Being injured in an accident often leaves a victim traumatized and in the need of a Chicago personal injury lawyer. After seeing a billboard, watching a commercial on television, or by the recommendation of a friend or loved one, our clients come to us in physical and emotional pain and our attorneys are ready to help.

Hope is about trust

Once the person makes that first call and we determine we can help, our Chicago personal injury firm commits to providing the best legal representation available and simultaneously activates the full force of our personnel and our resources. The person hangs up the phone knowing that he or she is in good hands.

Our commitment to exceptional legal representation is an important objective but not the only objective in this client/firm relationship.

Hope is about partnerships that create opportunities

We understand that a majority of our personal injury clients come from broken homes and underserved Chicago communities which lack basic resources.  For many of them the slogan “In a wreck, need a check” is a timely message and a possible solution to very real and immediate needs.

As a neighbor and a business in these same struggling communities, we have committed our personal injury firm to stand in solidarity with other groups and meet some of these needs.

One of our partners serving the Chicago Woodlawn neighborhood is Hope Works Community Development.  Since 2014, Hope Works is doing all they can to help individuals get back to work.

Their staff and volunteers work one-on-one to design specific solutions to long-term unemployment in a community where 41 percent make less than $15,000 per year and 32 percent meet the federal standards for “severely impoverished”. www.hopeworkschicago.org.

Hope is embodied in small acts of kindness

Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys staff became partners of hope by collecting donations of gently used business clothing and shoes for the Hope Works Community Development clients.  Our Chicago personal injury lawyers understand that something as simple as a clothing drive can serve as the starting point in someone’s journey out of hopelessness.

Hope Defined can change the world

Jerome’s Story

Jerome came to his first appointment at Hope Works with an interview scheduled for later that week. He was hopeful about the interview but wanted some help preparing for it as well as with applying for other positions.

When his Community Advocate asked him if he had clothes for his interview, Jerome mentioned that he had just moved to town and didn’t have many clothes with him. We were able to find him a new shirt and pants but didn’t have shoes in his size.

Another client was in a meeting at the same time and overheard what was going on. He realized that they were the same size of shoes and offered to give Garvin a pair of his own shoes. Garvin left his meeting with clothes for his interview, transportation so that he didn’t have to walk for 2 miles, and a renewed sense of hope!

David’s Story

David has been working with us for the last eight months. He has a good amount of experience doing security work, and has gotten two unsuccessful interviews since we started working with him. He recently received an interview for a local grocery store and when he was asked what he was going to wear, he was reluctant to tell his Community Advocate.

Upon hearing that Hope Works had clothes that he could have for his interview he asked to look at them. He tried on a shirt that he liked along with the blue jeans that he had come in with. He asked his advocate if it would be appropriate to wear the jeans to an interview.

When he was told that it wasn’t, he was able to find a pair of slacks that he could wear to the interview. He asked multiple times if the clothes were free and if he could keep them. He left his meeting with enhanced interview skills and an outfit to wear for his upcoming interview!

The Value of Relationship in the Community

Lerner and Rowe Gives Back community outreach program firmly believes in power of our relationships with neighbor and local community groups and the strength that each relationship provides to the projects and events we sponsor.For example, last November we met with CAPS officer Sabrina King of The Chicago Police Department District 9 at an event in Morgan Park to help provide families with Thanksgiving dinner in Southside Chicago.

The event, which also partnered with 45 other organizations including the Boys and Girls Club and the Salvation Army, was able to provide over 1,000 different families with complete Thanksgiving meals.

This success was largely due to the awareness of Officer King that some of the seniors and shut-ins in her district would miss out on this great chance if delivery was not offered, Officer King took action upon herself. So with the help of her partner, Officer Clark registered the families and delivered the food baskets to their homes personally. Without their help, families would have missed out who were in desperate need of food during the holidays.

Though it has been almost five months since our first introduction to Officer King, we have continued to remain in contact and meet frequently in order to coordinate future community outreach events.

Dear Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys,

Thank you for your very generous donation of professional clothing to Hope Works Community Development.

Your donation supports the work of Hope Works Community Development as we strive to empower our neighbors in Woodlawn to find and keep jobs. We are excited about how our most recent growth will further the work already done through Hope Works to combat long-term unemployment in the Woodlawn neighborhood. Your support directly enhances our ability to offer concrete job training skills and employment in the community, as we continue to equip people to be ready to work.

We are grateful for your support of this work through your generous donation.

With kind regards,

Rebekah S. King

Executive Director, Hope Works Community Development

Standing Strong With Maywood

Candlelighters’ 2015 Evening of Hope Supporters

Lerner and Rowe Injury Attorneys is a proud supporter of Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada’s 2015 Evening of Hope to be held on Friday, March 6 at 6 p.m. at the World Market Center (495 S. Grand Central Pkwy., #2203, on the 16th Floor at Worldview).

Evening of Hope highlights include:

• Children’s art gallery exhibit and sale featuring original modern art and photography created by Candlelighter beneficiaries.
• Silent and live auction prizes.
• Complimentary cocktails, wine and hors d’oeuvres.Proceeds raised will be used to support the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada.

Get more information and purchase tickets online.

Tickets for the Evening of Hope may be purchased online for $150 per person. Please contact Kelly Webb at 702-737-1919, or e-mail her at [email protected] for more event details and to learn about sponsorship opportunities that are available with Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Nevada.