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Hurricane Gustav

8 ABA Journal Hurricane Gustav articles.

Lawyer’s Gustav Observations: Loud Frogs and Brave Birds

The lawyer known to his blog fans as Ernie the Attorney reports that Hurricane Gustav left the city dark but not silent.

Ernest Svenson, a New…

Courts Close, Prisoners Move in Advance of Gustav

As Hurricane Gustav approached landfall on Sunday afternoon, most Louisiana courts expected to be closed at least through Tuesday, and perhaps longer.

Civil and Criminal District courts in New Orleans…

ABA Leader Hunkers Down in Path of Gustav

Franchesca Hamilton-Acker, a Lafayette, La., lawyer who serves as the ABA Young Lawyers Division representative for the state, is getting ready for Hurricane Gustav to come ashore and—after the storm…

AG Finds Gas Price-Gouging in Advance of Gustav

Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell received more than 300 complaints by late Saturday of gas stations jacking up the price of fuel as hundreds of thousands of residents made their…

Live from Gustav: Ernie the Twittering Attorney

If Hurricane Gustav is anything like 2005’s Hurricane Katrina, lawyers who blog will be cut off from the outside world when the storm comes ashore and the power goes out.…

Law Firm Uses Technology to Operate During Hurricane Gustav

Founded shortly after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the Wolfe Law Group—with offices in New Orleans and Seattle—is using technology to continue to function during Hurricane Gustav.

The four-lawyer firm represents…