Justice for Children is an non-profit organization based in Houston, Texas that advocates for abused children. Mostly what it does is provide free legal services to children who have been abused and to parents who are trying to protect their children and rescue them from abusive situations.
This article focuses on JFC’s chief legal counsel, Thomas Burton, and the founder of JFC, Randy Burton (no relation to each other). Thoma graduated law school and was doing insurance law, but pretty quickly figured out that he didn’t want to spend his life doing that. He also wanted a part time position so he could be home more with his kids.
Randy Burton is also a lawyer, and founded JFC in 1987 after prosecuting hundreds of family-based offenses. He saw that these kids were not getting the help and representation that they needed.
JFC works with the courts, the social welfare system, and other agencies and concerned people to work the sytem to the benefit of the children. Randy Burton says it’s really hard work, and not everyone could do it. He says that Thomas Burton is uniquely qualified, because he has both the legal skill and the heart to deal with very difficult cases every single day.
It’s hard to keep balanced when you confront the pain of other people every day, especially when those people are kids. You can get so overwhelmed you want to walk away just to protect yourself. But the best among us find ways to deal with their own pain, so that they can help make things a little better for someone else.
Kudos to you, Thomas and Randy. You make a difference.
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