Cyprus (March 26, 2011) This morning, Wendeen H. Eolis, Chairman of Eolis International Group and Commander of HOPE’s Champion Task Force, announced that the Company has dispatched a complement of 100 affiliated consultants to HCTF legal evacuation and relocation operations and related legal consulting services in the ravaged region of northern Japan and in hotbeds of rebellion in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, and Yemen.
During the past week, HCTF has recruited and assigned specialized legal talent with expertise in more than a dozen different disciplines. Assisting families of victims and displaced survivors in cities, hamlets and tribal villages--more than 15,000 "clients" have received some form of service -- on a pro bono basis. Commander Eolis noted, "If billed at big law firm discounted rates, the tab would have already exceeded $1,000,000."
HOPE's Champion Task Force was originally founded in the wake of 9-11 with a mandate to counsel and assist evacuees removed from danger and disaster zones following terrorist and weather-related tragedies. Today, HCTF continues those activities worldwide with significant additional responsibility for providing outstanding legal talent for government agencies around the world to assist in diverse projects within a country's large cities, smaller towns and rural environments as needed.
HCTF invites qualified lawyers to submit biographical information if they are available to lend, on a pro bono basis, special expertise in family law, banking, construction, energy, and other complex regulatory practices. Projects will require a minimum of one full week in the local area in which assistance is needed. Kindly contact Ed Mead at Eolis International Group at (212) 472-4000 or emead@eolis.com
