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Many U.S. Families Faced Civil Legal Issues in 2018


Survey highlights need for alternative approaches to help people navigate the courts Article November 19, 2019 By: Erika Rickard Topics: U.S. State Policy Projects: Civil Legal System Modernization Read time: 2 min Downloads Share Read...

Holocaust survivor has dedicated his career to serving others


By Amanda Robert November 1, 2019, 1:30 am CDT John Rosenberg likes to tell people we’re in a country where the rule of law means something, where no one is above the law. “Lawyers make a difference,” he says. “We have demonstrated in our wo...

Attorney: Former clients of Eric Conn begin getting benefits back


By Echo Gamel October 10, 2019   FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – Hundreds of former clients of disbarred Eastern Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn are starting to get back their Social Security benefits. Attorney Ned Pillersdorf, who ...

In Coal Country, the Mines Shut Down, the Women Went to Work and the World Quietly Changed


By Campbell Robertson Sept. 14, 2019 FLEMING-NEON, Ky. — In the pre-dawn hours when all is dark and quiet, Amanda Lucas leaves her house and begins the long drive to her job at a hospital an hour away. In years past, it was the me...

Justice ain't much if you can't afford it. America needs to overhaul its civil law | Opinion


Martha Bergmark On 7/18/19 at 10:45 AM EDT Opinion Civil rights Justice In America, we are raised with the promise of "justice for all." But after decades as a civil rights and civil legal aid lawyer, I know firsthand that our nation falls...

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In Appalachia, A Lawyer’s Vast Fraud Dogs Destitute Clients


By Andrew Strickler | July 14, 2019, 8:02 PM EDT By the summer of 2007, Johnny McIntosh could barely walk, much less hold down a job. At just 40 years old, McIntosh had a back injury from a public works job in his native eastern Kentucky, follo...

As black lung surges across Eastern Kentucky, rehab clinics expand to meet growing demand


By Will Wright July 12, 2019 12:38 PM, Updated July 12, 2019 12:41 PM As black lung surges across Eastern Kentucky, clinic expands to meet demand. New Beginnings Pulmonary Rehab plans to double its number of clinics by early 2020 as black lu...

Report Finds Legal Aid Organizations Hard Hit By Opioid Epidemic; Recommends Expanded Partnerships


July 9, 2019   While the criminal justice side of the opioid epidemic has received significant attention, the civil legal issues it has caused have quietly smoldered into a raging inferno, overwhelming legal aid providers, families, social...