
ABOUT US
Gideon's Hope has a single purpose - to provide scholarships to the most talented and dedicated Miami-Dade Assistant Public Defenders so they can keep defending the rights of poor people in Miami. By donating to Gideon's Hope, you will enable our best and brightest public defense lawyers to afford to continue fighting against social injustice.
All donations are tax deductible.
GIDEON'S HOPE RECIPIENTS
2017
Bennett H. Brummer Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Keyla Smith
Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Matthew Rogoff
2018
Bennett H. Brummer Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Yanelis Zamora
Gideon's Hope Award Recipients - Fan Li, Liana Matthews, Ruben Paillere
2019
Bennett H. Brummer Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - James DuBray
Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Shameika Caroline Joy Donawa
2020
Bennett H. Brummer Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Shelby Walton
Louis M. Jepeway, Jr. Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Ilan Friedmann-Grunstein
2021
Bennett H. Brummer Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Maria Ordonez
Albert Krieger Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Kirk Shields
Dayana Nogareda Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Devon Frampton
2022
Bennett H. Brummer Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Tara Khani
Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Kelsey Brattin
2023
Bennett H. Brummer Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Joshua Brody
Phillip A. Hubbart Gideon's Hope Award Recipient - Rachel Campbell
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Gideon's Hope 2018
Gideon's Champions
Join us!
Honorable Bennett H. Brummer
Honorable Carlos J. Martinez
Honorable Gerald B. Cope
Honorable Stanford Blake
Honorable Mary Jo Francis
Past Presidents of
FACDL-Miami:
Sky Smith
Alan E. Weinstein
Jeffrey S. Weiner
Neal Sonnett
Edward R. Shohat
Jose M. Quinon
Benedict P. Kuehne
William Aaron
David B. Rothman
Steven M. Potolsky
Pamela I. Perry
Kenneth M. Swartz
Leonard A. Sands
Paul M. Rashkind
Kenneth P. Hassett
H. Scott Fingerhut
Brian L. Tannebaum
David Oscar Markus
Barry M. Wax
Rick Freedman
Hector Flores
Sabrina Puglisi
Beatriz A. Llorente
Jude Faccidomo
Eduardo X. Pereira
Margot Moss
Teresa Enriquez
Brian Kirlew
Marcos Beaton
Carmen Vizcaino
Michelle Estlund
Kevin Hellmann
More Champions:
Jose Aguirre
Marjorie Alexis
Bruce Alter
Connie Alter
Rossana Arteaga-Gomez
Jeanne Baker
Linda Barocas
Catherine Baumgartner
Elizabeth Blair
Annemarie Harris Block
Michael Brand
Catherine Brattin
Ardith Bronson
Noah Brozinsky
Liesbeth C. Boots
David G. Bunning
Rachel Burg
Wendy Burrell
Katie Carmon
Adriana Collado-Hudak
Robert Coppel
Toussaint Cummings
Ramon de la Cabada
Ximena Castillo
Michael T. Davis
James DuBray
Kevin Dulsky
Rashad El-Amin
Antwon Emery
Mikayla Espinosa
Aimee Ferrer
Joan Fleischman
Christine Freer
Samantha Funt
Michael Galex
Edith Georgi
Mona Gesse
Marissa Glatzer
Robyn Goldenberg
Billie Goldstein
Renee Gordon
Christopher J. Gowen
Tamara Gray
Michael A. Haggard
Stephen Harper
Michelle Horovitz
Robert Kalter
Kayla Keller
Joe L. Kershaw
Robert Klassman
Richard Klugh
John Kozyak
Lauren Krasnoff
Rachel Kuhl
Richard Kuper
Preeti Lala
Terence Lenamon
Marni Lennon
Susan Lerner
Carin Levine
Jay Levy
David M. Lipman
Ashley Litwin
Benjamin Lucas
Nicholas Lynch
Michael Mayoral
Jennifer McCloskey-
Quezada
Michael Meiler
Aram Megerian
Todd Michaels
Sophia Montenegro
Marti Morgan
Holt Morris
Harumi T. Moss
Tony Moss
Patricia Myer
Guy Nagahama
Marie Osborne
Nicole Pedi
Shara Pelz
Nelson Pena
Jackie Perczek
Elizabeth Perez
Lynne Pochurek
Michelle Prescott
Trelvis Randolph
Brian Raque
Jeff Richards
Omari Ruddock
Heather Sayfie
Jennifer Schwab
Warren Schwartz
Sylvan Seidenman
Marc Seitles
Harvey Sepler
Rebecca Sharpless
Victoria Sica
H.T. Smith
Keyla Smith
Christina Spaulding
Andrew Stanton
Rory Stein
Brett Steinberg
Jonathan Stout
Leonard Succar
Daniela Torrealba
Mark St. Vil
Ray Taseff
Suzanne Villano
Luis Villanueva
Andrea Wagner
Liza and Bryan Walton
Nancy Wear
Mary Claire Wolf
Steven Yermish
Todd Yoder
Sara Yousuf
Holly Zickler

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