Participating as a sponsor and competitor, Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office recently attended the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s (HCBA) 20th Annual 5K Pro Bono River Run and Judicial Food Festival, winning second place in the Food Festival’s “Best Drink” category.
Held on Saturday, March 23rd, 2024, at the Stetson Law Campus, the HCBA’s annual 5K event supports pro bono legal services in Hillsborough County, encouraging the pledging and performance of pro bono service from runners and walkers participating in the race.
Before the food festival began, Ella Shenhav participated in the 5K race with her daughter and husband. The goal of the race was the pledging and performance of pro bono service from participating runners and walkers. Ella was also recognized as a "Proven Producer" in honor of the pro bono hours she pledged and completed in 2023.
The Food Festival immediately followed the 5K, featuring law firms, sponsors, legal organizations, and judges in competing tents. More than 400 people attended the food festival, with judges voting on winners of best food, drink, dessert and theme. The Shutts team was comprised of Tampa attorneys Melodie Khosrovani, Woody Pollack, Brian Paul, Samuel Moore, Eric Page, and Kurtis Hutson, as well as Tampa staff members Valerie Cisco, Sandra Bishoff, and Kim Kickel. The entire team worked in collaboration to plan, organize, and execute on the team’s food and drink entries, and the day-of event décor. Shutts & Bowen’s booth featured a Hawaiian Luau theme, serving pulled pork sliders, Subpoena-Coladas (pina coladas) and Mullét spiked seltzers, with the highly popular Subpoena-Colada claiming the event’s “Best Drink” runner-up award.
The Hillsborough County Bar Association is one of the largest voluntary bar associations in Florida with a membership close to 4,000 attorneys, judges and legal professionals who share a mission to inspire and promote respect for the law and the justice system through service to the legal profession and the community.
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