"Helping Handbook" for California Fire Disaster Victims Available

Produced by Morrison & Foerster, LLP, the Helping Handbook: For Individuals and Small Businesses Affected by the 2007 Southern California Wildfires is being co-sponsored and distributed by the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

The Helping Handbook provides an overview of some of the legal issues that individual and small businesses may face as a result of the 2007 fires that swept Southern California. A great help to those affected by the wildfires, the Helping Handbook was designed to illustrate some of the legal issues that individuals and small businesses may need to consider, to provide general insights into the basics of each issue, and to point out the appropriate avenue of assistance.

Recipients of this message are encouraged to communicate the availability of this handbook to those who may be affected by the wildfire disaster.

The handbook can be accessed by the public online at www.lacba.org or at the link above. 

For more information about what the Association is doing to assist in this time of need or for information on how you can help, please visit the LACBA Disaster Resource page or call (213) 896-6560.

If the fire has given rise to disputes of the type that do not need lawyers to resolve, contact the Los Angeles County Bar Association Dispute Resolution Services.  Community mediation of local disputes is provided gratis to individuals and small businesses alike.