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Article: Ezell wins Tobias Simon Pro Bono Service Award.
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- Florida Bar News
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- March 1, 2006
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You could say that Katherine Ezell's pro bono spirit was sparked when she was only 7 years old and, along with her friends, founded the Good Deed Club. Saving money earned for doing chores, they would buy clothes and secretly make sure they were given to needy children.
Fifty-two years later, Miami attorney Ezell stood in a packed courtroom at the Florida Supreme Court to receive what Chief Justice Barbara Pariente called the "Academy Awards of the legal profession"--the Tobias Simon Pro Bone Service Award.
In accepting the award, Ezell thanked a lot of people, including her parents for teaching by example about community service, her Girl Scout leader ...