JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD The Jacksonville Bar Association recognized Michael Freed as the 2018 Daily Record Lawyer of the Year at its annual meeting and Law Day luncheon on Thursday. Freed has practiced law since 1995 and joined Gunster’s Jacksonville office in 2014, but was selected not for his substantial career accomplishments, but for his dedication to helping people who can’t help themselves.
Read MoreJACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD Jacksonville Area Legal Aid has established an endowment that will provide funds to enhance civil legal aid services for children with medical issues. Started with donations collected from attorney Michael Freed’s “Freed to Run” six-day marathon from Tallahassee to Jacksonville in June, JALA plans to raise $1 million over the next five years to fund the endowment.
Read MoreFLORIDA TIMES UNION Legal Aid wants to raise $1 million over the next five years for the endowment, begun with funding generated during attorney Michael Freed’s “Freed to Run” effort. As part of Baptist Health’s “Securing Tomorrow Together Campaign” that ended last year, Baptist will match Legal Aid’s $1 million with $1.25 million more to bring the endowment total to $2.25 million.
Read MoreJACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD Jacksonville Area Legal Aid has established an endowment that will provide money to enhance civil legal aid services for children with medical issues. The endowment was started with donations collected by attorney Michael Freed, who ran from Tallahassee to Jacksonville over six days in June to raise money for JALA.
Read MoreATTORNEY AT LAW MAGAZINE Mike Freed, a Gunster shareholder and past president of the Jacksonville Bar Association ran 157.2 miles from the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee to the Duval County Courthouse. He did this over six days – six marathons in six days – starting at a different courthouse each day to raise money for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid and more broadly to bring awareness to the so-called justice gap – the dearth of legal services available to indigent people.
Read MoreCLAY TODAY Jogging along U.S. Highway 90 from Tallahassee to Jacksonville leaves a great deal of time to meditate, especially when you’re doing it for a cause. Whenever a logging truck would pass by 49-year-old Mike Freed while he ran alongside oncoming traffic, the vehicle’s headwind would hit him like a wave. It happened so often that, eventually, he began to run along the other side of the road.
Read MoreDAILY BUSINESS REVIEW Gunster shareholder Mike Freed started at the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee and stopped at courthouses in Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee, Columbia and Baker counties before finishing Friday near home in Duval County. It was the equivalent of running a marathon per day.
Read MoreTHE LEDGER A Florida attorney ran 160 miles in six days to raise money for legal aid. Jacksonville attorney Mike Freed started at the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. He then stopped at courthouses in Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee, Columbia and Baker counties before finishing Friday near home in Duval County. It was the equivalent of running a marathon per day.
Read MoreNEWS 4 JAX Attorney Mike Freed decided the way to get attention for his cause was to run all the way from Tallahassee to Jacksonville. So that's what he did. Freed laced up his running shoes and hit the pavement.
Read MoreECB PUBLISHING Mike Freed was in town early Monday morning, making his way to Madison, blazing a path to justice one marathon at a time. Actually, it's not just one marathon, but rather six marathons, back-to-back.
Read MoreCBS WCTV A Florida attorney ran 160 miles in six days to raise money for legal aid. Jacksonville attorney Mike Freed started at the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee. He then stopped at courthouses in Jefferson, Madison, Suwannee, Columbia and Baker counties before finishing Friday near home in Duval County.
Read MoreWFSU NEWS A dire lack of funding for low cost legal services in Florida is spurring one man to run six marathons, back to back. Attorney Michael Freed is raising funds and awareness for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. He says since the Great Recession, the need for assistance has risen while funding continues to slip.
Read MoreJACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD Gunster law firm shareholder Michael Freed won’t threaten the Guinness world record for consecutive days running a marathon, unless there’s a special category for attorneys raising money for civil legal aid.
Read MoreTODAY’S GENERAL COUNSEL Mike Freed, a Florida attorney with law firm Gunster, plans to run six marathons in six days to raise funds for legal aid. Specifically, Freed is running to benefit the Jacksonville Area Legal Aid group, for whom he has done pro bono work.
Read MoreTODAY'S GENERAL COUNSEL Mike Freed, a Florida attorney with law firm Gunster, plans to run six marathons in six days to raise funds for legal aid. Specifically, Freed is running to benefit the Jacksonville Area Legal Aid group, for whom he has done pro bono work.
Read MoreWJCT It’s a mission designed by Freed to provide pro bono attorneys an appreciation for their efforts in helping low income and special needs individuals. It’s “Freed to Run: Six Marathons in Six Days,” which begins at 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the Florida Supreme Court.
Read MoreABA JOURNAL Starting this Sunday, a Florida lawyer will run six marathons in six days to raise funds for legal aid. Mike Freed, a business attorney with the law firm Gunster, will be attempting this feat to support Jacksonville Area Legal Aid(JALA). Though funding legal aid is something Freed feels passionate about, the Freed-to-Run event had its beginnings in a friendly competition between him and his wife.
Read MoreFLORIDA TIMES UNION When local attorney Mike Freed set out to jog nearly 160 miles across Florida in a week, he encountered his share of doubters. “You’re going to do what? Why would you want to do that?” they wondered aloud with wide-eyed skepticism. Freed, 48, erased those doubts Friday afternoon as he crossed the finish line on the lawn of the Duval County Courthouse, wrapping up the final leg of his six-day, six-marathon journey that took him from Tallahassee to Jacksonville.
Read MoreSKADDEN ALUMNI NEWS Less than a year ago, Mike Freed ('93/DC/Energy), a partner at the Florida law firm Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, took up running. Beginning May 28, he will run six marathons in six days to raise awareness of the justice gap -- the inaccessibility of legal representation for low-income parties in civil matters -- and money for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (JALA).
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