Last week, in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, The Broward County Hispanic Bar Association, The Broward Bar Association and the Broward County Latin Entrepreneurs hosted  “Behind the Gavel: A Celebration of Hispanic Judges,”  honoring the work of the Hispanic judges of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit. The evening event drew quite a crowd, honoring the twelve circuit and county judges on the bench in Broward County.

Thank you to the Broward Voluntary Bar Associations for all the hard work gathering and delivering aid supplies for the Bahamas this past weekend, as part of the Hurricane Dorian relief effort. Several judges, attorneys, and their families, all pitched in to load up and deliver truckfulls of supplies to a city collection spot.

Judge Greene lent a helping hand to the Hurricane Dorian relief effort this weekend when he flew more than 1,500 pounds of supplies in his personal airplane, to the Bahamas. As a member of Mercy Flight Southeast, Judge Greene regularly flies for humanitarian causes. This particular trip was arranged by Mercy Flight Southeast and coordinated with Bahamas Methodist Habitat, Crossroads Alliance, and Charlie-Mike Disaster Relief.

Last week, Judge Mindy Brown and Judge Ari Porth attended the second annual Tie the Knots event for Bowtie Kids, a non-profit organization devoted to children living with chronic pain. The event, hosted by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, is put on to raise money and awareness of the cause.