Quick snapshot: Jim McGinnis. I graduated from Auburn in 1979 and Mercer Law School in 1982. My first job was as an Assistant D.A. in Cordele, Georgia, working for Gary […]

Imagine that you are a low-income single parent, living in a rented trailer and coping with the severe health effects of a brain tumor.

If your landlord is evicting you but you have a strong defense or counterclaim, you’ll get your day in court, right?

WRONG – unless you properly raised that defense or counterclaim in your written answer.

The 2016 event, presented by the Daily Report, was an unqualified success. Nearly 800 friends of AVLF and Atlanta Legal Aid attended the sold out June 2 event at Opera, raising over $100,000 to support equal access to justice in our community.

When I first met Stacy, she told me the father of their 1-year-old daughter had threatened to end the child’s life. He told her if she made him pay child support, it would be the worst thing she ever did.

I used to be one of those people who believed the stereotypes surrounding domestic violence. I would wonder, “Why doesn’t she just leave?” “Maybe she started it,” or “Why does she keep going back to him if he is going to continue abusing her?”

Quick snapshot: Ashley Prebula Frazier Heintz. I went to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where I received a B.A. in Political Science and minors in Social & […]

AVLF is bringing its signature Saturday Lawyer Program into Fulton County’s highest-poverty neighborhoods.

On April 1, 2016, AVLF officially launched its Family Law Program for survivors of intimate partner violence. Adding such a program has been a goal of AVLF for years.

Grand Cru John Chandler & Elizabeth Tanis · Daily Report · Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP · King & Spalding LLP · Paul J. Murphy & Gia M. Partain · […]

Please join us in welcoming Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation’s two newest staff members, Katie King and Camille Millar. We’re thrilled that they’ve joined our ranks. Katie King, Administrative Assistant: When […]

Give us your best elevator pitch – what does AVLF mean to you? Safe and stable homes and families. Easier said than done. What do you do when a friend calls and says her spouse has been abusing her for years? How do you respond when you find out her hand had not been cut in an accident at the house (as you previously understood) but had been cut to the bone holding the blade of a knife to prevent it from being pushed into her sternum by her husband? What is your reaction when you find out how many times her life had been threatened with a gun and how many times she had feared for the safety of her children because of her husband’s abuse? How do you process the range of emotions when you learn the physical abuse was just the tip of the iceberg and the emotional and mental abuse was far worse? I got that call.