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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. – Marines of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., have various missions they are tasked to accomplish, everything from making sure his fellow service member’s pay is correct, to flying missions over the heads of the enemy in countries all over the globe. However, when these Marines have issues with a greedy car dealer or landlord trying to squeeze all he can from wallets of the unsuspecting, accomplishing these missions can become a strained process when a Marine has to worry about his legal affairs.
Here is where Legal Assistance Marines can intervene, giving service members and families the tools necessary to solve these problems in the best way possible, ensuring the fight goes on for MCAS Miramar.
“[We] offer Marines, dependants and retirees free legal assistance,” said Harris Brumer, the director for legal assistance with the Joint Law Center and a Fort Lauderdale, Fla., native.
These free legal services include family law; landlord-tenant issues, consumer law dealing with contracts and debts and almost any other legal issue outside of criminal matters.
Legal Assistance is open Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
“Initially [clients] have to come to a walk-in and establish an attorney-client relationship, after that, they can set up an appointment one-on-one with the attorney,” explained Brumer.
The Legal Assistance office has four attorneys who are licensed in their home state, have gone through Officer Candidate School and successfully graduated the Naval Justice School.
“I would say [the attorneys] have anywhere from two to three years of experience practicing,” said Brumer. “We can take a case from its very beginning and give the Marine, or family member all the tools to represent himself. We can do everything except physically represent them in court.”
Each attorney has one focus in mind when helping a client with legal issues.
“Our focus is to help mission readiness by making sure each Marine has [his] civilian affairs in order,” said Capt. Charles Maloney, the assistant director with Legal Assistance and a Leesburg, Va., native. “The problem is, Marines don’t come to us when they think a problem might arise and wait until it gets a lot worse.”
On average Maloney sees 25 to 30 Marines a week, to include new Marines taking part in walk-in services, explained Maloney.
“We want to take any stress or anxiety about a legal issue a Marine might be feeling and try to solve it so he can go back to being a Marine again, and know that it’s being taken care of,” said Brumer.
Five days a week, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Legal Assistance is ready and willing to take on the problems of any Marine, retiree or family member who might need their assistance. For more information, please contact 858-577-1656.
| Date Taken: | 05.08.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 05.14.2012 17:37 |
| Story ID: | 88419 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, CA, US |
| Hometown: | FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, US |
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