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Erie Veterans Legal Clinic
Posted on Friday, March 17, 2017 at 12:12 PM

The Erie VA Medical Center in collaboration with Erie Veterans Legal Clinic, the lawyers at Purchase and George, P.C., and other volunteer lawyers offer a free legal clinic to eligible veterans each month. VA Eligible Veterans qualify.

The clinic is open, by appointment, from 4pm-6pm on the second Monday of every month. In April, this will take place on the 10th.

When scheduled to meet with the clinic, veterans are allotted thirty minutes of private consultation about their legal problems to ask questions and receive advice. These issues can include civil law; such as landlord complaints or small claims, family law; such as child support and custody, and criminal law; such as summary, misdemeanor and felony offenses. When possible, the volunteer lawyer may offer a proposed solution to the issue, give helpful law readings, or direct the veteran to hire an attorney or how to help themselves. Veterans are not receiving legal representation or retaining counsel through the clinic.

For more information, please contact Mr. Bomber Ferraro at (814) 860-2945. An Erie Veterans Legal Clinic Program Overview and Application must be completed and submitted. Send applications to “CARE OF VETERANS JUSTICE OUTREACH COORDINATOR” to Building 8 of the Erie VA (Behavioral Health) to schedule a time at the clinic.
     
 

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