Monday, February 12, 2007

Legal eagles offer knowledge for free

Legal eagles offer knowledge for free: South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "What happens if I get a legal subpoena from a process server? ...

Some help has arrived.

On Wednesday, the Dade County Bar Association launched LegalLine, a once-a-month toll-free phone line for South Floridians (866-596-0399).

It is staffed by lawyers from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month and designed to answer basic legal questions -- free of charge -- covering a broad legal spectrum.

The idea was brought to the DCBA by Derek Leon, a partner at the Miami office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius.

Leon, who grew up in Coral Springs, introduced the concept to the group after having worked on a similar phone bank in Houston before he returned to South Florida in 2002."

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