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Six law firms, McEachin & Gee (Virginia), Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders Pettaway & Campbell (Alabama), James Scott Farrin (North Carolina), Pogust, Braslow & Millrood (Pennsylvania and New Jersey), Conlon, Frantz & Phelan (Washington, D.C.), and Phillip L. Fraas (Washington, D.C.), announced today that a team from their firms, featuring Attorney Donald Gee, will be traveling to Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee to discuss the re-opening of the closed 1999 class-action lawsuit, Pigford v. Glickman. This suit became known as the "Black Farmer Settlement." The law firms are now evaluating denied, late claims that may now have an opportunity to be considered under a new law, which was proposed in part by Senator Barack Obama.

Mr. Gee will be speaking at the following locations:

Monday August 4, 2008

Radisson Hotel Memphis Airport

2411 Winchester Road

Memphis, TN 38116

901-332-2370

10am to 7pm

Tuesday August 5, 2008

First United Methodist Church

202 S.E. St.

Somerville, TN 38068

901-465-2627

10am to 7pm

Wednesday August 6, 2008

Collierville Banquet Hall

449 Hwy 72. Suite 5

Collierville, TN 38017

901-690-3671

10am to 6pm

New Harvest Presbyterian Church

111 Williams Blvd.

Florence, SC 29504

843-667-6383

10am to 1pm

(Donald Gee will not be appearing at this location)

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Kirkwood National Golf Club

277 Palmer Lane, Hwy 4 W

Holly Springs, MS 37635

662-252-4888

10am to 7pm

Friday August 8, 2008

Batesville Civic Center

290 Civic Center Drive

Batesville, MS 38606

662-563-1392

10am to 7pm

Saturday August 9, 2008

Holiday Inn Express

1636 S. Peterson Ave.

Douglas, GA 31535

912-384-2100

10am to 7pm

McEachin & Gee, Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders Pettaway & Campbell, Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Pogust, Braslow & Millrood, Conlon, Frantz & Phelan, and Phillip L. Fraas are the only firms endorsed by the National Black Farmers' Association. These firms are also working with the Federation of Southern Cooperatives, and the law firms collectively represent over 50,000 black farmers

The firms have set up an informational telephone line at 1-866-472-7826, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Also available is an informational website, Blackfarmerclaims.com (http://www.blackfarmerclaims.com), where attorneyDonald Gee (http://www.blackfarmerclaims.com) discusses his own childhood working on a black-owned farm. Mr. Gee is an accomplished trial attorney. He obtained a B.A. degree in Political Science from Virginia Commonwealth University, and he received a law degree from Howard University School of Law.





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