The state Supreme Court appointed Jacksonville attorneys Laura Boeckman and Lynn Drysdale to Funding Florida Legal Aid’s board of directors for three-year terms beginning July 1.
Laura Boeckman
Boeckman previously served on FFLA’s board in 2023-24, chairs FFLA’s Law School Civil Legal Clinic Program Review Work Group and is vice chair of its Budget and Finance Committee.
She is an assistant general counsel in the General Litigation Department for the city’s Office of General Counsel. Earlier in her career, she was a staff attorney at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, representing clients in matters including mortgage foreclosure, debt collection and bankruptcy.
Boeckman received a law degree and master’s in public affairs from Indiana University School of Law.
She is a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Jacksonville Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. She is also a member of the executive committee of the Chester Bedell Inn of Court.
Lynn Drysdale
Drysdale is a senior attorney in the Consumer Advocacy and Litigation Unit at Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, where she advocates on behalf of low-income consumers. Her work focuses on consumer protection issues, including mortgage and other secured and unsecured predatory lending, problematic mortgage servicing, debt collection and other consumer issues affecting low-income, elderly and veteran clients.
Drysdale received a law degree from the University of Florida College of Law. She is a former chair of The Florida Bar Consumer Protection Law Committee and co-chair of the Board of the National Association of Consumer Advocates.
Drysdale has testified before the U.S. Senate by invitation twice, the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Reserve Board on consumer financial issues and has trained legal professionals across the country.
Funding Florida Legal Aid
Funding Florida Legal Aid is a nonprofit established to increase access to the justice system for people of limited means by funding legal services, developing innovative tools and programs and supporting legal aid providers and the courts.
Through grantmaking, the nonprofit funds local and statewide civil legal aid organizations and projects to improve the administration of justice and increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the legal aid delivery system.
While principal support for charitable activities comes from the Interest on Trust Accounts Program implemented by the state Supreme Court in 1981, the grants also are supported by gifts from Florida attorneys, law firms, corporations, foundations and other individuals.