• FRLS Board Members

  • Upcoming Board Meetings

    1st Quarterly Meeting
    March 16, 2024
    Lakeland, FL or via zoom/TEAMS


    2nd Quarterly Meeting
    June 15, 2024
    West Palm Beach, FL or via zoom/TEAMS

    3rd Quarterly Meeting
    September 21, 2024
    Fort Myers, FL or via zoom/TEAMS

     

    4th Quarterly Meeting
    December 21, 2024
    Sarasota, FL or via zoom/TEAMS

  • Chrystal Thornton, Esq.

    President, FRLS Board of Directors

    C. Martin Law, P.A.

     

    Chrystal Thornton has a vast amount of legal experience in family law and personal injury matters. She takes a sensitive, yet professional approach to guiding her clients through the toughest of legal matters. Ms. Martin Thornton is a dedicated attorney who practices with the highest level of professionalism and integrity.

    Taniquea Reid, Esq.

    Vice-President, FRLS Board of Directors

    Taniquea C. Reid, P.A.

     

    As an attorney, Taniquea is well known to both her colleagues and opposing attorneys as an aggressive attorney who advocates for her clients in areas such as Homeowner’s Insurance claims and litigation, commercial property claims, family law, debt collection defense, probate, personal injury cases involving car accidents, slip and falls, and trip and falls, and landlord-tenant actions.

    Tina Talarchyk, Esq.

    Secretary, FRLS Board of Directors

    Padrick Pinkney, Esq.

    Treasurer, FRLS Board of Directors

    Pinkney & Associates, LLC

    Mark Barnes, CPA

    FRLS Board CPA

    Ashley Minton, Esq.

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Antony Ryan, Esq.

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Angelina Ryan

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Kimberly Bonner

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Sybil Christian

    FRLS Board of Directors -

    Client Member

    Tracy Harrell

    FRLS Board of Directors -

    Client Member

    Casandra Holsey

    FRLS Board of Directors -

    Client Member

    Angelina Ryan

    FRLS Board of Directors -

    Client Member

    Theresa Kite

    FRLS Board of Directors -

    Client Member

    Michael Joseph

    FRLS Board of Directors -

    Client Member

  • Achieving Effective Board Governance

     

    Each legal aid organization functions under the leadership of a nonprofit board of directors. LSC hosted a webinar that explained the board composition requirements of LSC Regulation, 45 CFR Part 1607.3, and provided strategies for effective recruitment and retention of attorney and client board members.