With the
involvement of the community - based organization staff,
volunteers,
volunteer attorneys, law students and interpreters, API Legal Outreach has been able to provide free legal counseling, referral and brief legal services to many individuals who, otherwise, might not have received such help.
As to bar
involvement, one need look no further than firm founder Leo V. Boyle, who as president of the American Association of Justice at the time of the Sept. 11 attacks (when it was still ATLA) was instrumental in bringing about the federal Victim Compensation Fund and in creating Trial Lawyers Care, a national organization of
volunteer attorneys created to help victims» families.