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Houston, TX – Late Friday, Lone Star Legal Aid attorneys Mark Grandich and Rich Tomlinson filed a lawsuit on behalf of 3 residents living at 2100 Memorial Drive. The Houston Housing Authority (HHA), owns the high-rise, which is the home of 198 senior citizens. The lawsuit seeks to block the HHA from canceling all of the leases of the elderly […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 18, 2017 Houston, Texas – On September 29th, Under the Radar Brewery will be hosting a fundraiser benefiting Lone Star Legal Aid. LSLA’s Houston headquarters suffered an explosion and fire on the Monday following the first landfall of Hurricane Harvey, leaving attorneys and staff without a place to return to work. The fundraiser will include a […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 12, 2017 Port Arthur, Texas– Lone Star Legal Aid’s Beaumont Office has filed a request for a temporary restraining order that will force a landlord to halt efforts to discard a tenant’s belongings on the street following Hurricane Harvey flooding. Granted yesterday, the TRO will give the displaced and evacuated tenant the chance to salvage belongings […]
August 16-19, 2017 Houston’s own Lawyers Entertaining for Charity, Night Court, brings the story of the U.S. Constitution to the stage with an all-singing, all dancing, all rapping cast of lawyers and judges. Con Law – From the Beginning features a score of parody songs from such artists as DNCE, Amy Winehouse, Pat Benatar and, of course, Broadway Smash Hit, […]