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Surviving a Disaster A Lawyer’s Guide to Disaster Planning (2011)
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Surviving a Disaster: A Lawyer’s Guide to Disaster Planning (2011) Developed by the ABA Special Committee on Disaster Response and Preparedness Additional resources and an on line version of the Guide may be found at: www.americanbar.org/disaster
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Surviving a Disaster: A Lawyer’s Guide to Disaster Planning (2011) It’s 9:00 a.m. and you are at your desk when the earth tremors, the building shakes, and things start to fall off of your wall. You instinctively crawl under your desk and when the shaking stops …… What are your next moves?
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Surviving a Disaster: A Lawyer’s Guide to Disaster Planning (2011) It’s an hour later and the building Maintenance staff reports to you that there are “cracks” in the building foundation and they aren’t sure of its structural soundness. What do you do? Who decides? How do you communicate with staff? Who else do you have to communicate with and how?
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Surviving a Disaster: A Lawyer’s Guide to Disaster Planning (2011) By evening, the fire department has ordered that no one be allowed in the building until there is further assessment of its structural soundness. How do you communicate with staff? How do you conduct business for the rest of the day? The next day?
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Surviving a Disaster: A Lawyer’s Guide to Disaster Planning (2011) The engineers’ report it will take at least two weeks to make the repairs to the building before it is safe for tenants to return. Do you have a plan for how you will conduct business for this time period? Can you meet payroll (assume pay day is two days off)?
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Surviving a Disaster: A Lawyer’s Guide to Disaster Planning (2011) How do you notify clients? Vendors? Staff? Are there any business activities you can defer?
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