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 has r...
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...
Justice ain't much if you can't afford it. America needs to overhaul its civil law | Opinion
Martha Bergmark On 7/18/19 at 10:45 AM EDT Opinion Civil rights Justice In America, we are raised with the promise of "justice for all." But after decades as a civil rights and civil legal aid lawyer, I know firsthand that our nation falls...
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In Appalachia, A Lawyer’s Vast Fraud Dogs Destitute Clients
By Andrew Strickler | July 14, 2019, 8:02 PM EDT By the summer of 2007, Johnny McIntosh could barely walk, much less hold down a job. At just 40 years old, McIntosh had a back injury from a public works job in his native eastern Kentucky, follo...
As black lung surges across Eastern Kentucky, rehab clinics expand to meet growing demand
By Will Wright July 12, 2019 12:38 PM, Updated July 12, 2019 12:41 PM As black lung surges across Eastern Kentucky, clinic expands to meet demand. New Beginnings Pulmonary Rehab plans to double its number of clinics by early 2020 as black lu...
Report Finds Legal Aid Organizations Hard Hit By Opioid Epidemic; Recommends Expanded Partnerships
July 9, 2019 While the criminal justice side of the opioid epidemic has received significant attention, the civil legal issues it has caused have quietly smoldered into a raging inferno, overwhelming legal aid providers, families, social serv...
Urgent Care: How Attorneys Are Battling The Opioid Crisis
When recovering opioid addict Jacob was called into court in Clinton County, New York, for violating a restraining order, the judge told him he had 90 days to quit using his addiction medication, Suboxone. Jacob, whose last name Law360 is withho...
Income falls in several Appalachian Kentucky counties as coal fails to bounce back
By Will Wright June 25, 2019 04:18 PM, Of the 80 counties that will be considered economically distressed by the Appalachian Regional Commission in 2020, nearly half are in Eastern Kentucky. Appalachian Regional Commission New data released ...