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LGBTQIA+ LEGAL RESOURCES IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
LGBTQIA+ LEGAL RESOURCES IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY
Here are some agencies and organizations in Contra Costa County that can provide you with free or low-cost legal assistance. Scroll down and click on the buttons to learn more!
THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
HOURS OF OPERATION: Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. for intake & referrals. No walk-ins.
PHONE NUMBER: (925) 686-6900
ADDRESS
2300 Clayton Road
Suite 520
Concord, CA 94520
Lawyer Referral Service
Lawyer Referral Service
FEES: $35 fee for referral, which includes an up to 30-minute telephone or office consultation for most areas of law. Fee is waived if client has been physically injured.
LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH: Spanish, Cantonese and Mandarin upon request
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT SELF-HELP CENTER
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT SELF-HELP CENTER
The Contra Costa County Superior Court's Self-Help Center provides procedural information and assistance to individuals who do not have an attorney. The Self-Help Center staff cannot offer legal advice. If you want to consult with a private attorney, contact the Contra Costa County Bar Association.
If you need further assistance and are a self-represented litigant, you can contact the Self-Help Center at (925) 608-2128 or by email at selfhelpcivil@contracosta.courts.ca.gov. All Self-Help assistance is via email or telephone. Scroll down to learn more about the Self-Help services!
Family Law Facilitator's Office
Family Law Facilitator's Office
The Contra Costa County Family Law Facilitator's offices offer assistance with the completion of legal forms and provides procedural guidance in most areas of family law, including: child support, spousal support, child custody, visitation, dissolution, legal separation, nullity, establishment of paternity, ex parte (emergency) and domestic violence restraining orders. The Family Law Facilitator is not your lawyer and cannot represent you personally or provide legal advice on how to win your case.
SERVICES PROVIDED:
Help file papers to modify child support, set payment on arrears and release your license if you have a case with the department of child support services
Provide referrals to lawyer referral services, legal aid and the department of child support services
Help file papers to get child care costs, health insurance and uninsured medical costs in your department of child support services case
Refer you to a workshop for assistance in child custody and visitation matters
Refer you to a workshop where you can get help with finishing your divorce or legal separation case
Refer you to a workshop where you can get help with your paternity case
Refer you to a workshop if you need help filing papers for spousal support
PHONE: (925) 608-2067
ADDRESS
751 Pine Street
Martinez, CA 94553
LIVE CHAT HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday & Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
PHONE HOURS: Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
DROPBOX HOURS: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
WEBSITE HOURS: 24 hours daily
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
The Contra Costa County Public Defender provides legal representation for indigent persons accused of crimes in Contra Costa County.
SERVICES PROVIDED: Assistance with clearing prior criminal records through the Clean Slate Program; Provides rapid response, legal services, and community education project to support safety and justice for immigrant families through the Stand Together Contra Costa Program; Represents youth in long-term placement (group homes) and long term in-custody programs as well as youth in extended foster care proceedings through the Juvenile Justice Program; Provides legal assistance, information, and representation to individuals who have been arrested or cited for misdemeanor offenses from the time that they have had police contact through the Early Representation Program; Provides interdisciplinary case management and navigation services to individuals to ensure timely and coordinated access to a client-centered array of housing, behavioral health, transportation, and legal services at time of initial law enforcement contact; Provides community-based solutions to programs for alternatives to custody and develop re-entry plans by communicating directly with clients and members of their support systems; Works with clients to identify alternatives to incarceration such as substance abuse treatment, mental health treatment or connections with re-entry case management programs throughout Contra Costa County.
ELIGIBILITY: Unable to afford private attorney in criminal matters
INTAKE PROCEDURE: Call for appointment.
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
PHONE NUMBERS
Martinez Office: (925) 335-8000
Richmond Office: (510) 412-4900
OFFICE LOCATIONS
MAIN ADDRESS
800 Ferry Street
Martinez, CA 94553
RICHMOND BRANCH
3811 Bissell Avenue
Richmond, CA 94805
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
The Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office provides a variety of legal services including child abuse prosecution, criminal domestic violence (private/public agencies available for help) and prevention, elder/dependent abuse investigation, environmental enforcement prosecutions for violations of state law, fraud (auto insurance fraud, consumer fraud, workers' compensation fraud, real estate fraud), high tech crime prosecution, homicide/gang reduction, juvenile prosecutions, major drug offender prosecutions, mental health litigation, sexual prosecution, three strikes prosecution and other functions.
In addition to the main office on Ward Street in Martinez, the District Attorney also has an office on Douglas Drive in Martinez (Central/East County) and an office in the George D. Carroll Courthouse in Richmond (West Contra Costa County). Both the Central/East County Office and the West County Office prosecute all misdemeanor and felony cases occuring in the Martinez judicial districts as well as West Contra Costa County including driving under the influence, assaults, petty theft, domestic violence, and prostitution.
OFFICE LOCATIONS
MAIN OFFICE
900 Ward Street
Martinez, CA 94553
CENTRAL/EAST COUNTY WEST COUNTY
10 Douglas Drive 100 37th Street
Martinez, CA 94553 Richmond, CA 94805
HOURS OF OPERATION
Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
INTAKE PROCEDURE: Apply by phone, complaint form will be mailed or faxed. Form available online.
PHONE NUMBERS
MAIN OFFICE: (925) 957-2200
WEST COUNTY OFFICE: (510) 231-1800
EAST/CENTRAL COUNTY OFFICE: (925) 957-8540
NATIONAL LGBTQIA+ LEGAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL LGBTQIA+ LEGAL RESOURCES
Here are some agencies and organizations that are located in California and throughout the United States that can provide you with free or low-cost legal assistance. Scroll down and click on the buttons to learn more!
NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS (NCLR)
NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS (NCLR)
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, and education.
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Center for Lesbian Rights
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) is a national, non-profit, public interest legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education.
ADDRESS
870 Market Street
Suite 370
San Francisco, CA 94102
PHONE: (415) 392-6257
TOLL-FREE: 1-800-528-6257
Legal Information Helpline
Legal Information Helpline
NCLR's Legal Information Helpline that provides basic information about laws that affect LGBTQIA+ individuals and families, and resources for people who are facing discrimination or other civil rights issues. Click on the "Legal Information Helpline" button to learn more!
ROOT & REBOUND
ROOT & REBOUND
Root & Rebound is a national reentry and advocacy organization that address racial, economic, and social inequities within the criminal justice system and the reentry process by restoring and protecting rights, dignity, and opportunities for people directly impacted by the criminal justice system.
ADDRESS
1610 Harrison Street
Suite E
Oakland, CA 94612
PHONE: (510) 279-4662
Free Legal Clinics
Free Legal Clinics
Root & Rebound offers free community legal clinics, where you'll meet 1-on-1 with a member of the legal team and get assistance with record-cleaning and protecting your rights with an arrest or conviction record. Click on the "Free Legal Clinics" button to learn more!
Roadmap to Reentry
Roadmap to Reentry
The "Roadmap to Reentry" Guide is a resource of legal information that people in California can turn to about issues along the path of reentry. Download the "Roadmap to Reentry" Guide by clicking on the button!
Reentry Legal Hotline
Reentry Legal Hotline
Root & Rebound runs a free Reentry Legal Hotline every Friday for anyone with questions about the impact of a criminal record on their legal rights. Note: They accept collect calls from currently incarcerated people.
Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal
Lambda Legal is a national legal organization whose mission is to achieve full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people, and individuals living with HIV through impact litigation, education, and public policy work.
The Western Regional Office
800 South Figueroa Street
Suite 1260
Los Angeles, CA 9017-2521
Phone: 213-382-7600
Lambda Legal Help Desk
Lambda Legal Help Desk
Lambda Legal's Help Desk provides information & resources to discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, and HIV status. Please call the Lambda Legal office's Western Regional office and ask for the Legal Help Desk.
Transgender Law Center
Transgender Law Center
The Transgender Law Center provides basic information about laws that affect transgender people, including employment, health care, civil rights, family law, immigration, and identity document changes. The Center provides legal assistance and resources for transgender migrants navigating the immigration system, trans people preparing communities for ICE raids, and advocates working to educate asylum judges and policymakers.
ADDRESS
P.O. Box 70976
Oakland, CA 94612-0976
Phone: (510) 587-9696
The Transgender Law Center encourages people to call between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. PST as capacity to answer calls is limited.
Legal Information Helpline
Legal Information Helpline
The Legal Information Helpline provides basic information about laws and policies that affect transgender people across many areas, including employment, health care, housing, civil rights, immigration, prisoners’ rights, and identity document changes.
Detention Project & Resources
Detention Project & Resources
The Transgender Law Center's Detention Project works to end the abuses transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) people experience in prisons, jails, immigration detention, state hospitals, and other forms of detention, and at the hands of law enforcement.
Identity Documents
Identity Documents
The Transgender Law Center provides basic information about laws that affect transgender people, including employment, health care, civil rights, family law, and identity document changes.
Oasis Legal Services
Oasis Legal Services
Oasis Legal Services provides quality legal immigration services to underrepresented low-income groups with a focus on LGBTQIA+ communities. Oasis focuses primarily on affirmative asylum services and follow-up services such as asylee family petitions, residency, and naturalization. In addition, Oasis handles other types of miscellaneous types of immigration cases such as VAWA cases, fiancee visas, and non-asylee relative petitions.
Areas of Immigration Legal Assistance: Adjustment of Status; Asylum Applications; Employment Authorization; Family-Based Petitions; Naturalization/Citizenship; Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions
Types of Immigration Legal Assistance: Filings with USCIS; Representation at Asylum Interviews (Credible Fear Interviews, Reasonable Fear Interviews); HIV/AIDS
ADDRESS
1900 Addison Street
Suite 100
Berkeley, CA 94704
PHONE: (510) 666-6687
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