Aside from receiving legal assistance, Filipino-American clients of Bander Law Firm can now donate a portion of their legal fees to a local charity of their choice.
"The objective is to become more active and visible in the Filipino community through charitable works," Bander Law Firm director of client services William Geoghegan told Asian Journal.
Under this program, an individual can assign a portion of his fees to be donated to a participating charity. The charity can notify contributors that the firm will donate, with their approval, a portion of their fees back to the charity, Geoghegan said.
"Through this program, we can directly help clients with their issues and also contribute to the causes that matter most in the community," he added.
"This type of business relationship is something that I want to be able to come out of this association, everybody working together," Joel Bander, meanwhile, told a group of Filipinos during a meet and greet mixer event in Las Vegas last July 15.
Mr. Bander said the initiative is designed for Filipinos to whom he has an affinity for, having been working with the Filipino community in Los Angeles since 1985.
At last week’s event, he said, "Since many people here are representing organization, we want to say that our goal is to encourage referrals as well as to help the organization’s charities".
Bander Law Firm organized the event and was attended by members of several Las Vegas-based Filipino American groups. Among the organizations that participated were the National Federation of Filipino American Associations, the Las Vegas Philippine-American Lions Club, and the Filipiniana Cultural & Arts Foundation.
Each of these groups supports various local and national charities in the US , as well as in the Philippines .
Geoghegan said the response from Filipino-American groups in Las Vegas has been positive.
"We have connected with groups and organizations in a way that is mutually beneficial. We encourage any 501c3 organization to reach out to us and learn more about the program," he said.
Bander Law Firm has been providing quality services to its clients in its headquarters in downtown Los Angeles , CA . Its second office is in Las Vegas , NV located at 5115 S. Durango Dr . It also has an office in Manila , Philippines .
It has been providing mortgage seminars for free to Las Vegas residents. The firm also recently started providing bankruptcy solutions for individual and corporations.
The company provides a full range of legal services in the legal field of mortgage litigation, wage and hour litigation, business litigation, immigration, criminal and removal defense, personal injury, class actions, and bankruptcy.
The firm has a multi-lingual staff fluent in Tagalog, Spanish, Mandarin, Sinhalese, Korean, and Russian and to better assist and accommodate client needs. Its highly experienced attorneys have over 70 years combined experience.
( Published on July 23, 2009 in Asian Journal Las Vegas p. B3 )
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