June 11 2018 Community
LSA welcomed experienced attorney Kendra Johnson to its Birmingham Regional Office in April. A native of Birmingham, Johnson moved back to her hometown after spending some time in Los Angeles to volunteer with the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program (BVLP), where she saw the extensive need of legal representation for the area’s poor. “I saw a …
June 08 2018 Community
Our May 2018 Advocate of the Month is Holly Ray. Holly joined LSA in 2008. Holly specializes in foreclosure prevention, eviction defense, and bankruptcy. A graduate of Faulkner University’s Jones School of Law (2007), Holly worked as an AmeriCorps volunteer for LSA before formally joining the program. Holly began her LSA career with the Call …
June 06 2018 Community
The Annie E. Casey Foundation Partnership Conference attendees from around the country enjoy the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis (Appleseed’s Frank Knaack, 4th from right, Pickett, center). The Annie E. Casey Foundation held its Southern Partnership to Reduce Debt Convening on May 8-10 in Memphis. Representatives from Legal Services Alabama (LSA), Jaffe Pickett, and …
May 30 2018 Community
By Desiree Taylor More than 1,200 seniors from across east Alabama gathered for food and fun at the Area Agency on Aging’s May Day Senior Celebration 2018 event on May 17. Held inside the International Motor Sports Hall of Fame museum in Lincoln, AL, the event titled “Aging Like Champions,” welcomed nearly 20 vendors and …
May 07 2018 Community
Our April 2018 Advocate of the Month is Farah Majid. Farah joined LSA in August 2012. Majid’s specialty practice areas include: consumer, housing, and bankruptcy cases. Majid was selected as LSA’s Advocate of the Year in 2014, and became the organization’s Consumer Lead Attorney in November 2015. As LSA’s Consumer Lead Attorney, Majid’s primary focus …
May 02 2018 Community
By Legal Services Alabama Legal Services Alabama is excited to announce that the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals has recently issued a decision protecting tenants’ rights in a case where LSA appeared as amici curiae. The case, Morrow v. Pake, revolved largely around whether or not a tenant was required to assert his/her rights in …
April 30 2018 Community
Contact: William M. Logan, Associate Attorney Winston & Strawn, LLP 713-651-2766 Yuri R. Linetsky, Director of Clinical Programs and the Civil Law Clinic School of Law, The University of Alabama 205-348-1736 Michael Forton, Director of Advocacy Legal Services Alabama (256) 536-9645, ext. 3319 Phillip Ensler, Policy Counsel Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice 334-263-0086 …
April 12 2018 Community
Legal Services Alabama would like to congratulate Chris McCary on his recent win at the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. Chris’s case, called G.R.B. v. L.J.B. to protect the child’s identity, centers on the issue of whether non-biological parents can terminate the parent-child relationship after acting as a parent for over a decade. In reviewing this …
April 11 2018 Community
Legal Services Alabama received an award from the City of Birmingham during CDBG week April 2-6. Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin and the City Council presented the award and proclamation on Tuesday, April 3 to only three of the 36 grantee organizations, and LSA was one of three organizations to be recognized for its community development program. Michael …
April 05 2018 Community
Our March 2018 Advocate of the Month is Felecia Pettway. Felecia joined LSA in April 2017. Prior to joining LSA, Felecia had a range of professional experiences. She has participated on many Alabama State Bar Association committees and has served as a Teen Court Judge for the Dallas County District Court. Felecia received a J.D. …
