A “Full Circle” Story
New attorney Erick Vargas joined our Gwinnett office on one of the most difficult years on record -- and we’re so glad that he did. Erick passed the bar last February, and he almost immediately reached out to Legal Aid…
From One Caregiver to Another: A Testimony of How We Got Through
When Dana A.H called Legal Aid, she was in the midst of a two-decade long fight for her grandson’s wellbeing. As Dana would tell me with a tired shake of her head, “Devon has been through a lot.” Devon's struggle…
Interview with Jack: Disability Education Work During COVID-19
Can you start by introducing yourself and explaining what the Disability Integration Project of Legal Aid does? My name is Jack Grote. I’m an attorney with the Disability Integration Project at Legal Aid. The Disability Integration Project comes out of…
Interview with Currey: Education Work During COVID-19
What does the Kinship Care Unit of Legal Aid do? We represent grandparents or aunts or uncles or “fictive kin” in cases to help them solidify the bond to keep a child safe in their home, through adoption or guardianship.…
The Turner Family
The people at Legal Aid are so thorough. They made me feel so comfortable and said, “don’t worry, if you want to cry, you can cry”. They’re always so helpful and go the extra mile. They really get in there…
Saving Homes During the Pandemic
Sarah Kelsey is a staff attorney in our Home Defense Program, which is a specialized unit of Legal Aid that focuses on home ownership issues. The attorneys in Home Defense represent homeowners with mortgage and home scam issues. Sarah particularly…
Standing with Survivors
As COVID-19 began shutting everything down in metro-Atlanta, one thing was very clear to our Cobb staff: we must continue to help survivors of domestic violence. So our staff immediately got to work. In those haphazard first few weeks…
Helping a Mourning Mother
One of our clients, Mr. Foster*, passed away a few weeks ago amidst the pandemic. He was a sweet man who had been the caregiver to his nephew, who suffers from PTSD. Mr. Foster originally came to us after his…
Kinship Care Attorney Secures Adoption & Stable Home for Children During Crisis
Just as the city of Atlanta was issuing stay-at-home orders, Kinship Care Attorney Currey Hitchens was working to get a few adoptions and guardianships in place. Although adoption hearings had been determined to be nonessential in most counties, Currey knew…
Reassuring Call Gives Peace of Mind to Sick Client
Attorney Yazmin Sobh out of our Gwinnett office received a phone call from Mr. Parker, a client with stage four lung cancer. Mr. Parker called because he was worried about his bills, which he was still trying to pay despite…