Dallas Lawyers Assist Police Officers By Providing Estate Planning On 9/11

By: Martin Merritt, esq.
Past President, Texas Health Lawyers Association
Past Chair, DBA Health Law Section
martin@martinmerritt.com

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On September 11, 2001, eighty percent of police and firefighters who died in the attack did not have a will or estate planning documents, such as a “living will” or “directive to physicians.” Bradley and Bank of America recruited volunteer Dallas Bar Association attorneys who provided these much needed basic estate planning documents to Dallas Police Officers in a pro bono event held yesterday, on the anniversary of 9/11.