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Report
to Congress Available Online
On
September 21, 2001, the day both Houses
of Congress passed legislation creating
the September 11th Victim Compensation
Fund, Leo V. Boyle, then president of
the Association of Trial Lawyers of
America (ATLA), wrote Congress with
the promise to provide "free legal
services to any family wishing to pursue
justice through the fund established
by this unprecedented, humanitarian
legislation."
Three
years later, the Fund, under the superb
leadership of Special Master Kenneth
Feinberg, has concluded its work, to
universal approval; Trial Lawyers Care,
the program developed by ATLA to provide
free legal representation to all 9/11
families, became the largest single
pro bono project in the history of American
jurisprudence. Over 1,100 lawyers provided
representation to over 1,700 victim
families-over $200 million in legal
services provided absolutely free of
charge.
Thousands
of Heroes: The Rest of Us Could Only
Help commemorates and tells
the story of this unprecedented initiative.
The
Report will be mailed in October to
all volunteer attorneys, major donors,
and other friends of Trial lawyers Care.
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Americans
Come Together to Help Victims
of Hurricane Katrina
Trial
Lawyers Care (TLC), the charitable
non-profit ATLA established to
help victims of the September
11 terrorist attacks, has established
The Hurricane Katrina Relief Fund
as a vehicle for collecting
and distributing aid to relief
organizations in Louisiana, Mississippi,
and Alabama. Our goal is to get
the most help where it's most
needed most quickly.
Please
give now,
when your tax-deductible
contribution can have the
most impact. The next few
days will be critical.
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Trial
Lawyers Care Pitches in to Help
Tsunami Victims
TLC
worked extensively with the American
Red Cross in the wake of the September
11 disaster. In January 2005,
Trial Lawyers Care reached out
internationally, asking the 60,000
members of the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA)
to help those in need after recent
tsunami in Asia. Read
more...
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