January 29, 2002 - Update letter:
PRACTICING LAW AFTER THE WTC DISASTER
INCLUDING TIPS FOR THE SINGLE PRACTITIONER by WTC Disaster Victim Leona
Beane © 2002
Sent Tuesday, October 02, 2001
By Stephen P. Gallagher
SGALLAGHER@nysba.org
Anthony: (Tonl Soudatt chairs their Technology and Science Committee)
Can you give our small group of volunteers an update on the status of
the New York County Lawyers' building? Is the building sound?
Reply, October 2, 2001
Tony Sodatt
the_oracle_c@hotmail.com
I have been in touch with Lois Davis, who runs the
Pro Bono programs at
NYCLA. All staff members of NYCLA are safe and sound. NYCLA is currently
using the offices of Craig Lundy, President of NYCLA. There's contact
info on the NYCLA website if anyone needs to contact the staff.
Lois said that the building was not damaged and everything is intact.
There
is some dust from the explosions but that's about the extent of it.
Also,
there was no electricity and phone service. NYCLA is just waiting for
permission to resume operations at the building. I was down in the area
a
week ago Friday and the streets west of Broadway were fenced and
guarded.
From: "Carol L. Schlein" <carol@losinc.com>
To: "Disaster Relief Tech Volunteers Listserv"
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 10:22 PM
Subject: [wtc-tech] Our efforts are working!
You will all be glad to hear that I contacted Beth who was in
need of a computer and am loaning her my old laptop! This would
not have happened but for this list and effort!
Legal Publisher and New York Area
Legal Associations Work Together to Locate Lawyers in the WTC Area
Contact Information:
Rich Hopen
Lawyers Diary & Manual / e-Law
Phone: 973.642.1440, ext. 134
rhopen@e-law.com
NEWARK, NJ (Friday, October 5, 2001) - Newark, New Jersey publisher of
the New York Lawyers Diary and Manual (www.lawdiary.com)
and its Internet company, e-Law, LLC (www.e-law.com)
assembled a coalition of New York bar and legal associations to share
contact information for attorneys displaced by the September 11th
tragedy. The organizations joining the legal publisher include the New
York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the City of
New York, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Network of Bar
Leaders, and the New Jersey State Bar Association.
Many of these organizations have been gathering contact information for
some of the thousands of lawyers who were forced to move offices on
September 11th. It’s not uncommon for these law firms to change their
address, phone number, fax number, and email address each week. This
creates great difficulty for clients and other attorneys who need to
locate these lawyers.
Lawyers Diary and Manual publisher Ed Denné said: “Creating one central
clearing house for contact information brings consistency of content and
the strength of a shared focus. Leveraging the efforts of many
organizations to achieve the goal of providing the latest and most
accurate information to those in need, underscores the unity that has
become the signature of New York in recent weeks. Lawyers Diary and
Manual has been a primary source of information for and about the
communities of law and government since 1929. We’re pleased to join
ranks with these other fine organizations in taking these necessary
steps to recovery.”
Lawyers Diary and Manual built a website (www.lawdiary.com/nyrelief.shtml)
that serves two purposes. Attorneys can enter their law firm contact
information and the public can view it.
The New York State Bar Association, the Association of the Bar of the
City of New York, the New York County Lawyers Association, the Network
of Bar Leaders, and the New Jersey State Bar Association expressed
interest in working with Lawyers Diary and agreed to direct lawyers and
the public to the website. Lawyers and members of the public who do not
have Internet access may call 1-800-444-4041, ext. 128 or send an email
to wtc@lawdiary.com.
Displayed
Lawyers' New Locations
Richard M. Hopen
Vice President Marketing & Sales
e-Law, LLC
240 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
973.642.1440 x134
If you have relocated your law office and would
like assistance informing your colleagues and the public about
your new location, enter the new information at
http://www.law411.com/wtcupdaterp.shtml. This information is
being collected by the NYSBA and the New York Lawyers Diary and
Manual. If you cannot enter the information over the Web, please
call 1-800-444-4041, ext 128 and it will be entered for you.
For assistance rebuilding NY Case Calendars see
www.e-law.com/nyrelief.asp.
