Legal Aid Sues FEMA for Preventing Disaster Victims from Seeing Lawyers

AUSTIN, Texas – This morning Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) sued the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for preventing attorneys from working with disaster victims in FEMA’s Disaster Recovery Centers.

TRLA has assisted disaster victims in DRCs for ten years and suddenly was denied access in late July. TRLA sought emergency relief in federal court after FEMA refused to explain its change in policy. Within the suit, TRLA is representing the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), the nation’s largest community organization of low- and moderate-income families that has worked extensively on disaster relief services. TRLA is represented by the Austin law firm of Graves, Dougherty, Hearon, & Moody.
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