September 16 2017 Community
Mobile, Ala. — The City of Mobile is introducing a will program to reduce blight and revitalize neighborhoods. Facilitated by Legal Services of Alabama, LLC, the “leaving a legacy” program will provide wills, free of charge, to those who qualify. As this program continues, the City will require that all housing assistance applicants have a …
September 12 2017 Community
By Wilson Webb On the very first day of my second LSA career, my Managing Attorney asked me to look at a file for a client trying to save his home. The client was a disabled veteran, who had fallen on hard times. The client’s previous Chapter 13 bankruptcy case had been dismissed because the …
September 05 2017 Community
By Michael Forton and Joseph Abrams In a recent decision announced Sept. 1, the Alabama Supreme Court held that mortgage companies are in fact, required to comply with the requirements of mortgage contracts before they can foreclose on Alabama homeowners. This case was the result of years of litigation, including an amici curiae brief filed …
September 01 2017 Community
Our August 2017 Advocate of the Month is Laurie McFalls. Laurie first joined LSA as part of the Tuscaloosa office, providing legal help to tornado victims in 2010. In 2012, Laurie transferred to the Huntsville office where she currently works in a wide range of areas including: consumer, public benefits, housing and domestic law. Most …
August 31 2017 Community
Valynda Jerome-Williams, who joined LSA on Aug. 21, is a 2016 Thomas Goode Jones School of Law graduate. Also named as Jones’ School of Law Distinguished Public Interest Fellow 2015-2016, Williams has a passion for public interest work. Legal Services Alabama welcomed Valynda Jerome-Williams, the newest Staff Attorney to its Montgomery office, on Aug. 21. …
August 15 2017 Community
LSA’s Newest Rising Star: Hilaire Armstrong A native of Hoover, Alabama, Armstrong obtained a bachelor’s degree in Political Science/Spanish from Samford University in 2012, and a MBA/Juris Doctor from the Brock Business School and Cumberland School of Law in 2016. Armstrong also served as President of Women in Law while at Cumberland. Legal Services Alabama …
August 07 2017 Community
By Holly Ray Homeownership is The American Dream, and for many people, that dream comes along with a membership in their neighborhood’s homeowners’ association. But for one group of Madison County residents, HOA membership nearly meant losing their dream, and their home, until Legal Services Alabama intervened. The Chandler Farms subdivision in the Harvest community …
August 04 2017 Community
LSA welcomed Rae Bolton (left), Staff Attorney in our Birmingham office, and Peyton Faulk (right), Staff Attorney in our Montgomery Office, on July 31. On July 31, LSA added two new lawyers to our team, Rae Bolton in Birmingham and Peyton Faulk in Montgomery. A Jacksonville, Fla. native, Rae Bolton graduated from Birmingham’s Cumberland School …
August 01 2017 Community
By Michael Forton, Director of Advocacy Our July 2017 Advocate of the Month is Stephen Last. Before becoming official, Stephen volunteered at LSA both while in law school and after graduating. Stephen became a full-time member of the LSA team in October 2014, when he joined our call center as a staff attorney. In 2016, …
July 31 2017 Community
By Farah Majid and Laurie McFalls, LSA’s High Impact Litigation Unit Our client came to LSA when she was facing the loss of her Section 8 Housing Voucher on suspicions that she was involved in illegal drug sales. At the revocation hearing, the Housing Authority’s “evidence” consisted of nothing more than copies of two indictments more …
