November 15 2018 Community
The Alabama Civil Justice Foundation (ACJF) awarded Legal Services Alabama (LSA) with a grant in the amount of $235,000 in September. The grant, which will “impact and improve rural Alabama communities,” is a part of a Rural Economic Improvement Project (REIP) partnership. LSA Deputy Director, Jaffe Pickett, stated the partnership will help find innovative and …
November 14 2018 Community
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 …
October 26 2018 Community
(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 …
October 24 2018 Community
LSA recently welcomed Staff Attorney Gabriel De Moske to its Tuscaloosa Office on Oct. 23. A former Fine Dining restaurateur of more than 20 years, the Pennsylvania native volunteered and interned for both LSA’s Huntsville and Tuscaloosa regional offices (2016-2018) while in Law School. Earning a J.D. and certificate of Public Interest Law from The …
October 17 2018 Community
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 …
October 12 2018 Community
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 …
October 11 2018 Community
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 …
September 11 2018 Community
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 …
September 10 2018 Community
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 …
September 05 2018 Community
Legal Services Alabama is excited to announce that they have reached a successful resolution to a lawsuit filed by LSA against the Department of Human Resources last November in Alabama federal court. This case involved LSA’s contention that the Department violated the due process rights of Alabama citizens when it failed to provide notices which …
