent community in the Southern District of Florida.

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[Updated: 07-01-2005 ]