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Friedman and Downey PC is a Birmingham, AL-based company in the Business Services sector.
As one of the first companies in the United States organized solely to design, underwrite and market legal expense plans to consumers, LegalShield has been in business for nearly 50 years and now provides legal services to more than 1.7 million members - protecting and empowering 2.6 million lives and serving 140,000 businesses across 50 states in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. For one low monthly fee, these legal expense plans, or memberships, offer a variety of legal services in a manner similar to medical reimbursement plans or HMOs. Members have direct, toll-free access to their provider law firm, rather than having to comb through the yellow pages for a referral. Provider firms are carefully selected, and the quality of service is closely monitored to maintain the highest of standards. Last year alone, our firms received over 2.5 million calls from our Members. With its humble beginning in Ada, Oklahoma, LegalShield has now grown to a 170,000-square-foot corporate office on an 80-acre campus with over 700 employees dedicated and committed to serve. Our leaders have decades of experience and our goal remains the same – to provide outstanding legal coverage by quality law firms at an affordable price.
Birthed out of the Legal Aid Act of 1978, West Tennessee Legal Services was incorporated after local bar members of West Tennessee expressed a need for an entity that would “act as a referral system” and aid the Bar Association by taking on non-fee generating cases. Through tireless efforts of what became members of the West Tennessee Legal Services Board of Directors, John Vlcek, Lucy Haynes, Mary Boyd, Roy Herron, Mary Jo Middlebrooks to name a few, West Tennessee Legal Services began the task of assisting the people of West Tennessee to obtain resolutions to their civil legal issues by hiring Gary Vanasek of Cleveland, Tennessee to lead the organization. Eager to get underway, Vanasek employed Jane Jarvis, as the first Staff Attorney and the organization opened its doors to the public at Suite 225, Downtown Office Building, better known as the McCory Building located on Highland Avenue on January 1, 1979. Desperately seeking a permanent home for the organization, Vanasek requested and was granted permission to purchase a furniture store in the Williams Building, located at 210 W. Main Street which still is home to the organization. The organization, at inception, served five counties, Madison, Haywood, Hardeman, Chester and Henderson counties. Fortunately, though the Expansion Grant of 1981, West Tennessee Legal Services expanded to acquire offices in Selmer, Huntingdon, and Dyersburg and began assisting clients in 17 counties: Madison, Decatur, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Crockett, Dyer, Lake, Obion, Benton, Carroll, Henry, Weakley, Chester, Hardin and McNairy. Becoming fully staffed in 1981, the Jackson office was comprised of five staff persons, three staff attorneys in Dyersburg, three staff attorneys in Selmer, and five staff attorneys in Huntingdon. The late 80s and early 90s the agency began focusing on funding components for servicing various civil legal needs. Funding was received to implement a Senior Citizens Law Project, a Caregivers Project (addressing the needs of the out of town families of individuals with prolonged illnesses), and the Community Council Project (helping to incorporate area social service organizations). During the 90s funding of other substantive law, areas became more pronounced. Grants were acquired to assist the disabled, unemployed, homeless, and those who suffer from domestic violence. In 1994, the agency applied and received a grant from the U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fight discrimination through enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. Due to the success of this project, HUD funding increased and service delivery to those needing rental counseling, pre-purchase counseling, and mortgage default counseling was supplied. In October of 2000, the agency expanded again to include funding for other LSC Programs to provide the same services in housing in five (5) States across the country. Today, WTLS passes through funding to 12+ States. Each year the funding has grown to keep pace with the needs of West Tennesseans to have additional income, victim compensation, freedom from abuse, access to education, and better lives while managing incurable disease diagnoses. As funding opportunities dwindle amid Congressional cuts, support from our funders becomes imperative.
Morrison & Foerster is a global firm of exceptional credentials. Our name is synonymous with a commitment to client service that informs everything that we do. We are recognized throughout the world as a leader in providing innovative legal advice on matters that are redefining practices and industries. MoFo lawyers have one compelling mission: to deliver success for our clients. Clients are clients of the firm, not of individual lawyers. We work together to find creative, business-savvy solutions to complex and routine legal matters. Clients include leading technology and life science companies, Fortune 100 companies, and large financial institutions. We also represent investment funds and startup companies, and over the years have supported many in their growth and development as leading industry players and household brands. Our commitment to excellence unites us, as does our dedication to giving back to the communities in which we work and live. MoFo lawyers bring their talents and passions to bear on a range of pro bono initiatives, and the firm has been a leader in the pro bono field for more than two decades. We’ve also been a long-time champion for promoting diversity within the legal profession. We continue to thrive and grow because of our cultural values, not in spite of them. Morrison & Foerster has 1,000 lawyers who serve clients through a global network of 16 offices located in key technology, business, and financial centers in the United States, Asia, and Europe.
Evans Keane is a Boise, ID-based company in the Business Services sector.