From left, Shannon Schott, partner at Plata Schott Attorneys & Counselors at Law; Hank Coxe, director at the Bedell Firm; Belkis Plata, partner at Plata Schott; and Bedell Firm director Michael Lockamy at The Florida Bar Pro Bono Awards on Jan. 30 at the state Supreme Court in Tallahassee.
Plata received the statewide pro bono award from The Florida Bar Young Lawyers Division, presented each year to an attorney 36 years of age or younger, or who has been practicing law for fewer than five years.
Lockamy was recognized as this year’s outstanding pro bono attorney in the 4th Judicial Circuit, comprising Clay, Duval and Nassau counties.