What you've got is poor people with acute legal needs not being able to have those needs met, said Ernie Lewis, head of the state public-defender system and a board member of APPALRED. 
Ernie Lewis had spent over 15 years in private practice before joining the board of APPALRED.
mnli hypothesis: Ernie Lewis had spent over 15 years in private practice before joining the board of APPALRED. premise: What you've got is poor people with acute legal needs not being able to have those needs met, said Ernie Lewis, head of the state public-defender system and a board member of APPALRED. 