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New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
Access to our civil justice system can determine whether a family has a place to live, food to eat, basic subsistence income, health care, adequate education and protection from domestic violence and abuse.
For those who cannot afford a lawyer, there is help. The New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation (NOLAC) is a non-profit law firm which provides free civil legal assistance for the 300,000 low-income persons in Greater New Orleans.
NOLAC provides many different services to its clients. They include:
Family and Juvenile Law
• Assistance to Family Violence Victims
• Divorce
• Child Custody Disputes
• Child Custody Transfers and Adoptions
• Child Support
• Child Neglect
• School Discipline and Students’ Rights
• Small Successions
Disability Income
• Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefits
• Social Security Disability Benefits
• Veteran’s Benefits
Welfare and Health Care
• Food Stamps
• Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
• Job Training Programs
• Medicaid and Medicare
• Health Insurance Problems
• Medical Bill Disputes
Employment
• Unemployment Compensation
• Civil Service Appeals
• Employment Discrimination
• Pension Benefits
Housing
• Landlord Tenant Issues
• Eviction Defenses
• Illegal Lockouts or Utility Cutoffs by Landlords
• Home Foreclosures
• Housing Discrimination
• Public Housing Tenants’ Rights
Consumer Protection
• Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy
• Unfair Sales and Consumer Fraud
• Unfair Debt Collection Practices
• School Loans
• Defective Products or Services
• Insurance: Unfair Practices and Denial of Coverage or Payment
• Public Utilities: Termination and Billing Disputes
Who Can NOLAC help?
Any low income resident of St. Bernard, Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Charles Parishes. Our services are available to low income persons without regard to race, religion, sex, age, handicap, sexual orientation or national origin.
Generally, a person is eligible for our legal services if his family income is less than 125% of the poverty level.
Staff
Director, Mark Moreau
1010 Common Street, Suite 1400-A
New Orleans, LA 70112
PHONE: (504) 529-1000
FAX: (504) 529-1008; 529-1009
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