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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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. …

(From L-R): David Neslen, VA Gulf Coast; Ann Brown, Managing Attorney; and Tim Kingston, Staff Attorney, Mobile Office. Legal Services Alabama and the VA Gulf Coast have recently partnered together to offer free civil legal services to low-income Veterans living in South Alabama. On March 8, LSA’s Mobile office began offering civil legal services to …

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 …