Attorneys, Bar Groups Draw on 9/11 Experience To Aid Legal Community Devastated by Katrina

Thomas Adcock
New York Lawyer

Fifty lawyers experienced in emergency pro bono service after the terrorist attacks on Manhattan four years ago held a summit yesterday to begin planning organized aid to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The early morning meeting at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York gathered pro bono coordinators from major Manhattan firms and corporate legal departments. It was one of several efforts begun this week by local and state attorneys, bar groups and law schools to assist individual citizens and legal colleagues in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.

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