Disaster Recovery

Discussing Disaster Relief Costs, and Changing Tone When It’s Closer to Home

Column (Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee)

Discussing Disaster Relief Costs, and Changing Tone When It’s Closer to Home

December 31, 2012 | Michael Powell | New York Times (NYT)
Legal service lawyers helped families and businesses file insurance, FEMA and unemployment claims after tornadoes and other disasters in MO, TN, MS and KY, so why not after Hurricane Sandy?
Tags: Disaster Recovery | Hurricane Katrina

First Katrina, Now Sandy: Three Mistakes We Keep Making After Natural Disasters

Blog Post (Mississippi, NATIONAL, New Jersey)

First Katrina, Now Sandy: Three Mistakes We Keep Making After Natural Disasters

May 23, 2014 | Martha Bergmark | Huffington Post
As a Mississippi native, civil legal aid lawyer and a veteran of Hurricane Katrina, I'm all too familiar with our mistakes during disaster recovery.
Tags: Consumer Protection | Disaster Recovery | Housing: Foreclosure | Housing: Landlord-Tenant | Hurricane Katrina | Pro Bono

Martha Bergmark

Key Voice, Legal Aid Advocate (Mississippi, NATIONAL)

Martha Bergmark

Founding executive director of Voices for Civil Justice in Washington, DC. Has led legal aid organizations in her native Mississippi, worked at NLADA and been LSC president.
Tags: Civil Rights, Disaster Recovery, Justice Gap, Minorities: Racial/Ethnic