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The U.S. Small Business Administration is telling local companies that Feb. twenty four will be the filing due date pertaining to federal government economic damage disaster loans offered in Lee and Scott counties in Virginia. The SBA declared a catastrophe because of severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line gusts of wind along with water damage which began on April twenty three, last year.

In addition, the Small Business Administration declared in the week that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to smaller businesses, small farming cooperatives, small firms engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit establishments of all sizes situated in the counties of Dillon along with Horry in South Carolina because of Hurricane Irene that took place in August.

“When the Secretary of Agriculture issues a disaster declaration to help farmers recover from damages and losses to crops, the Small Business Administration issues a declaration to assist eligible entities affected by the same disaster,” announced Frank Skaggs, director of SBA’s Field Operations Center East in Atlanta.

Under this declaration, the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan program is accessible to qualified farm-related along with nonfarm-related businesses that encountered financial losses as a direct result of this catastrophe. Except for aquacultural enterprises, agricultural companies, farmers and also ranchers are definitely not eligible to apply to SBA.

Financing for small business can be up to $2 million, with interest rates of 3 percent for non-profit organizations and 4 percent for small businesses. Terms can be up to 30 years. The SBA determines eligibility dependant upon the size of the prospect, form of endeavor and its financial assets. The agency controls financial loan amounts and terms dependent on each applicant’s financial affliction. These SBA small business loans may be used to pay fixed debts, payroll, accounts payable, and other bills that could have been paid had the disaster not occurred. These particular small business loans are not meant to replace lost gross sales or net income.

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Throughout the wake of the darkest court budget cuts in California‘s history, plaintiffs’ trial lawyer Michael Alder of AlderLaw, P.C. in Beverly Hills assumed the office of president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA), the nation’s largest local association of plaintiffs’ attorneys, that’s made up of nearly 3,000 lawyers.

“Consumer lawyers are vital, now more than ever, to protecting the civil rights of people who’ve been left without access to judicial relief, which is just about everyone except the super-rich,” said Alder. “Legal bills add up to astronomical sums very quickly, because litigation is such an intensive process. Without lawyers who work on a contingency fee basis, which means they risk their own money instead of the clients’ and agree not to be paid unless they win the case, even people with big incomes quickly find their resources drained when faced with the large legal bills that result from a contested matter. Consumer lawyers must be prepared to provide leadership, vision and most of all integrity.”

Alder can be described as a steadfast proponent of plaintiffs’ couselors, also called consumer lawyers, working to raise public awareness of their importance at a time of corporate fraud and abuse. He’s been a member of CAALA for 14 years and spearheaded a city-wide billboard campaign to fund billboards that highlight the good that consumer lawyers do for society. He also is one of five founding members of the Trial Lawyers Charities, a non-profit institution which donates capital as well as legal expertise to men and women in need in Los Angeles.

Alder is at the present time engaging in some of the very most cutting-edge litigation work in the country. He has tried upwards of seventy cases in his career and properly secured in excess of $140 million in verdicts and pay outs for his clients in 2011 alone. Lately, in Dec 2011 he acquired a nearly $33 million verdict for Concept Chaser, Co., Inc. in the advertising fraud case Concept Chaser Co., Inc. v. Pentel of America Ltd.

CAALA officially installed Alder as its 2012 president on Jan. 21 at its 63rd Annual CAALA Installation & Awards Banquet at the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. The group also announced its new officers and Board of Governors. For more information, visit www.caala.org.

AlderLaw, P.C. is a Los Angeles criminal attorney and plaintiffs’ law firm that represents plaintiffs in personal injury, business tort and employment litigation nationwide. The firm was founded in 2000 by attorney Michael Alder, current president of the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles (CAALA) and past CAALA Trial Lawyer of the Year. Alder has tried more than 70 cases in his career, and works with a team of seven associate attorneys. AlderLaw, P.C. obtained more than $140 million in verdicts and lawsuit settlements for its clients last year. For information, visit www.alderlaw.com.

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Juhl Wind Inc, leading the way in Community Wind Energy, has released the official industrial start-up and operation of the two wind turbine project for Gundersen Health System in Winona County, MN. The 4.95 megawatt endeavor could be the first-of-its-kind in North America to be constructed expressly to handle the alternative energy concerns of a large regional health organization, in this instance, Gundersen Health System.

“This unique wind project represents the continued activity by Juhl over the past two years and highlights our strength and diversity in the community wind energy market,” proclaimed Corey Juhl, Vice President of Development for Juhl Wind Inc. “We are seeing an increased demand for large commercial and industrial organization projects such as Gundersen’s as they fit extremely well within Juhl Wind’s area of expertise. This community-based project will provide significant economic benefits to the region. As one piece of their Envision program, the wind farm project will help Gundersen Health System achieve their goal of becoming 100% energy independent by 2014.”

“This is an exciting time for Gundersen and our Envision program. This community wind project we have done with Juhl Wind was about two years in the making, and we’re happy to report that the turbines are now creating energy,” stated Jeff Rich, executive director, GL Envision, LLC.

Juhl Wind is an established leader in Community Based Wind Power advancement and management, dedicated to windmill projects throughout the United States and Canada. Juhl Wind pioneered Community-Based wind farms, developing the currently accepted financial, operational and legal structure providing local ownership of medium-to-large scale wind farms. To date, the Company has completed 21 wind farm projects and provides operations management and oversight across the portfolio of renewable resources. Juhl Wind services every aspect of wind farm development from full development and ownership, general consultation, construction management and system operations and maintenance. With its consolidation of the Valley View, Winona County and Woodstock Hills wind farms, the Company has now invested in and operates 21.7 MWs of wind power through its independent power producer subsidiary, Juhl Renewable Asset, Inc. Through its Next Generation Power Systems subsidiary, Juhl Wind also provides full product sales as well as service to smaller-sized, on-site wind and solar panel projects together with the company’s larger Community Wind turbine Farms.

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