Lexis-Nexis is reaching out to lawyers and clients in Florida with a comprehensive disaster relief package. It includes a month of free Lexis for Florida bar volunteers providing pro bono legal aid to the community. So far, more than 700 lawyers have signed on across the state.

Lexis-Nexis has donated 40 laptop computers to The Florida Bar Foundation for use by the volunteer force. It has asked qualified Lexis employees to staff the Florida hotline providing advice to disaster relief victims.

Lexis -Nexis has had a "Lexis-Nexis Cares" program in place for some time, allowing employees to spend a few days per year working on pro bono projects of their choice. It now is urging employees to use some of this time to assist local relief agencies. The company also is offering to match employee donations to the Red Cross through September 30.

There's a lot more to the LN relief plan, but you get the idea. I have had the pleasure of serving on the Martindale Hubbell/Lexis-Nexis Legal Advisory Board for the past 8 years. They are an amazing company, far more like a family than a big corporation. It's a privilege to be associated with them.