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The second annual “Kean Miller Connection,” a 2-day law school prep program for college students, will be held May 15th and 16th at Kean Miller’s office in Baton Rouge.

The goal of the program is to “connect” participants with information helpful to their decision to attend law school and become a lawyer. Program details and eligibility requirements (including that each participant must be a member of a group traditionally underrepresented in law school and the law practice) can be found at http://www.keanmiller.com/docs/km_connection_information.pdf.Continue Reading Kean Miller Hosts Prep Program for College Students

Kean Miller has contributed $20,000 to The Baton Rouge Area Foundation and its Hurricane Katrina Displaced Residents Fund. “Baton Rouge is our home. We work here, we live here, and we have been fortunate to work in partnership with The Baton Rouge Area Foundation for over 20 years,” said Gary A. Bezet, Managing Partner of the 106-lawyer firm.
Continue Reading Kean Miller Announces Contribution to Hurricane Katrina Displaced Residents Fund

Click the links below to access important information on emergency orders from various Louisiana governmental and regulatory agencies: Posted September 28, 2005 – Louisiana Commissioner of Conservation Jim Welch issues memo regarding special exceptions due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Posted September 28, 2005 – Emergency Occupation of Hotel and Motel Rooms : Katrina and…

Kean Miller Hawthorne D’Armond McCowan & Jarman, LLP has established the “Kean Miller Relief Fund” in association with the Capital Area United Way. The partners in Baton Rouge’s largest law firm seeded the fund with an initial donation of $50,000.00. The announcement was made at a September 8 meeting of the Capital Area United Way and following a presentation by the national CEO of United Way.
Continue Reading Kean Miller Relief Fund Announced in Association with Capital Area United Way

Here are some links to sites offering avenues to help and hurricane relief information:

The American Red Cross is taking donations to help the thousands of
victims at http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html.

Following is a list of other Web sites offering disaster relief
Information –

Federal Emergency Management Agency
Phone: 1-800-621-FEMA
http://www.fema.gov

Louisiana Homeland Security
http://www.ohsep.louisiana.gov

Louisiana Governor’s Office
http://www.gov.state.la.us

Catholic Charities
Phone: 1-800-919-9338
http://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org

FEMA Charity tips
http://www.fema.gov/rrr/help2.shtm

National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
http://www.nvoad.org

Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
http://www.la-spca.org

Local Red Cross contacts –
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Today the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality issued an emergency order effective for 60 days that suspends or modifies existing environmental requirements in many areas in order to facilitate response to Hurricane Katrina. The order applies in 25 parishes in the New Orleans to Baton Rouge area. Among the provisions are those waiving 24 hour…

That question was one of several issues addressed by EPA in its review of a Petition for Objection filed by the Louisiana Environmental Action Network (“LEAN”) on Title V permits issued to ExxonMobil’s Baton Rouge Refinery. The Clean Air Act requires that a state agency give reasonable “opportunity for public comment and a hearing” on…