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 mike@laurolaw.com
Provides basic information about legal aspects of transition and assistance with name and gender marker changes

CALIFORNIA

Ayuda Legal del Área de la Bahía
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.

Asistencia Legal Rural de California, Inc.
1111 I Street, Suite 310, Modesto, CA 95354

https://crla.org/programs/lgbtq

Mateo Mossey, LGBT Program Coordinator: 209.577.3811 mmossey@crla.org
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 alana@acfamilylaw.com

​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.

Centro de Derecho Comunitario de East Bay
2921 Adeline Street Berkeley, CA 94703    
http://www.ebclc.org    
Daniel Faessler: 1.855.693.7285 dfaessler@ebclc.org
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.

Centro de Salud de Género
2020 29th St., Ste. 201 Sacramento, CA 95817    
http://www.thegenderhealthcenter.org
Ben Hudson, Executive Director: 916.455.2391 ben@ghcmail.org
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.

Centro LA LGBT
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.

Fundación de Derecho de Silicon Valley
4 North Second Street, Suite 1300
San José, California 95113
http://www.lawfoundation.org
Consumo: 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 elcentro@lawnet.ucla.edu    

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 Kristina@redlightlegal.org
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
transclinic.sandiego@gmail.com
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.

Centro de Derecho Transgénero
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    
Inquiries@namechangeproject.org

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.

El Centro Comunitario GLBT de Colorado
1301 E. Colfax Denver, CO 80218        
http://www.glbtcolorado.org
Sable Schultz, Transgender Programs Manager: 303.733.7743 sschultz@glbtcolorado.org
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 jputh@correiaputh.com
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 steve@pershinglaw.us

Name and gender marker changes, discrimination

Translaw

Washington, DC 

https://www.translawdc.org/

Comité Directivo: translawdc@gmail.com

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 14 St., NW Washington, DC 20009    
https://www.whitman-walker.org/legal-services
Amy Nelson, Director of Legal Services: 202.939.7627 anelson@whitman-walker.org
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 laurap@clsmf.org
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 kenright@legalaidpbc.org
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 srowley@legalservicesmiami.org
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.surlegal.org
Simone Chriss: 352.271.8890 simone.chriss@southernlegal.org
​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, ariannau@translatinacoalition.org

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 ells@emory.edu 

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 JoeyMogul@aol.com

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 namechange@tjlp.org
​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 ericks@chicagohouse.org
​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 bjbaird@bjbairdlaw.com

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 amy@debrotalaw.com    
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 info@webetrees.org

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 leonard-sandler@uiowa.edu
​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 bertelse@klsinc.org

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 mschnug@ku.edu    

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 nicholas@hitelawgroup.com
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 info@latransadvocates.org     
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 zack@portlandmainelegal.com
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 amanda@hackettimmigration.com
Provides sliding-scale LGBT-focused immigration and asylum legal services.

Trans Maryland Name Change Program    

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

Lee Blinder: lee@transmaryland.org

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
info@staffordtrialteam.com
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

Coalición Política Transgénero de Massachusetts
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 info@genderjustice.us
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.

Salud del arcoíris
2577 W Territorial, St. Paul, MN 55114  
https://rainbowhealth.org/community-resources/legal-advocacy/
Phil Duran, Legal Director, Health Care Access: 612.373.2426 phil.duran@justushealth.mn
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 / CoachCBaga@gmail.com

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 mmjohnsonlaw@gmail.com

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 sayer.johnson@stlmetrotrans.com
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 affirmation@shb.com

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 kathy@kathywysack.com 
Helps with name and gender marker changes in St. Louis, MO and Downstate Illinois areas

NEBRASKA

Ayuda legal de Nebraska

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

www.legalaidofnebraska.org

Talia Hughes, Intake Paralegal: 402.348.1069 thughes@legalaidofnebraska.org

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 watke@WPSlawfirm.com
Provides ID document services at a reduced rate.  Also practice family law.

NEVADA

Justicia de Género Nevada
900 Karen Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89109    
http://genderjusticenv.org/
702.324.1271 sy@genderjusticenv.org
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 brock@transgenderalliesgroup.org
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.

NUEVO MÉXICO

Centro de recursos transgénero de Nuevo México
149 Jackson St. NE, Albuquerque, NM, 87108    
http://www.tgrcnm.org/
Adrien Lawyer, Co-Director: 505.200.9086 adrien@tgrcnm.org
Offers a variety of support services for trans people, including info and referrals on legal issues.

NUEVA YORK

Arrowood Law

PO Box 20511, South Huntington, NY 11746    

https://www.arrowood.law/ 

Charlie Arrowood: 516.331.1317 charlie@arrowood.law  

Sliding scale name and document change assistance across NY

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

Centro de justicia del imperio Proyecto de Derechos Civiles

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    

Discriminación

Servicios legales 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: bfiglewski@le-gal.org

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.