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The federal program that provides legal help to poor Americans turns away half
its applicants for lack of resources. But that has not stopped executives from
lavishing expensive meals, chauffeur-driven rides and foreign trips on
themselves.
Agency documents obtained by the Associated Press detail the luxuries that
executives of the Legal Services Corp. have given themselves with federal money
-- from $14 "Death by Chocolate" desserts to $400 chauffeured drives to
locations within taxicab distance of their offices.
And Legal Services board members wrote themselves a policy that doubled
the amount they can claim for meals, compared with staff employees.
Congress created Legal Services as a nonprofit corporation run with
federal money to provide legal help in civil matters for Americans who cannot
afford lawyers. It funds neighborhood clinics across the country that have
lawyers to provide such help.
Legal Services officials defend their program, saying administrative
expenses are kept separate from money distributed to the local, independently
run legal outlets.
Spokesman Thomas C. Polgar said LSC President Helaine M. Barnett and Chairman
Frank B. Strickland "are aware they are using taxpayer funds and try to operate
in a manner that is frugal and appropriate." Barnett is a former legal services
attorney in New York; Strickland is an Atlanta lawyer.
Barnett declined to be interviewed; Strickland did not return phone
messages seeking comment.
The scrutiny of Legal Services' spending comes as the corporation says it
does not have enough resources to meet many poor clients' needs.
A Legal Services study in October found that for every client who
receives service, one applicant is turned away for lack of resources. Because
only those who contacted the program for assistance were included in the study,
it is likely the study underestimated the unmet need, the corporation said.
Nine recent state studies demonstrated that less than 20 percent of the legal
needs of low-income Americans were being met, LSC said.
Neighborhood Legal Services, at 701 Fourth St. NW, the local program that
serves the poor in Washington, is a refuge where a federally funded lawyer can
help a client stave off homelessness, fight an unscrupulous landlord, file for
divorce or receive help with a host of other legal problems.
Legal Services' internal watchdog, Inspector General Richard "Kirt" West, has
questioned whether the corporation's headquarters at 3333 K St. NW has more
space than it needs and whether it pays too much rent.
The headquarters has multiple conference rooms and kitchen/pantry areas. Yet,
the corporation's 11-member board meets at hotels around the country, including
Washington, at costs ranging from $20,145 to $55,125.
The Legal Services headquarters in Georgetown was purchased by a nonprofit
group, Friends of the Legal Services Corp., that was formed to secure a
permanent headquarters.
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