THE COASTAL Teams are beginning to form for Freed to Run 2.0, the second annual point-to-point marathon from Jacksonville to Tallahassee started by Gunster attorney Mike Freed. In this year’s event, teams will combine to run a distance of 157 miles from the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee to the Duval County Courthouse. Freed and the runner teams will begin on December 2 and end here in Jax on December 7.
Read MoreTHE WAVE MAGAZINE The Jacksonville University (JU) Office of Alumni Programs will honor recipients of the Class of 2018 JU Distinguished Alumni Awards during halftime of the Homecoming and Family Weekend football game Saturday, October 13.
Read MoreJAX CHAMBER Teams are assembling now for Freed to Run 2.0, Freed’s second fundraising odyssey from the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee to the Duval County Courthouse, a distance of 157 miles that will be covered Dec. 2-7 by Freed and teams of runners accompanying him. Each team will run a single marathon in a point-to-point relay, with most runners covering just two or three miles each.
Read MoreJACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD Teams are signing on for the Dec. 2-7 Freed to Run 2.0, Gunster shareholder Michael Freed’s second series of daily marathons from the state Supreme Court in Tallahassee to the Duval County Courthouse, a distance of 157 miles. Law firm teams registered to date are from Akerman; Abel Bean Law; Fisher, Tousey, Leas & Ball; Marks Gray; and Shutts & Bowen.
Read MoreJACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD Gunster litigator Michael Freed was the recipient of the “But For” Leadership Florida Award at the 2018 Leadership Florida annual meeting. Through his experience with Leadership Florida, Freed was inspired to run six marathons in six days from Tallahassee to Jacksonville to raise funds for Jacksonville Area Legal Aid. “Freed To Run” raised nearly $70,000 in 2017 and he’s scheduled to repeat the route in December, this time with sponsored relay teams.
Read MoreJACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD One of the items on the first day’s agenda for The Florida Bar’s annual convention at the Hilton Orlando Bonnet Creek and Waldorf Astoria was to recognize a Jacksonville attorney. On Wednesday, Michael Freed, a trial lawyer at Gunster, received the Michael K. Reese Quality of Life Award from the Young Lawyers Division board of governors.
Read MoreLEADERSHIP FLORIDA Mike Freed has been given the “but for” Leadership Florida Award at the 2018 Leadership Florida Annual Meeting. The award was created in recognition of former president Wendy Walker’s 28 years of devotion to creating “but for” Leadership Florida experiences for the organization’s members. Its purpose is to recognize a Leadership Florida member who has used specific knowledge gained and/or relationships built through his or her Leadership Florida experiences to improve the lives of fellow Floridians.
Read MoreJACKSONVILLE 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.
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