Nassau Homeowners Concerned About Foreclosure Can Receive FREE Legal Consultation Tuesday, August 17, 2010
July 21, 2010
(Mineola, N.Y.) – Home foreclosure filings in Nassau County continue to be among the highest in New York State. To help Nassau residents caught in the growing mortgage foreclosure crisis, volunteer attorneys will be available to answer their questions at a free clinic sponsored by the Nassau County Bar Association on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, 3-6 p.m. at the NCBA headquarters, 15th and West Streets, Mineola, NY. Attorneys have volunteered to provide one-on-one guidance, advice and direction to any Nassau County homeowner who is concerned about foreclosure matters or is already in the foreclosure process involving property in Nassau County. Reservations are required by calling the Bar Association at 516-747-4070 between 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Attendees are asked to bring their mortgage documents to the clinic. In addition, Spanish-speaking attorneys will be on hand at the clinic to assist Spanish-speaking homeowners.
Since launching the clinics last spring, volunteer attorneys have helped more than 500 homeowners with individual foreclosure issues, help them sort things out, and give advice or refer them to agencies and programs, right in the same room. The attorneys do not provide legal representation, but help homeowners find out if indeed, they need a credit counselor or a lawyer, and get them in touch with available resources.
In addition to meeting one-on-one with a volunteer attorney, housing counselors from the Nassau County Homeownership Center and representatives from Nassau/Suffolk Law Services — which provides free legal services for those who meet certain income guidelines – are on hand to provide assistance. Spanish-speaking attorneys and housing counselors will also be on hand at the clinic.
Founded in 1899, the Nassau County Bar Association, with a membership of nearly 6,000 private and public attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students, is the largest suburban bar association in the country. NCBA demonstrates its commitment to the community by offering a variety of services for the public, including lawyer referral services, senior citizen and mortgage foreclosure clinics, judicial screening, public education programs and support for the Volunteer Lawyers Project, which provides much-needed free legal services for the indigent of Nassau County. For more information, call (516) 747-4070 (Language Line available), email info@nassaubar.org, or visit www.nassaubar.org.
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