BRADENTON — The Manatee County Bar Association has recognized two members for their service to the community, state Rep. Bill Galvano, R-Bradenton, and Scott B. Kallins.
Galvano serves in the Florida House of Representatives and is an attorney affiliated with the Bradenton firm of Grimes, Goebel, Grimes, Hawkins, Gladfelter and Galvano, P.A. Kallins is an attorney and civic leader affiliated with Kallins, Little & Delgado, of Palmetto.
Galvano received the William C. Grimes Award for Lifetime Achievement in Community Service, honoring his many years of work in local service organizations, said Sue Revell, executive director of the bar association, Friday.
The bar association, with approximately 345 members, is a nonprofit, voluntary organization for attorneys and judges, according to its Web site, www.manateebar.com.
The association presented the awards earlier this week during its annual meeting at Mattison’s Riverside restaurant in Bradenton.
Kallins received the Community Service Leader Award, recognizing ongoing community service, Revell said. Kallins chaired the YMCA from 2003-2007, and was a varsity lacrosse coach at Sarasota Military Academy.
This year, his firm presented more than $16,000 in scholarships to local high school students, she added.
The awards were presented by former Senate President John McKay; Ashley Brown, representing the Women’s Resource Center of Manatee; and Judge Janette Dunnigan, of the 12th Judicial Circuit Court, Revell said.
“This is truly a heartfelt honor, not only in receiving this award by my colleagues, but in receiving an award in the name of my mentor, William C. Grimes,” said Galvano.
Kallins noted that public service plays a critical role in his professional life and in the lives of those affiliated with his law firm.
“We do so out of duty, compassion for those less fortunate and as an equal obligation to both work and family,” he said.
— Herald staff report
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