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Lawyers help Mr. Social Security's ex-clients

May 10, 2016

136 lawyers from 25 states volunteer to represent ex-disability clients of Eric Conn, who is under indictment for fraud   Check out this story on courier-journal.com.  Read more 

Ky. children have highest percent of jailed parents in the U.S.

April 27, 2016

Percentage of kids with a jailed parent is double national average Report: 135,000 of state’s children have had a parent incarcerated Kids Count report released Monday by Annie E. Casey Foundation Read more here

Richmond Office Staff Attend Self-Defense Seminar

April 22, 2016

AppalReD's Richmond Office Staff attended a self-defense seminar at Elite Martial Arts & Fitness.   Elite offers free self-defense clinics to the community.

Michael A. Taylor to receive the Donated Legal Services Award

April 15, 2016

Michael A. Taylor of Middlesboro, KY will be receiving the 2016 Kentucky Bar Association Outstanding Award for Donated Legal Services at this year's convention.   Michael A. Taylor serves as a board member with AppalReD Legal Aid.  He was n...

Unpaid lawyers helping Conn’s disabled victims recover benefits

April 13, 2016

Lexington Herald Leader By John Rosenberg Well, it’s about time the feds caught up with lawyer Eric Conn, you say. I agree. But a much larger saga has been playing out in recent months to the detriment of hundreds of disabled Eastern Kentuck...

KBA's Bench & Bar March/April 2016 Features "That Magdeburg Boy - a tribute to John Rosenberg"

April 07, 2016

A tribute to John Rosenberg by Kentucky's 2015-2016 Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon.  "That Magdeburg Boy"

Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination, Feds Say

April 05, 2016

Denying Housing Over Criminal Record May Be Discrimination, Feds Say NPR New guidance released by the Department of Housing and Urban Development warns landlords that they may be breaking the law by turning down tenants based on their criminal re...