SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE LEGAL SERVICES
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SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE LEGAL SERVICES
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This page introduces us briefly. Click on the left side for further information. Use "Home" to return to our home page.
We are a public interest law firm. We operate as a nonprofit legal organization receiving private contributions as well as federal and state funds. Our staff includes three lawyers. We not only give advice but also file lawsuits in state and federal courts. Our principal programs are for the victims of domestic violence and some consumer cases. Through our In-Person Services, we represent clients in 11 Tennessee counties: Hamilton, Bledsoe, Bradley, Marion, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Polk, Rhea and Sequatchie Counties. These include divorces and orders of protection in Hamilton County and orders of protection in the other counties. While we mostly handle cases which are within fully charted legal waters, we do undertake precedent-setting cases such as:
We also handle cases -- such as class actions -- that other legal aid organizations cannot because they accept government funds that prohibit them from doing so. Legal Aid of East Tennessee does accept federal and state funds with those restrictions. So do many other organizations located in Tennessee and elsewhere in the United States. They chiefly serve low-income individuals and families. By contrast, for our clients who are seniors or the victims of domestic violence, there are no limits on income or assets. For predatory lending cases we also serve persons throughout Tennessee.
You may reach us at:
We have created this web site and are responsible for its content. You may contact the executive director, Whitney Durand, about it by the means described above.
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