What We Do

PONO Legal staff and volunteers work with individuals and families impacted by the Maui fires to help them with disaster legal aid issues, including:

• Housing: Establishing title, pursuing insurance claims, addressing lease and occupancy issues, and accessing emergency assistance

• Consumer Issues: Document replacement, benefits, and medical 

• Employment: Workers’ rights, compensation, and safeguards

• Probate and Trust Administration

• Immigration

• FEMA Appeals

Through collaborating with our Hawaiʻi-based partners, including Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation, Legal Aid Society of Maui, Maui County Bar Association, and Hawaii State Bar Association, we strive to help as many impacted individuals as possible, while at the same time reducing duplication of legal assistance efforts and waste of resources.