• State Bar of California
  • State Bar Provides Legal Resources Information for Victims of State Wildfires (July 1, 2008)

This program permits an attorney who relocates to California and who is licensed to practice law in one or more jurisdictions of the United States other than California to practice law in California under a registration system without becoming a member of the State Bar of California. A Registered Legal Services Attorney may practice law in California for no more than three years and during that period must do so under the supervision of an attorney employed by a Qualifying Legal Services Provider.

• Federal Emergency Management
• FEMA Wildfire
• Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance
• Tax Relief in Disaster Situations -- Information from the IRS
• Disaster Help (Disasterhelp.gov is part of the President's Disaster Management Egov Initiative)

• California Governor's Office of Emergency Services
• California Public Health and Social Services
• California Department of Insurance
• California Contractors State License Board
• California Contractors State License Board Disaster Information Center

• California Governor's Office of Emergency Services 2008 Summer Fires

• FEMA Wildfire Southern California 10/2008

• FEMA wildfire emergency declaration 6/23/2008

• LawHelpCalifornia.org

• American Red Cross - California Wildfires

• Lawyers affected by the fires who have questions about their ethical obligations, may contact the State Bar Ethics Hotline: 415-538-2150. The State Bar does not yet have a full assessment of the impact of the fires on lawyers and law firms.

• Check-List of Coverage Issues for Insureds Facing Fire-Related Losses (44 Kb, PDF)
  This resource from Dickstein Shapiro LLP

• Guide to Insurance Coverage for Fire-Related Losses (164 Kb, PDF)
  This resource from Dickstein Shapiro LLP

• Helping Handbook (1.5 Mb, PDF)
  Lawyers at Morrison & Foerster LLP, in conjunction with seven bar associations, have produced the "Helping Handbook", a 72-page overview of issues faced by people recovering from the 2007 Wildfires (overview of the publication)