• FRLS Board Members

  • Upcoming Board Meetings

    1st Quarterly Meeting
    March 15, 2025
    Fort Myers, FL or via zoom/TEAMS

    Annual Board Retreat

    June 20, 2025

    Tampa, FL


    2nd Quarterly Meeting
    June 21, 2025
    Tampa, FL or via zoom/TEAMS

    3rd Quarterly Meeting
    September 20, 2025
    Stuart, FL or via zoom/TEAMS

    4th Quarterly Meeting
    December 13, 2025
    Lakeland, FL or via zoom/TEAMS

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    Chrystal Martin Thornton, Esq.

    President, FRLS Board of Directors

    C. Martin Law, P.A.

    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. Thornton is a dedicated attorney who practices with the highest level of professionalism and integrity.
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    Taniquea Reid, Esq.

    Vice-President, FRLS Board of Directors

    Taniquea C. Reid, P.A.

    As an attorney, Reid 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.
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    Padrick Pinkney, Esq.

    Treasurer, FRLS Board of Directors

    Pinkney & Associates, LLC
    Pinkney began his legal career in the oil and gas industry in Houston before returning to Florida, where he focused on estate planning, elder law, probate, and real estate. He is a member of the American and National Bar Associations and a past president of the Port St. Lucie Bar Association.
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    Sybil Christian

    Secretary, FRLS Board of Directors

    Client Member

    Christian has worked 35 years in public service in different roles from determining eligibility for social programs to supervising and mentoring staff to training new hires policy and computer skills. She has also been active in the community working with senior citizens for over 25 years and participated in the Department of Children and Service mentorship program for foster children.
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    Tina Talarchyk, Esq.

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Talarchyk is an accomplished legal professional specializing in felony criminal defense, appellate law, and complex litigation. She has served as Felony Criminal Legal Counsel and an Appellate Administrative Hearing Officer, and provides strategic counsel in business litigation, workouts, bankruptcy litigation, and Chapter 11 reorganizations. Tina has extensive experience in international property rights, restitution claims, and arbitration.
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    Mark Barnes, CPA

    FRLS Board of Directors, CPA

    Barnes is originally from Pittsburgh and graduated with a Bachelors Degree in accounting from Clarion University in Clarion, Pennsylvania in 1988. He made his way to Florida by-way of Ohio, accepting a position at a CPA firm based in Ohio with offices in Florida. Soon after moving to Florida he found his way to DMHB, and has been with the firm for 19 years.
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    Antony Ryan, Esq.

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Ryan serves as the appointed Regional Counsel (Agency Director) for the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, 4th District (RC4). Ryan is a member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, the Palm Beach Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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    Angelina Ryan

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Ryan is a Florida-raised entrepreneur, advocate, and community leader dedicated to serving the underserved. With a background spanning finance, nursing, and nonprofit leadership, she is the founder of Angelina’s Heavenly Cleaning, LLC, a Realtor with Keller Williams Suburban Tampa, and the CEO/President of A1 Opportunities, a nonprofit she launched in 2019 to combat homelessness and support vulnerable populations.
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    Hon. Kimberly Bonner

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Hon. Bonner serves as a Circuit Court Judge in Florida’s 12th Judicial Circuit, where she has presided since 2013 and previously served as Chief Judge from 2019 to 2021. With over three decades of legal and judicial experience, Judge Bonner has served in every division of the circuit court and previously spent more than a decade as a County Court Judge, culminating in her election as President of the Florida Conference of County Court Judges.
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    Theresa Kite

    FRLS Board of Directors,

    Client Member

    Kite was born in Nassau, Bahamas, where she began a distinguished 42-year career in banking, becoming one of the first women in the country to rise to a senior managerial role. Her work spanned major banks across the Bahamas, Canada, and the U.S. She holds a B.A. in Biblical Studies and a Master’s in Christian Religious Education from Jacksonville Theological Seminary.
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    Tracy Harrell

    FRLS Board of Directors,

    Client Member

    Harrell is a dedicated professional educator with Palm Beach County Schools. Over her 40-year career, she has held various leadership
    roles at both the district and school levels, including mentoring new
    teachers and sponsoring student leadership organizations. She was
    involved with the Classroom Teachers Association (CTA), the Florida
    Education Association (FEA), and the National Education
    Association (NEA).
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    Benjamin Mordes, Esq.

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Mordes is a partner at Jimenez Mazzitelli Mordes, known for his success in complex insurance litigation. Before joining the firm, he
    spent a decade managing the legal department of a major national
    insurance carrier, gaining invaluable insight into how adjusters
    handle personal injury claims—knowledge he now uses to help
    clients secure maximum compensation.
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    CaSandra Holsey

    FRLS Board of Directors,

    Client Member

    Holsey is an Operations Analyst with one of the Florida State Bureaus. She has a prosperity of over 40 years of experience in dealing with client relations issues and diagnostic experience. She is passionate about integrity and believes in gaining a comprehensive understanding of any issue presented to her. CaSandra is an advocate of justice. She is committed to seeking the best resolution for any situation that she’s involved in.
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    Michael Joseph

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Joseph was born in London and immigrated to the United States in 1971. While living in Florida, he worked for many years at Cutler Federal Mailboxes and was actively involved in the company’s union. He later moved to Detroit, where he worked in road construction and marketing before eventually returning to Florida. Now retired, Joseph stays active by volunteering with organizations such as the City of Lakeland, the Children’s Museum, the Garden Club, and Success Express.
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    Christine Larson, Esq.

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Larson is a legal advocate with decades of experience in civil legal services, specializing in housing, migrant rights, and elder law. She served as Executive Director of Three Rivers Legal Services from 2014 to 2021 and spent over 15 years in leadership roles at Florida Rural Legal Services, including Deputy Director and Managing Attorney. Christine holds a J.D. from Temple University School of Law.
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    Tracey Murvin

    FRLS Board of Directors

    Murvin has a love for serving others. She has worked for Polk County Public Schools for the past four years serving students and staff as a Nutrition Assistant. She retired from the Florida Department of Health in 2018, after thirty two years of working in various capacities serving Florida’s families and communities. Tracey is excited about the opportunity to continue to provide
    services to Florida’s families through Florida Rural Legal Services.
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    Amy McCaffrey

    FRLS Board Administrator

  • Achieving Effective Board Governance

     

    Each legal aid organization functions under the leadership of a non-profit 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.