July 27 2020 Staff
Our June 2020 Advocate of the Month is Kendra Johnson. Kendra joined LSA in April of 2018. Kendra’s specialty areas include consumer law, bankruptcy and family law (specializing in situations involving domestic violence). Kendra received her undergraduate degree from The University of Montevallo and went to law school at Georgetown University Law Center. Kendra currently …
July 10 2020 In the News | Staff
Our High Impact Team recently won a case at the Court of Appeals allowing a homeowner to avoid illegal foreclosure after the bank foreclosed on the client’s home. The High Impact Team argued that the client was never sent proper notice before the foreclosure, and that Alabama case law made it historically clear that banks …
July 06 2020 Community | Staff
Our May 2020 Advocate of the Month is Meteasa Henderson. Meteasa joined LSA (formerly Legal Services of North-Central Alabama) in October 1994. Meteasa specializes in the area of family law — protecting domestic violence survivors in all areas. Meteasa is a graduate of The University of Tennessee’s (Knoxville) College of Law (1992) and serves as …
July 02 2020 In the News | Staff
LSA is proud to announce Jim Smith has been acknowledged by the Alabama State Bar with the new Public Interest Attorney award. James O. Smith, Montgomery, AL – Jim Smith has spent his career expanding access to justice and assisting those often forgotten by the legal community. Jim started his career in 1978 as a staff …
June 10 2020 Community | Staff
When Legal Services Alabama began to work remotely in March it was clear that we would no longer be able to take “walk-ins” applying for our help. This meant that nealry all of our intakes would now be coming in by phone and for most applicants this means calling the LSA Call Center. During March …
January 07 2020 In the News | The Advocate
Our 2019 Annual Report is now available! LSA would like to thank all of the funders, sponsors, donors and partners who make our work possible. Read our 2019 report to learn more about the positive change LSA has been able to affect across Alabama in the last year. 2019 PDF 2019 ONLINE
