Law firm providing free legal aid to Ukrainian families

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Starting up above in a foreign state, immediately after fleeing your possess due to the fact of war, is something lots of of us have not and will not encounter.

For Ukrainian families, that adjustment is however a do the job in development.

“Just building confident their simple requires are lined has been important,” said Veronica Gromada. 

Gromada and her law company of Shook, Hardy and Bacon are performing to supply absolutely free authorized support to at minimum six Ukrainian households who recently resettled  in Jacksonville.

“It can be the form of grassroots attempts that may perhaps, irrespective of what could be going on politically, it’s the variety of undercurrent in the DNA of this nation that goes on every day,” she defined.

She’s supporting them utilize for non permanent protective position for the up coming 18 months, and it is really something the US Section of Homeland Protection announced for Ukrainians in March.  

“We just will need to see a lot far more of this on a reliable basis,” she claimed.

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Gromada is also having support from a longtime mate and former legislation university classmate, herself an immigrant from Ukraine, who is performing specifically with families like the Stozhok’s who we introduced you to past month.

The relatives fled their home and ended up equipped to relocate in Jacksonville.

Gromada claims a lot more people are envisioned to discover refuge right here, and they could use some help obtaining acclimated.

“Much more demands to be performed and whatever we can do as a bigger culture, I just implore everyone to do what they can,” she claimed.

If you would like to assist people resettling in Jacksonville, you can e mail Natalia Plyam at [email protected].