Trans Legal Services Network Directory

ALABAMA

Lauro Law, PLLC
210 S. Pulaski St. Little Rock, AR 72201    
http://laurolaw.com/
Mike Lauro: 501.613.6529 [email protected]
Provides basic information about legal aspects of transition and assistance with name and gender marker changes

CALIFORNIA

Bay Area Legal Aid
1735 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94612    
http://baylegal.org/
510.663.4755

Provides low-income clients with free civil legal assistance, effective referrals, and legal representation.​

​​California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
1111 I Street, Suite 310, Modesto, CA 95354

https://crla.org/programs/lgbtq

Mateo Mossey, LGBT Program Coordinator: ​209.577.3811 [email protected]
CRLA provides free legal aid to eligible low-income individuals through 16 field offices in the Central Valley, Central Coast, and other agricultural regions of the state. CRLA’s LGBT legal assistance focus on immigration services, as well as legal name and gender change petitions, and employment and education discrimination cases.

Chazan Family Law, PC
​​225 S Lake Ave, Suite 300, Pasadena, CA 91101

​www.acfamilylaw.com

Alana Chazan: 323.739.6329 [email protected]

​Provides representation to trans/GNC clients in all areas of family law, including divorce, custody proceedings, establishment of parentage, second-parent adoptions, and name and gender changes.

East Bay Community Law Center
2921 Adeline Street Berkeley, CA 94703    
http://www.ebclc.org    
Daniel Faessler: 1.855.693.7285 [email protected]
Provides low-income clients and those living with HIV with free civil legal assistance and representation. Assists clients in the followings counties: Alameda, Contra Costa Marin, Napa, Santa Clara, San Francisco, and Sonoma.

Gender Health Center
2020 29th St., Ste. 201 Sacramento, CA 95817    
http://www.thegenderhealthcenter.org
Ben Hudson, Executive Director: 916.455.2391 [email protected]
Offers counseling and advocacy services on a sliding scale. Advocacy includes help with name and gender marker changes, health insurance options, economic empowerment, and legal health clinics.

L.A. LGBT Center
1625 N. Schrader Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028    
http://www.lalgbtcenter.org/
323.993.7400
Legal clinic provides help preparing name/gender change legal docs. Also provide legal assistance for survivors of violence, immigration issues, and discrimination.

Law Foundation of Silicon Valley
4 North Second Street, Suite 1300
San Jose, California 95113
http://www.lawfoundation.org
Intake: 408.280.2420 
Provides low-income clients in Santa Clara County with free civil legal assistance, effective referrals and legal representation and runs a name and gender marker change clinic.

LetsGo! Liberation Clinic at El Centro, UCLA Law School
Los Angeles, CA       
https://law.ucla.edu/life-ucla-law/student-organizations/el-centro-lega…
323.960.9279 [email protected]    

Operates name and gender marker clinics with partner organizations.

Red Light Legal
1322 Webster St., Ste. 210 Oakland, CA 94612    
http://redlightlegal.org
Kristina Dolgin: 510.457.1399 [email protected]
Provides direct legal services, legal representation, community education, and effective policy advocacy to sex workers in all corners of the industry.

Transgender and Non-Binary Name and Gender-Marker Change Legal Clinic
The San Diego LGBT Community Center, 3909 Centre Street, San Diego, CA 92103
[email protected]
The clinic is held on the first Tuesday of every month, 6:30pm-8:30pm, helping individuals complete court documents to change their name and/or gender-marker. Appointments highly encouraged. Sponsored by USD School of Law, Tom Homann LGBT Bar Association, and The Center.

Transgender Law Center
1629 Telegraph Ave., Ste. 400 Oakland, CA 94612
http://transgenderlawcenter.org
415.865.0176
TLC’s advocacy, programs, and litigation advance the rights of transgender people across the country by changing law, policy, and attitudes so that all people can live authentically and free from discrimination.

COLORADO

The Colorado Name Change Project
1151 S Huron St, Denver, CO 80223    
http://www.namechangeproject.org    
[email protected]

CNCP provides information & workshops on name and gender marker changes, instructions and forms on their website, and referrals to pro bono or low-cost legal assistance if individuals require additional help.

The GLBT Community Center of Colorado
1301 E. Colfax Denver, CO 80218        
http://www.glbtcolorado.org
Sable Schultz, Transgender Programs Manager: 303.733.7743 [email protected]
The Center provides support services for transgender people in Colorado.

DC

Correia & Puth, PLLC

1400 16th Street NW, Suite 450, Washington DC 20006
https://www.correiaputh.com
Jonathan C. Puth: 202.602.6500 [email protected]
Represents transgender clients who have experienced discrimination due to their gender identity in the workplace, at schools or universities, in healthcare settings, or other places of public accommodation.

Pershing Law PLLC

1416 E St NE, Washington DC 20009

202.642.1431 http://www.pershinglaw.us/

Stephen B. Pershing, Esq: 202.642.1431 [email protected]

Name and gender marker changes, discrimination

TransLAW

Washington, DC 

https://www.translawdc.org/

Steering Committee: [email protected]

Partners with WWH to run the name and gender marker change clinic and offers financial assistance for individuals changing their identity documents.

Whitman-Walker Health Legal Services Program
1701 14th St., NW Washington, DC 20009    
https://www.whitman-walker.org/legal-services
Amy Nelson, Director of Legal Services: 202.939.7627 [email protected]
Runs a free monthly Name and Gender Change Clinic and offers legal services related to medical care, immigration, discrimination, access to insurance, and public benefits.

FLORIDA

Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida (CLSMF)
122 E. Colonial Drive, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32801
www.clsmf.org
Laura Pichardo-Cruz: 800.405.1417 [email protected]
Free civil legal assistance to no- and low-income residents in central Florida, including employment and housing discrimination, name and gender marker changes, and access to healthcare.

Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc.
423 Fern Street, Ste 200, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
www.legalaidpbc.org
Kimberly Rommel-Enright: 561.822.9769 [email protected]
Full range of services for LGBTQ clients including family law (divorce, domestic violence, name changes, adoptions, and surrogacy/sperm donor contracts); housing; bankruptcy; and guardianship, and assistance for transgender minors and their parents in obtaining name changes and seeking to obtain HRT.

Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
4500 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 340 Miami, FL 33137    
http://legalservicesmiami.org/    
Sean Rowley: 305.576.0080 [email protected]
LGBT Justice Project represents transgender individuals in the areas of housing discrimination and name changes. 

Southern Legal Counsel
​1229 NW 12th Ave, Gainesville, FL32606 
www.southernlegal.org
Simone Chriss: ​352.271.8890 [email protected]
​Transgender Equality Project runs statewide clinics providing pro bono assistance for name and gender marker changes.

TransLatin@ Coalition, Florida Chapter 

http://www.translatinacoalition.org    

Arianna Lint, [email protected]

Advocacy organization offering assistance with name and gender marker changes in Florida.

GEORGIA

Emory University School of Law LGBTQ Legal Services   

https://law.emory.edu/academics/clinics/ells-lgbtq-legal-services.html&…;

706.538.3557 [email protected] 

Insurance denials, health care advance directives, community resources

ILLINOIS

People’s Law Office

1180 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60642    

http://peopleslawoffice.com/

Joey Mogul: 773.235.0070 [email protected]

Attorneys from People’s Law Office in Chicago have been successfully fighting for the civil rights of victims of police brutality, wrongful convictions, false arrest and other abuses for over 40 years

Transformative Justice Law Project of Illinois
4707 N. Broadway, Ste. 307 Chicago, IL 60640    
https://www.tjlp.org/name-change-mobilization
Avi Rudnick, Volunteer Attorney: 773.272.1822 [email protected]
​Holds a Name Change Mobilization last Friday of every month. Also offers free criminal legal services to low-income and homeless transgender and gender non-conforming people

TransLife Center, Chicago House
1925 N. Clybourn Chicago, IL 60614    
https://www.chicagohouse.org/translegal/
Elizabeth Ricks, Legal Director and Staff Attorney: 773.248.5200 [email protected]
​The TransLegal Program provides holistic and affirming legal services, self-help legal assistance, and legal education to transgender people.

INDIANA

Law Office of Barbara J. Baird
445 N. Pennsylvania St., Ste 401 Indianapolis, IN 46204    
http://www.bjbairdlaw.com/    
Barbara J. Baird: 317.637.2345 [email protected]

The De Brota Law Firm LLC
1389 W. 86^th Street #261, Indianapolis, IN 46260
https://www.debrotalaw.com/gender-law     

Amy Ficklin DeBrota: 317.848.5555 [email protected]    
Amy DeBrota handles transgender discrimination claims and name and gender marker changes.  She offers pro bono petitions for name and gender marker changes for individuals with a household income of $40,000 or less.

Transgender Resource, Education and Enrichment Services 

2043 South Bend Ave #255, South Bend, IN 46637    

http://www.webetrees.org    

219-331-4665 [email protected]

IOWA

​Rainbow Health Clinic, University of Iowa College of Law
​Boyd Law Building, Iowa City, IA 52242
www.uiowa.edu/legalclinic/
​Len Sandler: ​319.335.9023 [email protected]
​The Law and Policy in Action Clinic at UI College of Law partners with the Rainbow Health Clinic to create an Iowa guide to changing ID documents and otherwise assist with the legal needs of trans/GNC patients.

KANSAS

Kansas Legal Services

​340 S. Broadway St., 2nd Floor, Wichita, KS 67202

​https://www.kansaslegalservices.org/node/809/online-application

Ellen Bertels: 316.265.9681 [email protected]

Name and gender marker changes, identity document corrections, advanced directives, and other legal support

University of Kansas School of Law Legal Aid Clinic

​1535 W 15^th St, Lawrence, KS 66045

​https://law.ku.edu/academics/hands-on-learning/clinics/legal-aid

​Professor Meredith Schnug: 785.864.9291 [email protected]    

Name and gender marker changes

LOUISIANA

The Hite Law Group
701 Loyala Ave, Ste. 403 N.O., LA 70113    
http://www.hitelawgroup.com/    
Nicholas J. Hite: 504.252.0678 [email protected]
A holistic legal practice specializing in all forms of advocacy and litigation for trans people anywhere in Louisiana.

Louisiana Trans Advocates
650 N 6th St, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
https://ltadraft2018.squarespace.com/    

504.355.0836 [email protected]     
Supports transgender communities across the state through social support, education, empowerment, and advocacy in order to promote self-determination of gender identity and gender expression for everyone.

MAINE

Portland Legal, LLC
P.O. Box 8585 Portland, ME 04101    
https://www.ptla.org/introduction-4    
Zack Paakkonen: 207.518.8663 [email protected]
Provides sliding scale and sometimes pro bono legal services for a variety of transgender legal issues.

MARYLAND

FreeState Justice, Inc.
231 E. Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21202
http://freestate-justice.org/
410.625.5428
Offers legal help with name and gender marker changes, discrimination, family law, and violence.

Law Office of Amanda J. Hackett, LLC
6909 Laurel Ave. Takoma Park, MD 20913    
http://hackettimmigration.blogspot.com/    
Amanda J. Hackett: 240.331.6379 [email protected]
Provides sliding-scale LGBT-focused immigration and asylum legal services.

Trans Maryland Name Change Program    

https://transmaryland.org/name-change-program   

Lee Blinder: [email protected]

Peer-to-peer guidance on name and gender marker changes (not legal services)

Law Firm of J.W. Stafford, L.L.C.
20 S. Charles St., Suite 901, Baltimore, MD  21201
https://www.staffordtrialteam.com/gender-discrimination
410-514-6099
[email protected]
Our Maryland employment attorneys tirelessly advocate for employees to ensure that their employment is free from discrimination, harassment or other forms of wrongful conduct by their employer.

MASSACHUSETTS

Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
PO Box 960784 Boston, MA 02196    
http://www.masstpc.org/    
617.778.0519 
Advocacy and community-building organization with an ID Project to assist with name and gender marker changes.

MICHIGAN

Community Health Awareness Group
1300 W. Fort St. Detroit, MI 48226    
http://www.chagdetroit.org/    

313.963.3434 
Offers help with the name change process along with a variety of programming to support the trans community.

MINNESOTA

Gender Justice Minnesota
550 Rice St. St. Paul, MN 55103    
https://www.genderjustice.us/legal-assistance/
651.789.2090 [email protected]
Legal and policy advocacy organization that sometimes represents individuals in legal cases brought under federal civil rights statutes like Title VII or Title IX as well as state statutes like the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

Rainbow Health
2577 W Territorial, St. Paul, MN 55114  
https://rainbowhealth.org/community-resources/legal-advocacy/
Phil Duran, Legal Director, Health Care Access: 612.373.2426 [email protected]
Provides legal information and advocacy around discrimination, identity documents, and public/private insurance coverage and appeals, as well as systems-change work with State and local agencies.

Volunteer Lawyers Network Community Clinic
1619 Dayton Ave #205, St. Paul, MN 55104 

https://www.vlnmn.org/clinics/community   
A virtual/remote appointment legal services clinic in partnership with the Minnesota Trans Health Coalition and Family Tree Clinic, specializing in identity documents and brief legal services.

VLN Intake Coordinator: 612-752-6674

Attorney CB Baga: 218-343-4665 / [email protected]

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

Madeline Johnson, Esq.

2555 Grand Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64108    

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Labor---Employment-Lawyer/Law-O…

816.607.1836 [email protected]

Provides services around ID documents and discrimination.

Metro Trans Umbrella Group
438 N. Skinker Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63130    
http://www.stlmetrotrans.com 
Sayer Johnson: 314.2702155 [email protected]
Provides support and advocacy for the trans community in Missouri.

Shook, Hardy, & Bacon Law Firm
2555 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64108    
http://www.shb.com/
Led by Partner Mary Olson, Shook Hardy’s Project Affirmation is honored to offer pro bono legal representation in actions for name changes and birth certificate gender marker amendments to trans and non-binary folks in the Kansas City area.  For information, email [email protected]

Kathy Wysack, Attorney at Law
3203A S. Grand Blvd., Ste. A St. Louis, MO 63118    
http://www.kathywysack.com/
Kathy Wysack-Rood: 314.771.4494 [email protected] 
Helps with name and gender marker changes in St. Louis, MO and Downstate Illinois areas

NEBRASKA

Legal Aid of Nebraska

209 S 19th St, Suite 200, Omaha, NE 68102    

www.legalaidofnebraska.org

Talia Hughes, Intake Paralegal: 402.348.1069 [email protected]

Provides civil legal aid to low income people in Nebraska including advice, referrals and representation. Provides walk-in assistance for name changes at Omaha and Lincoln offices.

Watke, Polk & Sena LLP
2712 S. 87th Ave. Omaha, NE 68124    
https://wpslawfirm.com/
Joni Watke: 402.884.7444 [email protected]
Provides ID document services at a reduced rate.  Also practice family law.

NEVADA

Gender Justice Nevada
900 Karen Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89109    
http://genderjusticenv.org/
702.324.1271 [email protected]
Provide name and gender change assistance and transgender advocacy.

Transgender Allies Group
316 California Ave., Ste 149 Reno, NV 89509    
http://transgenderalliesgroup.org/
Brooke Mylath, President: 775.742.8673 [email protected]
Do not currently serve clients for name and gender change work, but can refer to legal aid that will.

NEW JERSEY

Garden State Equality
40 S. Fullerton Ave., Montclair, NJ 07042    
http://www.gardenstateequality.org
973.473.5428
Provides assistance to NJ residents who are victims of harassment or discrimination.

NEW MEXICO

Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
149 Jackson St. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108    
http://www.tgrcnm.org/
Adrien Lawyer, Co-Director: 505.200.9086 [email protected]
Offers a variety of support services for trans people, including info and referrals on legal issues.

NEW YORK

Arrowood Law

PO Box 20511, South Huntington, NY 11746    

https://www.arrowood.law/ 

Charlie Arrowood: 516.331.1317 [email protected]  

Sliding scale name and document change assistance across NY

Browde Law, P.C.
http://www.browdelaw.com
Kristin Prata Browde: 914.861.9119 [email protected]
Provides legal assistance in family law, divorce and civil litigation, and other areas. Provides free legal services for name changes.

Empire Justice Center Civil Rights Project

1 W Main St, #200 Rochester, NY 14614    

https://empirejustice.org/issuesareas/civil-rights/ 

585.295.5721

Provides direct legal services to low-income LGBTQ individuals across Upstate New York and Long Island (outside of New York City), advocates for LGBTQ-related policies, and offers technical assistance and training for courts, service providers, and community members. 

Gender Justice Clinic, Cornell Law School

https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/academics/experiential-learning/clini…

607.255.4196    

Discrimination

Legal Services NYC

https://www.legalservicesnyc.org/what-we-do/practice-areas-and-projects…

917.661.4500

Provide free legal services in a variety of civil legal matters impacting the trans community, including employment, housing, public benefits, family, name changes, gender marker changes, life planning, consumer and immigration.

LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York

393 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ    

https://www.lgbtbarny.org/clinics-information 

Brett Figlewski, Legal Director: [email protected]

Offers several pro bono legal clinics devoted to serving the LGBTQ community. The clinics are staffed by volunteer attorneys who provide general guidance and legal referrals, but not legal representation.

LGBTQ Law Project, New York Legal Assistance Group
7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor New York, NY 10004    
https://nylag.org/lgbtq-rights/
Provides free legal services in a variety of civil legal matters impacting the trans community, including employment, housing, public benefits, shelter access, name changes, gender marker changes, family law and life planning.

Peter Cicchino Youth Project, Urban Justice Center
40 Rector St., 9th Floor New York, NY 10006    
http://pcyp.urbanjustice.org/
877.542.8529
Offers free legal services for homeless and street-involved youth under 25 in NYC and NYS prisons, including name changes, updating identity documents, immigration status, navigating criminal issues, and public benefits.