The Florida bar president's pro bono service award recipients.

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The Florida bar president's pro bono service award recipients.

A. Richard Troell III

First Judicial Circuit

Crestview

A. Richard Troell III was raised in Houston, Texas, and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and his law degree from the Oklahoma City University School of Law. He was admitted to practice law in Oklahoma in 1988. He moved to Florida and was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1989. He remains a member of both the Oklahoma Bar Association and The Florida Bar.

Troell began his Florida legal practice with the Law Offices of Dana C. Matthews, P.A. In 1996, he opened his own law office in Crestview, where he currently practices criminal and family law. He served two years as the president of Okaloosa County Legal Aid, Inc., and is on standby to accept pro bono cases relating to dissolution of marriage matters for Shelter House, Inc., an area shelter for battered and abused women.

Since 1999, Troell also has accepted pro bono case referrals from Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. In one instance, his involvement in a child support case stretched over three years and required 52 hours of his time. After a favorable decision was rendered for his client, the decision was appealed and Troell then defended the appeal pro bono. In another instance, he accepted a case that required him to travel 40 miles each way to attend court hearings.

In addition to his pro bono representation of clients in criminal and family law matters, Troell has worked tirelessly for the elderly.

Troell is married and the father of three children.

Walter E. Forehand

Second Judicial Circuit

Tallahassee

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Walter E. Forehand received his B.A. and M.A. in Classics in 1963 and 1964, respectively, from the University of Florida. In 1968, he earned a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Texas at Austin.

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