Legal Mortgage Foreclosure Clinic at the Nassau County Bar Assocation

Home foreclosure filings in Nassau County continue to be among the highest in New York State. To help Nassau residents caught in the growing mortgage foreclosure crisis, volunteer attorneys will be available to answer their questions at a free clinic sponsored by the Nassau County Bar Association on Monday, May 9, 2011, 3-6 p.m. at the NCBA headquarters, 15th and West Streets, Mineola, NY.

Attorneys have volunteered to provide one-on-one guidance, advice and direction to any Nassau County homeowner who is concerned about foreclosure matters or is already in the foreclosure process involving property in Nassau County.

Reservations are required by calling the Bar Association at 516-747-4070. Attendees are asked to bring their mortgage documents to the clinic. Bi-lingual attorneys fluent in Spanish, Creole and Russian will be on site. Attorneys bi-lingual in Korean, Chinese, Hindi and other languages will be made available upon request when homeowners call to make reservations.

Since launching the clinics in 2009, volunteer attorneys have helped more than 1,000 homeowners with individual foreclosure issues, help them sort things out, and give advice or refer them to agencies and programs, right in the same room. The attorneys do not provide legal representation, but help homeowners find out if indeed, they need a credit counselor or a lawyer, and get them in touch with available resources.

In addition to meeting one-on-one with a volunteer attorney, housing counselors from the Nassau County Homeownership Center and the Long Island Community Development Corporation are on hand to help with loan modifications. Attorneys from Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Volunteer Lawyers Project, which provides pro bono legal services for those who meet certain income guidelines, as well as volunteer bankruptcy attorneys, will participate.

Founded in 1899, the Nassau County Bar Association, with a membership of nearly 6,000 private and public attorneys, judges, legal educators and law students, is the largest suburban bar association in the country. NCBA demonstrates its commitment to the community by offering a variety of services for the public, including lawyer referral services, senior citizen and mortgage foreclosure clinics, judicial screening, public education programs and support for the Volunteer Lawyers Project, which provides much-needed free legal services for the indigent of Nassau County. For more information, call (516) 747-4070 (language translation available), email info@nassaubar.org, or visit www.nassaubar.org.