March 16 2018 Community
On March 5, LSA welcomed David Roberson, Controller, to head its Accounting department. A native of Montgomery and easygoing and personable, Roberson worked at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival for 14 years – handling the organization’s sales, marketing, and finances. “I started there in college,” Roberson said. “When I graduated, our current Controller hired me as …
March 09 2018 Community
Our February 2018 Advocate of the Month is Tyler Brannon. Tyler joined LSA’s Huntsville Office in 2014. Tyler specializes in family and domestic violence law. A graduate of George Mason University School of Law in Arlington, VA (2010), Tyler worked as a legal intern for FairVote in Maryland. Brannon currently serves as Staff Attorney at the One …
February 26 2018 Community
Legal Services Alabama Deputy Director, Jaffe Pickett, provided testimony to the Alabama Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Thursday, Feb. 22. The testimony focused on economic hardships of people in poverty and the difficulty they may face with fees for maintaining or reinstating photo identification, transportation to vote in rural areas and …
February 23 2018 Community
By Farah Majid and Laurie McFalls, LSA Staff Attorneys On Feb. 2, 2018, Legal Services Alabama received notice that an appeal filed by LSA last spring, has been granted oral arguments and will be heard by a three judge panel. The appeal, which involves the rights of a person receiving a housing subsidy to a fair hearing, is …
February 21 2018 Community
Legal Services Alabama was represented at a women’s meet-and-greet event on Tuesday, February 20. The event, held at Wallace Community College Selma, was a part of Senator Doug Jones’ Alabama Tour, and LSA was represented by LSA Deputy Director Jaffe Pickett, and Selma Regional Office Managing Attorney Felecia Pettway. The purpose of the event was to focus …
February 08 2018 Community
By Michael Forton, Director of Advocacy Our January 2018 Advocate of the Month is Pamela Jackson. Pam originally joined Legal Services Alabama as part of the Anniston Office but has worked in the Huntsville Office since June of 2009, where she currently serves as the Lead Attorney. Pam is one of LSA’s hardest working and …
February 06 2018 Community
“I treat clients as if they were my mother – with the same respect and dignity I would want her given,” said LSA new Staff Attorney Michael Letson. “Charlie Carmichael, the longest practicing attorney in Alabama, once told me, ‘Never turn anybody away and never be rude to them, and you’ll do well.’” This personal …
February 05 2018 Community
byTrisha Powell Crain, AL.com The impact of poverty on education is a serious issue in Alabama. Factors include: below average test scores, diminished value of education, and little to no access to intervention programs among others (U.S. Department of Education, 2011). Legal Services Alabama provides basic civil legal assistance statewide to areas impacting low income …
January 09 2018 Community
By Farah Majid, Staff Attorney, Huntsville office The wages of Alabama’s working poor are still under attack by creditors. When a creditor sues someone and wins in court, they get a judgment. They can then automatically garnish a portion of a person’s paycheck to collect that judgment. The Alabama Constitution lets people protect up to …
January 08 2018 Community
Our December 2017 Advocate of the Month is Wilson Webb. Wilson first joined LSA as part of the Gadsden office in 1991, specializing in consumer and housing law. Although Wilson left LSA in 2006, he returned as part of the Birmingham office in February 2014. Wilson specializes in a wide range of consumer law areas …
