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Advocate of the Month October 2018

Advocate of the Month October 2018

Our October 2018 Advocate of the Month is Andrea “Rae” Bolton, Staff Attorney in the Birmingham office. Prior to coming to work for LSA, Rae clerked for Judge Michael Graffeo and volunteered for LSA. Rae’s practice covers all of LSA’s core service areas including consumer, housing and family law. Every month, Rae is a tenacious …

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Celebrate Pro Bono Month

Celebrate Pro Bono Month

(From L-R): Felecia Pettway, Managing Attorney, Selma Office; Jana Russell Garner, Attorney; Diana Wilson, Selma Office intern/volunteer; Linda Lund, Volunteer Lawyers Program Director; and Stephanie Hunter, Alabama State Bar Association pose during a free, legal clinic held at the Selma-Dallas County Public Library on Oct. 9. October 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the Alabama …

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Legal Services Alabama Receives $24,999 Technology Grant from the Legal Services Corporation

Legal Services Alabama Receives $24,999 Technology Grant from the Legal Services Corporation

WASHINGTON – The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) announced this week that Legal Services Alabama will receive a $24,999 Technology Initiative Grant to improve its use of technology in assisting low-income Alabamans with civil legal needs. Established in 2000, LSC’s Technology Initiative Grants program supports legal aid organizations in developing and replicating technologies that improve efficiency and …

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Advocate of the Month: September 2018

Advocate of the Month: September 2018

Our September 2018 Advocate of the Month is Rachele Reis. After graduating from Washington and Lee University School of Law, Rachele joined LSA’s Mobile Regional Office in August of 2016. Rachele is active in most of LSA’s core service areas including: family, consumer, housing, and public benefits law. Since starting at LSA, Rachele has proved …

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LSA Wins at the Eleventh Circuit for a core American Value: Innocent until proven guilty

LSA Wins at the Eleventh Circuit for a core American Value: Innocent until proven guilty

In every criminal trial, judges instruct juries that indictments are not evidence; an indictment alone is insufficient to deprive an individual of liberty or property. (An indictment without more is not enough to deny bail or sustain pretrial forfeiture of property.)  To make an indictment unsupported by other proof a basis for terminating a vital …

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Montgomery Native finds ‘calling’ at LSA

Montgomery Native finds ‘calling’ at LSA

LSA welcomed Lee Jordan, Elder Law Staff Attorney, to the Montgomery Regional Office on Sept. 4. A graduate of the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, Jordan has been in private practice for the past 18 years, with extensive legal experience in criminal, juvenile, probate and family law. Jordan, a Montgomery native, believes law is …

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Advocate of the Month: August 2018

Advocate of the Month: August 2018

Our August 2018 Advocate of the Month is Laurie McFalls. Laurie first joined LSA as part of the Tuscaloosa Regional Office, providing legal help to tornado victims in 2011. In 2012, Laurie transferred to the Huntsville Regional Office, where she currently works in a wide range of areas including: consumer, public benefits, housing and domestic …

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July 2018 Advocate of the Month

July 2018 Advocate of the Month

Oakley, who began with LSCA in June 1983, currently serves as Economic Empowerment Practice Group Chair and as a member of the High Impact Litigation Unit. Our July 2018 Advocate of the Month is Mary Jane Oakley. Mary Jane joined LSA in June of 1983. Oakley’s specialty practice areas include: public benefits, consumer and housing …

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