LIST OF FREE LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS



The following organizations and attorneys provide free legal services and/or referrals for such services to indigent individuals in immigration removal proceedings, pursuant to 8 CFR ยง1003.61. Some of these organizations may also charge a nominal fee for legal services to certain low income individuals.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, INC.

680 West Peachtree Street, NW
Atlanta, GA 30308-1984
(404) 881-6571

  • Intake for new clients is done by telephone between 8 a.m. and 12 noon, Monday to Friday. Call 404 885-7461.
  • Will not take cases involving drugs, aggravated felonies, fraud, or persons convicted of spouse or child abuse or child neglect.
  • Will charge nominal fee except for no fee for the homeless, detained, juvenile, and VAWA clients only.
  • Small consultation fee, other services are billed on a sliding scale.
  • Will not take cases that are best resolved by a designated school officer.
  • Unable to take cases from North Carolina.

NEIL ST. JOHN RAMBANA, ESQ.
ELIZABETH RICCI, ESQ.

Rambana & Ricci, P.A.
521 East Tennessee Street
Tallahassee, FL 32308
(850) 224-4529
(850) 222-7529, Fax

  • Willing to represent aliens in asylum proceedings.
  • Spanish spoken.

NORTH CAROLINA JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Immigrants Legal Assistance Project
224 S. Dawson Street
Raleigh, NC 27611
1-888-251-2776
http://www.ncjustice.org/ilap

Attorneys: Attracta Kelly and Jeff Summerlin-Long
Paralegal: Cristin Ruggle

  • Will represent asylum seekers.
  • Spanish spoken.
  • New clients accepted only on Tuesdays, must call FIRST between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
  • No walk-in clients.

ELIZABETH RUIZ, ESQ.


The Ruiz Law Firm, LLC
10175 Fortune Parkway
Jacksonville, FL 32256
(904) 625-7512 phone
(904) 363-6003 fax

NORTH CAROLINA PRISONER LEGAL SERVICES, INC.

P.O. Box 25397
Raleigh, NC 27611
(919) 856-2200
(919) 856-2223, Fax

  • Limited to inmates from North Carolina;
  • Will not represent indigent aliens in asylum cases.