Smith: After the inferno, many Sonoma attorneys dig deep, work for free
Amid the lawsuit frenzy, a good many lawyers are stepping up to counsel fire victims for free.
"It's not often that you have the opportunity to help out in a situation like this," said Gantz.
He's had undocumented residents ask if applying for assistance could bring them immigration trouble. He's been surprised by how many fire victims discovered that someone has fraudulently applied for aid, using their names.
Visitors to the
Gantz has found that people who've lost their homes and are feeling their way through their new reality may be less eager for answers than to be heard.
"Sometimes, just being able to talk with someone is helpful," the attorney said.
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Grattan and fellow attorney
Abbey-Weitzenberg responded, and Andrian & Gallenson, Beyers-Costin, Carle-Mackie, Clement-Fitzpatrick,
Individual attorneys wrote checks, too. So far the legal community has boosted the relief fund to the tune of
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The bar recognized a passel of attorneys and others for their pro bono work and community service. To keep the banquet from lasting all day, no honorees were to take the mic.
But who'd stop Senneff? Ask 100 people who's the dean of
At 76, Senneff received the bar association's second Michael F. O'Donnell Civility Award, inspired by the graciousness and courtesy that typified attorney O'Donnell to the day he died at 60 in 2000. The first O'Donnell Civility Award went posthumously a year ago to
O'Donnell. DeMeo. Senneff. In 1989,
Senneff told the bar luncheon it's potent stuff for him to receive the second O'Donnell award, after DeMeo. He said both of his late friends and colleagues believed "you must always remember, what goes around comes around."
So it's best to treat one's adversaries, and everyone else for that matter, with respect.
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