Colodny , Fass , Talenfeld , Karlinsky & Abate , P.A.

One Financial Plaza, 23Rd Floor 100 Southeast Third Avenue
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394
United States

Website:	www.cftlaw.com
Phone:	(954) 492-4010
Fax:	(954) 492-1144

Colodny Fass Talenfeld Karlinsky & Abate PA's profile was created using:

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Summary

Industry:	Law Firms & Legal Services
Revenues:	$970,000
Employees:	16

Description

The firm of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate, P.A. is dedicated to protecting the civil rights of children in Florida's foster care system. In 1998, a class action was instituted against the Department of Children and Family Services leading to significant institutional reforms in the Broward foster care system.

When children in the state's foster care system have suffered injury due to a violation of their constitutional right to safety while in the care of the state, the lawyers of Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky & Abate have brought individual damage claims to provide these children with the services and care they will need in the future. We have also served as counsel in various significant appellate decisions in federal and state courts that protected the rights of foster children, the developmentally disabled and the mentally ill.

Our lawyers have championed children's rights in the legislative arena and assisted in the passage and drafting of the Florida Bill of Rights for Dependent Children (39.4085 Florida Statutes) and Florida's first pilot program for attorneys-ad-litem for Dependent Children (39.4086 Florida Statutes). The firm was also instrumental in the creation of Florida's Children First, a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the legal rights of at-risk children, especially those in foster care.