After leading several child welfare and human services organizations over the past two decades, Frances P. Allegra has joined the firm as a partner. An accomplished attorney, nonprofit executive and foster care expert, Ms. Allegra led foster care case management organizations and distinguished herself as an early leader in Florida’s Community-Based Care child welfare model, leading one of Florida’s largest CBC’s, Our Kids of Miami-Dade/Monroe, Inc. for a decade. Subsequently, she was the founding president of the SEED School of Miami, Florida’s only urban public boarding school. Working alongside state and national child welfare leaders, Ms. Allegra has been instrumental in the success of Florida’s innovative and groundbreaking approach to child protection. By joining Cole, Scott & Kissane, Ms. Allegra continues her work and dedication by defending the nonprofit organizations on the front lines of Florida’s child welfare system. Additionally, Ms. Allegra will be dedicated to defending private and public education institutions in claims brought against them.
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