Pro bono program is helping fill a critical access-to-justice gap – North Carolina Lawyers Weekly
Pro bono program is helping fill a critical access-to-justice gap In theory, all litigants have the right to appeal a trial court’s ruling in a civil case. In practice, appeals are expensive, so many people have no realistic way of exercising this right—unless they can find help. Take one typical case. More than a decade ago, a Durham County woman inherited a house and the mortgage that came with it. She fell on hard times and is facing foreclosure after a trial court ruled that the lienholder is entitled to collect on the defaulted loan. Matt Krueger-Andes of Fox Rothschild, who is repre...
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