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June 1 Florida Bar News feature by Senior Editor Jan Pudlow: Governor signs undocumented attorney bill ** Undocumented immigrant José Manuel Godinez-Samperio, a paralegal with Gulf Coast Legal Services and former star law student at Florida State University, can one day become an attorney after winning a battle in the state legislature that hes been fighting since 2011 An excerpt: Even legislators voting against the bill jumped to their feet on the House floor and gave a standing ovation. A jubilant Godinez-Samperio waved from the gallery, standing next to his pro bono lawyer, Patsy Palmer, who grinned from ear to ear. “I felt incredible,” said Godinez-Samperio, who works as a paralegal at Gulf Coast Legal Services, and hopes to continue working on immigration and housing issues there, once he is officially a member of The Florida Bar. “Words cannot express how happy I feel.” Full story: bit.ly/1oFRge1
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 18:30:01 +0000

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