Community Service

Associate Annie Dike was recently elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Mobile Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program ("VLP"), a nonprofit organization that provides free legal assistance in civil matters to low income Mobile County residents.  The VLP boasts one of the most active and successful programs of its kind in Alabama and is set to expand beyond Mobile County this year, including...

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Donating funds to help a local family in need has become an annual Christmas-time tradition at Helmsing Leach.  This year, members of the firm and staff donated $1,545.00, which was more than enough to pay for items on the family's Christmas lists, plus a few extras.  The remainder of the money will be divided between the Bay Area Food Bank and Waterfront Rescue Mission.  Thanks to our members and staff...

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United Way is a network of community-based groups that raise billions of dollars annually in philanthropic contributions, which support programs benefiting local communities, including in Mobile and surrounding areas.  Every year,  Helmsing Leach encourages its attorneys and staff members to contribute.  We are pleased to announce that, this year, Helmsing Leach employees and shareholders contributed...

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Helmsing Leach attorney Annie J. Dike, who is Secretary of the Mobile Bar Association Women Lawyers group, along with attorneys Lucy Tufts of Cunningham Bounds and Dottie Perry of Burns, Cunningham & Mackey, hosted a women's networking event and fundraiser on September 22, 2011.  The event featured several guest speakers, including Justice Janie Shores, the first female Justice of the Alabama...

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