Whois & Analysis for floridajusticeinstitute.org

The Florida Justice Institute is a nonprofit public interest law firm in Miami, Florida.

The firm is headquartered at 100 SE 2nd St in the Miami Tower in Downtown Miami.

It was established in 1978 by Randall C.

Berg, Jr..

The institute has been dedicated to improving conditions in Florida's prison system and has initiated numerous class action lawsuits toward this end.

Randall Berg is past president of the Florida ACLU.

Berg also served on Governor Lawton Chiles' Transition Criminal Justice Task Force and is the past Chairman of the Corrections Committee.

The Florida Justice Institute is led by Executive Director Randall C.

Berg, Jr., and is staffed by attorneys who handle major, systemic civil rights litigation throughout the state of Florida.

FJI litigates primarily on behalf of those incarcerated in Florida’s prisons and jails.

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

They ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the society and state without discrimination or repression.

A lawsuit (or suit in law) is "a vernacular term for a suit, action, or cause instituted or depending between two private persons in the courts of law." The term refers to any proceeding by a party or parties against another in a court of law.

A nonprofit organization (also known as a non-business entity) is an organization whose purpose is something other than making a profit.

A nonprofit organization is often dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a particular point of view.

In economic terms, a nonprofit organization uses its surplus revenues to further achieve its purpose or mission, rather than distributing its surplus income to the organization's shareholders (or equivalents) as profit or dividends.

This is known as the non-distribution constraint.

The decision to adopt a nonprofit legal structure is one that will often have taxation implications, particularly where the nonprofit seeks income tax exemption, charitable status and so on.

A law firm is a business entity formed by one or more lawyers to engage in the practice of law.

The primary service rendered by a law firm is to advise clients (individuals or corporations) about their legal rights and responsibilities, and to represent clients in civil or criminal cases, business transactions, and other matters in which legal advice and other assistance are sought.