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Washington State is home to approximately 660,000 military veterans with 60,000 of them still on active duty. About 2,000,000 family members of these veterans are affected by the service of their military member. Washington State Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, writes about proposing an Office of Military and Veteran Legal Assistance with his office, the Attorney General’s Office. Currently, our State Law bars the Attorney General’s Office from providing legal advice or representation to private citizens whether it is to bring action on behalf of an individual or to defend an individual. This same law affects military service members, veterans, and families, but lucky for them, there are resources available to them to assist with their …show more content…
This proposal was inspired by the State of Nevada’s similar program that became very successful in addressing at least 200 legal issues for veterans in the first year. The main purpose of the proposal is to allow the Attorney General to recruit, train, and organize volunteer attorneys to provide enhanced support and facilitate legal services by building on existing programs (Ferguson & Tymczyszyn, 2016). Attorney General Bob Ferguson stated: “as chief legal officer for the state, the attorney general can build capacity and serve as a clearinghouse to ensure veterans and military families find the trusted legal help they need” (Ferguson & Tymczyszyn, 2016, para. …show more content…
Army Veteran, and a Legal Consultant, I support the Attorney General’s proposal and will volunteer my time to serve those who served, and are currently serving our country. I believe that we must invest more of our time, knowledge, experience, and potential in providing our veterans and their families the legal assistance they earned. Our current and former military members deserve to be afforded the opportunity to retain legal counsel at little to no cost regardless of their income. The Attorney General and veterans including myself, urge you and other lawyers in Olympia to act to support the proposal to meet the needs of our veterans and their

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