Press Release 001-09

Release Date: March 15, 2009

Veterans Law Center Releases its Annual Report for 2009

Jacksonville, Florida – Looking back at its 2008 Milestones and Accomplishments, the Veterans Law Center of Jacksonville, Inc., recounts an unprecedented inaugural year of service to America’s military veterans and their families in its first published annual report.

“Amongst these accomplishments,” notes the report, “was educating Georgia and Florida lawyers on Veterans Law issues at the State Bar of Georgia Annual Convention’s ‘Legal Assistance for America’s Heroes’ Seminar at Amelia Island, Florida, on June 5, 2008.”

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“Each lawyer trained by the Veterans Law Center will carry the hope of positively impacting the lives of thousands of veterans and their families!”

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“Each lawyer trained by the Veterans Law Center will carry the hope of positively impacting the lives of thousands of veterans and their families,” stated Judge Hal Moroz, Chairman of the Board for the VLC, who is also a Georgia and Washington, D.C. attorney. “Defending America’s Defenders is what the Veterans Law Center is all about!”

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Major Initiative Announced: “… [the VLC] plans to open a one-of-a-kind Education & Job Outreach Center in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2009!”

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In a look ahead at 2009 and beyond, the Annual Report states that “in addition to increasing public awareness of the VLC and expanding the number of veterans assisted, the VLC plans to open a one-of-a-kind Education & Job Outreach Center in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2009!” This initiative is contingent upon sufficient fundraising, and will support veterans and their families by providing the following services under one roof:

(1) Educational Seminars for Veterans & their Families

(2) Educational Workshops for Veterans & their Families

(3) Veterans Law Seminars & Continuing Legal Education for Attorneys, Paralegals, and Veteran Service Officers

(4) Veteran Job Referral Service & Job Fairs

“In a small but meaningful way,” notes the Annual Report, “the VLC is making a positive impact on the lives of the veterans we touch. And it is our vision that the VLC will grow to more fully serve the interests of America and her 24 million military veterans, and those that follow them as the watchmen on the walls of what President Ronald Reagan called this ‘Bright Shining City on a Hill.’"

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“All members of the Board, including the Chairman of the Board, volunteered their services in 2008 without compensation, and all legal services provided by attorneys were pro bono.”

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Of particular note in the Annual Report’s Financial Statement, the Board of Directors announced that 100% of the donations received by the Veterans Law Center of Jacksonville, Inc. (VLC), in 2008 went to start-up costs and fulfilling the Mission of this charitable organization!

“As we reported in our annual organizational filing with the Internal Revenue Service, not one penny of any donation has gone to paying any salaries or reimbursement of expenses to any of the members of the Board of Directors or our staff!

“All members of the Board, including the Chairman of the Board, volunteered their services in 2008 without compensation, and all legal services provided by attorneys were pro bono.”

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“… [the VLC] provides support and counsel to America's honorably discharged veterans, wherever they may be, and they do this free of charge to them.”

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If you are a veteran in need of assistance --- or would like to learn more about the VLC and/or support their efforts with your charitable contributions --- please visit their website at: http://veteranslawcenter.org

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If you are interested in the Veterans Administration (VA) claims process, you are invited to view an article by Judge Moroz in the February 2002 issue of the Georgia Bar Journal. It was originally written for Georgia lawyers so they might assist veterans, but it is generally written for all veterans. The article is entitled "Defending America's Defenders: Advocating on Behalf of Georgia's Military Veterans," and it covers just about everything you ever wanted to know about the VA claims process ... from the start and all of the way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, if you had to go there! The article is in pdf format, and begins on page 20 at the following link:

http://www.gabar.org/public/pdf/GBJ/feb02.pdf

Press Release 001-08

Jacksonville, Florida – Within days of receiving recognition by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501(c)(3) charity, the Veterans Law Center of Jacksonville, Inc. (VLC), began business by educating Georgia lawyers on Veterans Law issues at the State Bar of Georgia’s Annual Convention “Legal Assistance for America’s Heroes” Seminar at Amelia Island on June 5^th.

“Each lawyer trained by the Veterans Law Center will carry the hope of positively impacting the lives of thousands of veterans and their families!”

“Each lawyer trained by the Veterans Law Center will carry the hope of positively impacting the lives of thousands of veterans and their families,” stated H.R. “Hal” Moroz, a Georgia attorney and Chairman of the Board for the VLC. “Defending America’s Defenders is what the Veterans Law Center is all about!”

“… provides support and counsel to America's honorably discharged veterans, wherever they may be, and they do this free of charge to them.”

The Veterans Law Center of Jacksonville, Inc., is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) charitable organization that provides support and counsel to America's honorably discharged veterans, wherever they may be, and they do this free of charge to them. “The end result,” says Hal Moroz, “is a valuable service to veterans and their families, and in the process we are building better communities and a stronger nation!”

The Veterans Law Center is led by Hal Moroz, a retired U.S. Army airborne Infantry officer, former county judge and city chief judge in the State of Georgia, and longtime veterans advocate. In fact, for the past decade Judge Moroz trained lawyers on veterans law matters at legal seminars for the State Bars of Georgia and Florida, and represented U.S. military veterans around the world and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and the United States Supreme Court.

”As a veteran and an attorney,” said Moroz, “I recognized the need to provide a service to these men and women who made the sacrifice and provided us the very blanket of freedom and security that allows us to live our lives as God intended. This was the idea that sparked the creation of the Veterans Law Center of Jacksonville, which supports veterans and their families not only in Florida but across the United States.”

VLC Services include:

(1) Veterans Law Seminars
(2) Legal Counsel on Dealing with the Department of Veterans Affairs
(3) Legal Representation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in Washington, D.C.
(4) Job Fairs and other services for Veterans and their Family Members

”America is the proud home of 24 million military veterans who answered their country's call with honor and sacrifice,” said Moroz. “800,000 of these veterans reside in Georgia.”

Veterans Law Center of Jacksonville, Inc., is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)(3) charity