I Need Help - Cases We Handle

We help people who have consumer problems such as:

• Loans, contracts, warranties, and installment purchase agreements
• Debt collections, garnishments, and repossessions
• Unfair sales practices and home improvement problems
• Utility shutoffs
• Bankruptcies

We provide and legal representation for persons 60 years of age and older on elder law issues.

Social Security and SSI

We help with problems of overpayment, reduction and termination of SSI and Social Security disability benefits, and Medicare.

We assist with welfare and health benefits, such as OWF, Disability Assistance, Medicaid, PRC, Healthy Start, and Food Stamps.

We help victims of domestic violence and handle divorces, child custody/visitation cases and some child support matters. Due to limited resources, we cannot handle all cases. Call to find out if we can help with your family law problem.

We handle tenant-landlord matters involving evictions, substandard housing conditions, and subsidized and public housing. We also assist with foreclosures.

We help with student loan, special education, enrollment, vocational school, and suspension and expulsion problems.

We help people with unemployment compensation claims. We also help open doors to jobs by assisting with expungement of misdemeanor records and reinstatement of driver's licenses.

Income Tax Law

We help people with income tax controversies, including those involving the Earned Income Tax Credit.

We help with people with immigration problems, such as family petitions, naturalization, and deportation.

We will represent you in most other important legal matters. We also assist low-income community organizations with a variety of issues, including those involving incorporation.

If you have a legal problem not mentioned, call your county office to find out if we can help you.