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Law Practice

Jun. 30, 2010

Attorneys Aid Gulf Fishermen

Attorneys from the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California arrived in the Gulf region late last week to provide legal aid to Vietnamese-American fishermen. But the six lawyers were met with suspicion.

By Sara Randazzo

Daily Journal Staff Writer

When attorneys from the Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California arrived in the Gulf region late last week to provide legal aid to Vietnamese-American fishermen, they thought they'd be welcomed with open arms. Instead, the six lawyers were met with suspicion and found themselves in a situation even more dire than they had expected.

Most of the fishermen, rendered...

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