JALA’s Valuable Team Members
Meet Our St. John’s County Team
MEGAN WALL, ESQ.
Managing Attorney
Phone: (904) 827-9921 ext. 206
Email: megan.wall@jaxlegalaid.org
Email: megan.wall@jaxlegalaid.org
Summary:
- Johns County Legal Aid (St. Augustine, FL) Managing Attorney and St. Johns Pro Bono Coordinator–January 2005–Present
- Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (Jacksonville, FL)—February 2002-January 2005
- Central Florida Legal Services (Palatka, FL)—August 1994-October 2001 (Attorney and pro bono coordinator for Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns counties)
- Legal Services of Greater Miami (Miami, FL)—Staff attorney–January 1992-August 1994
- University of Florida College of Law (Gainesville, FL)—Research Assist. 1991
- Public Counsel (Los Angeles, CA)—Summer Internship 1991
- Legal Services of Greater Miami (Miami, FL)—Summer Internship 1990
Area of Expertise or Practices:
- Poverty law, Public Benefits law, Senior Law
Honors and Awards:
- Florida Trend’s Legal Elite Lawyer 2015
- Florence Eveline Williams Angel of the ARC Award 2013
- ARC Florida Ray Watson Brotherhood Memorial Award 2005 and 2010
- Mill Creek Elementary School Outstanding Service for Justice Teaching Award 2009
- Council On Aging Advocacy Award 2007 and 2006
- World AIDS Awareness Week Service Agency of the Year Award 2005
- Johns ARC Appreciation Award 2005
- Flagler County Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project Award 2001
- Flagler County Teen Court Service Award 1999 and 1998
- Department of Children and Families Recognition Award 1998
- Putnam County Bar Association Service Award 1998
Court Admissions:
- Florida Bar, Federal Middle District
Professional Memberships and Affiliations:
- Unaccompanied Youth Homeless Student Committee—2012-present
- Home Again St. Johns Homeless Advocacy Providers Group—2012-present
- Justice Teaching (through the FL Supreme Court)—2007-Present
- Indigency Committee for Seventh Judicial Circuit—2006-2007
- University of Florida College of Law Alumni Council—1991-2006
- Florida Bar Ethics Committee, 7th Circuit, Chair—2001-2004
- National African American Archives and Museum Advisory Council—2000-2004
- Florida Legal Services “Workgroups” (legal study and casework)—1992-Present:
- (Public Benefits, Health/Senior, Pro Bono Coordinators, Disaster, and Consumer)
- Flagler Co. Bar Assoc., President 2000 (other offices prior years)
- Putnam Co. Bar Assoc., President 1999 (other offices prior years)
- Florida Supreme Court Tobias Simon Award Committee-1997, 2013, 2015
- Johns County Interagency Council Board of Directors—1997-1998
- Florida Bar Public Interest Law Section: Ex. Council 1994-1998, 1998-2002 (also the Legislative Committee, Amicus Committee, Individual Rights Committee, etc.)
- Judicial Nominating Commission, 7th Circuit, 1994-1998
- Co-founder of the University of Florida College of Law Association For Public Interest Law (APIL)—1990
Experience:
- Johns County Legal Aid (St. Augustine, FL) Managing Attorney and St. Johns Pro Bono Coordinator–January 2005–Present
- Jacksonville Area Legal Aid (Jacksonville, FL)—February 2002-January 2005
- Central Florida Legal Services (Palatka, FL)—August 1994-October 2001 (Attorney and pro bono coordinator for Flagler, Putnam, and St. Johns counties)
- Legal Services of Greater Miami (Miami, FL)—Staff attorney–January 1992-August 1994
- University of Florida College of Law (Gainesville, FL)—Research Assist. 1991
- Public Counsel (Los Angeles, CA)—Summer Internship 1991
- Legal Services of Greater Miami (Miami, FL)—Summer Internship 1990
Education
- A. English, University of Florida
- A. English, University of Florida
- D. (Juris Doctorate) University of Florida
