RODERICK O FORD PLLC: An Alternative Dispute Resolution & Civil Trial Law Firm
"Every Day Justice For America's Workers!"
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"The Ford Legal Team"
Roderick O. Ford, Esq.*
* See Also Curriculum Vitae
* See Also Co-Counsel Page
* Chair of NAACP Labor & Industy Committee
Hillsborough County Branch
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Service to Florida's Workers!
Tampa, Florida (Main Office)
220 E. Madison Street
Suite 1110
Tampa, Florida 33602
(813) 223-1200
(813) 223-4226 facsimile
Orlando, Florida (Satellite Office)
301 E. Pine Avenue
Suite 150
Orlando, Florida 32801
(407) 447-9069
St. Petersburg, Florida (Satellite Office)
111 Second Avenue N.E.
Suite 521
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
(727) 209-0814
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LAW FIRM NEWS & UPDATES (E-Journal)
"Charitable Donations":
Somalia/ Horn of Africa Relief: American Red Cross Relief Effort
To donate click here.
Haiti Disaster Relief: Presidents Bush and Clinton establish Haiti Relief Fund.
To donate click here.
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"Articles and Reports":
"The African-American Labor Force in the Recovery"-- 2012 (click here). February 29, 2012. U.S. Dept. of Labor
"Consumer Bankruptcy and Discrimination Against African Americans": N.Y. Times reports: Blacks face discrimination in filing for Bankruptcy (click here). If you are a victim of racial discrimination in the filing of your consumer bankrutcy, please do not hesitate to contact this law firm or the U.S. Trustee's Office, U.S. Department of Justice-- Civil Rights Division.
"Bankruptcy Law and the Black Middle Class" (click here). If you are interested in
filing a Chapter 7, 12, or 13 Bankruptcy petition, please do not hesitate to contact this law office.
N-Word Has No Place in the American Workplace! : Attorney Rod Ford files
"public interest" Petition For Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United
States, (case of Brown v. Progress Energy), May 5, 2010. If you are a victim of racial harassment
and been called the "n-word", please do not hesitate to contact this firm.
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"Bar News & Related Activities":
On Monday, April 30, 2012, Atty Rod Ford is nominated and approved to serve on the Executive
Committee of the Hillsborough County Branch of the NAACP, as the Chair of the "Labor & Industry Committee."
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On Sunday, April 29, 2012, Atty Rod Ford was nominated and approved to serve a 2-year Term as
a member of the Board of Directors for the The Al Downing Tampa Bay Jazz Association, Inc.
Atty Ford is committed to supporting local jazz musicians and to preserving jazz history and culture.
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On Thursday, April 19, 2012, Atty Rod Ford greets his colleague and friend Atty Craig A. Gibbs,
Chair of the Florida Bar Trial Lawyer's Section at the National Bar Association Convention/
George Edgecomb Bar Association Banquet in Tampa, Florida.
Attorney Gibbs practices law in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a graduate of the University of
Lancaster (England) and the Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
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On Thursday, April 19, 2012, Atty Rod Ford served as a public relations assistant for
the National Bar Association (NBA) for "Stand Your Ground Town Hall Meeting-- Justice
For Trayvon Martin" at the Beulah Baptist Institutional Church, Tampa, FL. In attendance
were Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin (parents of Trayvon Martin), Benjamin
Crump, Esq. (attorney for the Martin Family), Tanya Clay-House, NBA Civil Rights
Chair; John Page, President-Elect of the NBA, and various other local community leaders.
Below: Attorney Ford greets NBA President-Elect John Page, Esq. of Irvine, California,
and Hillsborough County NAACP President Dr. Carolyn Collins.
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On Saturday, March 31, 2012, Atty. Rod Ford joined forces with the Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority (Alumnae Chapter) to provide free legal assistance services to members of the
general public at its 1st Annual Law Fest Event in Tampa, FL.
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On March 31, 2012, Atty. Rod Ford meets renowned legal scholar Charles Ogletree, the
"Jesse Climenko" Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, at the Gamma Omicron Boule's
Carter G. Woodson Lecture Series in Tampa, FL.
Professor Ogletree has had a profound impact on civil rights and constituional law during
the past 30 years. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Standford and Harvard Law School; the
author of several influential books; a senior advisor to Pres. Obama; and the executive director
of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice at Harvard.
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On March 10, 2012, Atty. Rod Ford discusses the link between the history of "Jazz" and "Civil Rights"
with musical genius Wynton Marsalis at the Straz Center For Performing Arts in Tampa Bay, FL.
Wynton Marsalis has recorded more than 70 jazz and classical albums which have garnered him
nine GRAMMY Awards.
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On Feb. 25, 2012, Atty. Rod Ford meets Florida Supreme Court Justice James E.C. Perry at
the Stetson University College of Law, "Continuing the Legacy" Gala, hosted by Black Law Students Assc.
Justice Perry is a former officer in the U.S. Army, an alumni of St. Augustine's College and Columbia
University Law School, and former circuit judge of the 18th Judicial Circuit.
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On Feb. 18, 2012, Director of Client Services Laurie Suitt completed "Family Law
Mediation Training" at the University of South Florida-- congratulations, Laurie!.
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On Jan. 16, 2012, Attorney Rod Ford commemorates the Life and Legacy of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in a Facebook Note: "Dr. MLK's Dream and the White Working Class."
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"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe. "
-- St. Augustine
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