Carpenter’s Legal Hotline Information:

This program is designed to provide Union Carpenters and their families with a source for information on a wide variety of legal matters.* In other words, a quick reference source you can trust and go to without obligation and with the knowledge that the information being given to you is being given to you in good faith because you are a Union Carpenter or a member of a Union Carpenter’s family. You will receive the information you need to help you resolve your legal problem or you will be directed to where you can receive the additional information you need to help you resolve your legal problem.

Who is eligible for this free legal information?

Any member in good standing, who is current on his or her dues and not in arrears, is eligible. A member is deemed to be in arrears when he or she owes three or more months of dues.

How does the Carpenters’ Legal Information Hotline work?

When you have a legal question, just dial the Carpenters’ Legal Information Hotline number 1-877-MY-HAMMER or 1-877-694-2663 and speak to the Carpenters’ Legal Information Hotline Attorney (hereafter referred to as “Attorney”). You will have to identify yourself by your name, home address, telephone number, and your local union number. You will then tell the Attorney what your problem is and answer questions related to your problem as asked by the Attorney. The Attorney will then discuss your problem with you and suggest how he/she thinks you should resolve your legal problem. Everything you tell the Attorney is privileged, confidential, and protected from discovery unless you request the information be disclosed. If new facts subsequently develop or something was missed during your telephone conference, just telephone the Attorney again and go over the additional information related to your legal question. Remember, with respect to the information you are given, you are free to take the Attorney’s suggestions, reject them, or seek additional information from another source.*

Look to the Attorney to be there to answer questions for you and members of your immediate family in the following areas:

Family Law

• Divorce

• Child Custody

• Child Support

• Adoption

• Paternity

• Visitation

Quasi-Criminal

• Traffic Offenses

• D.U.I.

• Suspended or Revoked Licenses

• Improper driving charges

Financial/Commercial

• Credit-Collection

• Warranties

• Lemon Laws

Real Estate/Property Law

• Sales/Purchases of Real Estate

• Evictions

• Foreclosures

Criminal

• Felony/Misdemeanor charges

Personal Injury

• Construction Site Injuries

• Auto Accidents

• Slip & Falls

• Medical Malpractice

• Wrongful Death

• Product Liability

• Railroad & Airplane accidents

• Worker’s Compensation claims

Estates

• Wills

• Probate

If you request that the Attorney suggest the name of an attorney to represent you, the Attorney will try to give you the names of at least three attorneys or law firms or the “bar association” in your county to choose from. You can pick from the attorneys, law firms, or “bar association,” the Attorney suggests to you or you can go to someone of your own choosing.* It is up to you. Remember though, you must negotiate any conditions and financial arrangements you want in your contract with the attorney or law firm you hire to represent you, because once you retain an attorney or law firm to represent you, the attorney you hire is your attorney and answerable and responsible to you alone.

*Once you have retained an attorney or law firm to represent you, professional ethics prohibit the “Carpenters’ Legal Information Hotline Attorney” from discussing your legal problems with you. Also, the attorney or law firm you hire, and not the “Carpenters’ Legal Information Hotline” or its agents, and employees, will be responsible to you for the work your retained attorney or law firm does for you or the outcome achieved.

For a quick reference source you can trust

Call 1-877-MY HAMMER

or

1-877-694-2663

Kenneth J. Cortesi

Attorney At Law