Danny Andrews LA Lawyer Continues To Provide Pro Bono Legal Services To Disadvantaged Communities

This is my second blog entry, but by now, you know that my name is Danny Andrews and I am a lawyer in LA.  While I generally practice entertainment law, you know, copyrights, contracts, trademarks etc., sometimes I provide legal services in other non-entertainment areas.  Such as,  bankruptcy, consumer advocacy and protection, family law, and wills and trusts.  This is just what I did this past Saturday at Tom Mesereau's Free Legal Clinic.  I don't pretend to be an expert in any of these areas of law.  So,  I help advise the clients the best way I can, and when there's an area of law that is not my speciality; well, there's a great team of attorneys at the Mesereau Free Legal Clinic to whom I can refer clients, and vice versa, including Tom Mesereau himself.

After spending more than 3 hours at the Free Legal Clinic, I walked away feeling a sense of accomplishment that made me remember why I became a lawyer.  LA with all its wealth, also has some of the most disadvantaged people in the country.  In just a few short hours, I had helped a woman file for bankruptcy, I'd helped a non-English speaking man resolve certain real property issues, and I'd helped a woman stay in her apartment without fear of losing her government subsidized housing.  So, now I'm hooked and plan to be at the free legal clinic more Saturdays than not.  As if the day wasn't amazing enough, as I was walking out of the clinic, Executive Director, Sophia Harris said to me, "hey, aren't you that entertainment attorney Danny Andrews?" I said, "yes."  And, after a long talk about how we could continue to give back, we decided that I am going to be putting together a free entertainment law information series for the communities that the clinic serves throughout LA.  We are going to teach young and old people alike how to protect their intellectual property, whether it be copyrights, trademarks, music, scripts, and/or other works.  Stay tuned for details.  We'd love to see you there.  

So, if you need free legal advice in any aspect of your life, or if you're an attorney, paralegal, or law student, and want to come by and provide some free legal services, please feel free to stop by.  The clinic is held on Saturdays at Morningside Church located at 8722 Crenshaw Blvd in Inglewood.


And as usual, for more information and updates on this or other volunteer opportunities and activities that I am involved in, and/or if you need legal assistance, please feel free to contact me, Danny Andrews.  My contact information can be found at www.dannyandrews.com.