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Why the coronavirus couldn't have come at a worse time for reeling Appalachian Kentucky

ELCOMB, Ky. — The two men sat on the covered porch of an aging mobile home along an Appalachian creek, a loud rain pinging off the sheet metal roof. Joe Goans’ four children were packed inside, shut out of school by the spreading coronavirus...

Country music star Tyler Childers ‘stoked’ to get mannequin of disbarred KY lawyer

By Bill Estep February 20, 2020 11:27 AM Eastern Kentucky’s most famous disbarred lawyer is going to be in prison a long time, but it looks like a rising country music star from the region will get a likeness of him to take home. The lawyer ...

Evan Smith on Rural Public Interest Law Podcast

Evan Smith is a public interest attorney and the Director of Advocacy for AppalReD, a nonprofit that gives free legal services in rural Appalachia. We spoke about what it’s like to work in rural America, the legal issues people face in that part of t...

2 years after Eric Conn's capture in Honduras, judge denies motion to get out of prison

(WYMT) - A federal magistrate denied Eric C. Conn's motion to get out of prison. In October, Conn claimed in a handwritten document that the attorneys who represented him were ineffective. He also claimed the escape charge was not relevant to ...

November December Bench & Bar 2019 - Richard F. Dawahare

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Many U.S. Families Faced Civil Legal Issues in 2018

Survey highlights need for alternative approaches to help people navigate the courts Article November 19, 2019 By: Erika Rickard Topics: U.S. State Policy Projects: Civil Legal System Modernization Read time: 2 min Downloads Share Read...

Holocaust survivor has dedicated his career to serving others

By Amanda Robert November 1, 2019, 1:30 am CDT John Rosenberg likes to tell people we’re in a country where the rule of law means something, where no one is above the law. “Lawyers make a difference,” he says. “We have demonstrated in our wo...

Attorney: Former clients of Eric Conn begin getting benefits back

By Echo Gamel October 10, 2019 FLOYD COUNTY, Ky. (WTVQ) – Hundreds of former clients of disbarred Eastern Kentucky attorney Eric C. Conn are starting to get back their Social Security benefits. Attorney Ned Pillersdorf, who ...

In Coal Country, the Mines Shut Down, the Women Went to Work and the World Quietly Changed

By Campbell Robertson Sept. 14, 2019 FLEMING-NEON, Ky. — In the pre-dawn hours when all is dark and quiet, Amanda Lucas leaves her house and begins the long drive to her job at a hospital an hour away. In years past, it was the me...