National Trial Lawyers Forms Task Force on Orlando Shootings

On June 12, 2016, a gunman killed 49 people and injured 53 others inside Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, United States. He was killed by Orlando police after a three-hour standoff. It was both the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman and the deadliest incident of violence against LGBT people in U.S. history. Pulse was hosting a Latin Night and most of the victims were of Hispanic descent. The massacre was widely denounced as an act of terrorism and a hate crime.

National Trial Lawyers has created a task force of both local and national lawyers to offer these services in this time of great need.  No one on the task force will receive compensation for these services, and to the extent that specific legal needs arise for individuals, referrals will be made.

On behalf of the National Trial Lawyers Association, we first offer our sincere condolences to those families that have suffered at this horrific terrorist act.  At a time when there are many more questions than answers, we want to offer, without compensation, whatever assistance we can to the families of those affected by this tragedy.  In the cold light of the upcoming few days, there will be many concerns of legal significance that the families will have.  How they will handle the arrangements for their loved ones; how expenses will be paid; what to do about the estate of those people lost on Sunday morning, and how the families with children or dependents or significant others of those lost will handle these issues. We hope to lessen, even to a small extent, the confusion and uncertainty caused to these families. Their loved ones were direct victims; they are the indirect, surviving victims. We are her to help.

 

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