Legal Services Group Leads Foreclosure Fight In Florida

In Duval County, Florida, the Jacksonville Daily Record ran a story which, in part, describes some of the work of the non-profit law firm Jacksonville Area Legal Aid ("JALA") in fighting foreclosures:

• [J]ALA is one of the more successful legal service organizations when it comes to fighting home foreclosures — with a 100 percent success rate, said [executive director of JALA Michael] Figgins. But at the same time, JALA is forced to turn away 75 percent of qualified homeowners who are facing foreclosure because it doesn’t have enough people on staff to help everyone. Figgins said his staff has saved 300 homes. Currently, there are three people on staff that are dedicated to foreclosures and one dedicated to bankruptcy law. “There is great success to be made,” said April Charney, an attorney at JALA who has been on the front lines when it comes to fighting against foreclosures.

For more, see Sink outlines foreclosure crisis in Jacksonville.