General Info

Founded in 1924, Atlanta Legal Aid Society provides legal services to Atlanta's poor citizens. It promotes equal access to the system of justice and improves opportunities for low-income people in Atlanta. The firm helps its clients in dealing with basic needs, including homes, food, education, protection against fraud and personal safety. It provides services to clients from Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties in Georgia. Atlanta Legal Aid Society handles cases, such as housing, consumer fraud, public benefits, employment, education, health, spousal abuse and child custody. It also represents the elderly, disabled, and mentally ill, and AIDS, cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients. The firm s departments include grandparent and relative caregiver project, family law, senior citizens law project, Georgia senior legal help line, long-term care ombudsman program, and health law partnership divisions. It is located in Decatur, Ga.