While serving as general counsel to Kaga FEI America, Inc, Attorney Ben Lyon is also slated to become a Honorary consul for a strategic and emerging European Union nation. With roots in Silicon Valley, and an office in Los Angeles, Ben Lyon is a member of the State Bar of California (the State Bar).
In May, the State Bar gave grant money to 20 organizations to go toward hiring provisionally licensed lawyers (PLLs). The grant money is to augment practices that specialize in addressing urgent civil legal issues faced by Californians who are low-income.
The Legal Services Trust Fund Commission selected the 20 organizations after a competitive process based on a rubric the commission devised and the Board of Trustees approved. In sum, estimated awards will total $1.4 million in 2021-2022.
Seventeen PLLs will be hired to work in 43 California counties with 30 of these counties being in rural locations or having little access to legal aid. Three PLLs have been allocated for state-wide support services. The expectation is that this aid will go toward helping residents living in rural areas, and to offer legal services to those impacted by COVID.
