TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Suzanne Robertson on Oct 20, 2014

Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET) has received a $500,000, three-year grant to expand assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, sexual assault and human trafficking. The grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women. The funding allows LAET to provide comprehensive civil legal services, including legal advocacy, education and direct representation. Three attorneys and two paralegals will work directly under this grant to help about 1,000 East Tennessee clients over a three-year period. In other news, LAET announced the Knoxville volunteer leadership for its 2014 Annual Campaign for Equal Justice. Ian P. Hennessey of London Amburn and John E. Winters of Kramer Rayson LLP will serve as campaign co-chairmen, leading LAET’s Central Region campaign. The goal for the effort is $175,000. The campaign, which runs through Dec. 31, is currently at $67,619 or 38.6% of goal.