If you are a member of the media, on deadline and need to speak with someone immediately, please contact:
Elinor Gilbert
Communications Director
(323) 801-7908
Email: egilbert@lafla.org
Experts Guide by Priority Legal Areas
- Consumer Law/Homeownership & Individual Rights
- Housing and Eviction Defense
- Family Law
- Immigration Law
- Employment Law
- Government Benefits
- Community Economic Development
- Asian & Pacific Islander Services
Recent Press Releases
- 2/12/2009 Alexandria Settlement (PDF)
- 2/3/2009 Foreclosure Loan Modification (PDF)
- 10/6/2008 LAFLA promotes attorney Tai Glenn to Pro Bono Director (PDF)
- 9/18/2008 LAFLA elects New Board President (PDF)
- 9/10/2008 LAFLA Expands Nationally Acclaimed Homeless Veterans Project (PDF)
Archived Press Releases
- 7/26/2008 Grand Cru Wine Tasting Event To Be Held At Rainbow Lagoon Park (PDF)
- 7/24/2008 Join LAFLA at Long Beach Marathon, October 12 (PDF)
- 7/3/2008 Law Students Participate In Summer Internship Program (PDF)
- 6/24/2008 Survivors of Torture Share Message of Hope and Recovery (PDF)
- 5/19/2008 LAFLA to Hold Free Community Forum for Tenants Facing Eviction (PDF)
If you are from a community organization, corporation, or legal services group and wish to invite a LAFLA speaker or presentation, please see the Speaker Page for each Client Services Unit.
Asian/Pacific Islander
Community Economic
Development
Consumer Law
Employment
Law
Family Law
Government
Benefits
Immigration
Housing
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Experts Guide by Priority Legal Areas
The Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles has developed an Experts Guide which allows local and national journalists to identify and connect with attorneys who specialize in LAFLA’s priority legal areas: housing & eviction defense, consumer, family law, immigration, government benefits, community economic development and services to the Asian Pacific & Islander communities. These experts help journalists to create more compelling and authoritative stories. For all other questions, or to arrange an interview an interview with any of these experts, please contact Elinor Gilbert directly at 323-801-7908 or e-mail egilbert@lafla.org.
Consumer Law—Home Ownership & Individual Rights
- Foreclosures
- Predatory Loan Practices
- Forged Deeds and Title Transfers
- Unlawful Liens Against real Property
Consumer Problems
- Unfair Banking Practices
- Identity Theft
- Home Improvement Contract Fraud
- Debt Collection
- Wage Garnishment
- Federal Subsidized Housing
- Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance
- Federal & State Relocation Act
- Redevelopment Law, Skid-Row, Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance
- State & Local Housing Policy
- Federal Subsidized Housing, Fair Housing
- Transitional Housing
- State & Federal Policies that Affect Affordable Housing
- Los Angeles Rent Stabilization Ordinance
- Unlawful Detainers
- Domestic Violence
- Child Abduction
- Child Custody
- Sexual Assault
- Child Concealment
- Naturalization
- Human Trafficking
- Torture Victims
- Deportation
- Unemployment Benefits
- Wage Claims
- Overtime Claims
- CalWorks
- Medi-Cal
- County Healthcare
- Social Security
- Veterans Benefits
- In-Home Supportive Services
- SSI
- Foster Care
Community Economic Development
- Workforce Development
- Worker's Rights
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Affordable Housing
- Unemployment Benefits
- Environment/Land Use
- Community Benefits Agreements
- Small Business Development
Asian & Pacific Islander Services/Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Khmer, Vietnamese, and other languages upon request.
- Consumer Law
- Housing
- Family Law
- Immigration Law
- Employment Law
- Government Benefits
- Community Economic Development
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