The Mobile County Training School Alumni Association (MCTSAA) acknowledged the LSA Mobile Office with their Isaiah J. Whitley Legacy Award to acknowledge outstanding service provided to the AfricaTown community. Staff Attorney Valynda Jerome-Williams accepted the award to honor her dedication to outreach efforts in AfricaTown over the past two years. Attorney Jerome-Williams has focused her …

Legal Services Alabama is excited to announce a major victory for consumers across Alabama in the case of Renter’s Realty v. Smith. On September 18, 2020, the Alabama Supreme Court allowed a Court of Appeals opinion to stand, confirming the right of low-income Alabamians to protect their wages. This right was brought into question by a …

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 …

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 …