Cleveland County Bar Association members
will be providing free legal advice to the May 10 storm victims,
including their family members, who have suffered property damage
or personal injury due to the storms.
Free legal advice will be provided by Cleveland County
Bar Association members May 17–19, from 5:30–8:30 p.m.
at the Norman Public Library, 225
North Webster. Storm victims may
receive legal advice in person only. No appointments are necessary,
and victims do not need to bring anything with them unless they have
a particular document they need to
discuss.
The Cleveland County Bar Association is committed to serving
our community in a number of ways. The damage from the May 10 tornado
outbreak has left numerous Cleveland County residents in immediate
need of legal advice in such matters as insurance claims, home
or business repairs and landlord-tenant issues. In keeping
with the bar's tradition of helping our community, bar members
want to do what we can to provide free legal advice at a time when
that advice is critical to help storm victims return their
lives to normal as soon as possible, said Cleveland County
Bar Association President Craig Sutter.
A training session for the Cleveland County Bar Association volunteer
lawyers will be held at Norman Public Library Sunday [May 16], from
4–5 p.m. Jim Calloway, Director, Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program will be the presenter at the training seminar.
The purpose of the training will be to familiarize volunteers with unique
issues arising from natural disasters and how these issues impact legal
advice regarding life, medical and property insurance claims,
landlord-tenant problems, home/business repair contracts, consumer
protection and replacement of vital legal documents destroyed by the
storms.
While our disaster response is prompted by our concern
for residents in our community, we will be glad to provide legal
advice to any victim of the May 10 tornado outbreak who appears,
regardless of where they may live, Sutter said.
The Cleveland County Bar Association has 321 members and is working
with the Oklahoma Bar Association, Oklahoma Attorneys Mutual Insurance
Co. and the Norman Public Library in providing this free service.
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