Attorneys and advocates may provide educational material, legal advice, and/or brief legal services in the following types of common issues:

Defense from debt-collection activities, including lawsuits.
Your rights and options for debt you cannot pay.
Financial assessment to develop strategies for prioritizing and resolving debts.
Wage garnishments, bank levies, and other creditor liens.
Deceptive, unfair, illegal, and/or predatory consumer programs and practices.
Student loans.
Credit-reporting errors.
Identity theft.
Storage unit disputes.
Tows and repossession.

Call us at (510) 548-4040 ext. 206 or complete our online Consumer Justice Intake Form for information and appointment eligibility.

PLEASE NOTE: Our clinic will be closed from Wednesday, November 2, 2022 to Monday, January 9, 2023.

At this time, we do not have capacity to assist with any new consumer related issues. We will reopen our clinic on Monday, January 9, 2023.

For additional resources on other consumer issues, please see the list of Legal Service Providers below.

Service Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara counties
Consumer issues: Debt collection lawsuits, scams, unfair credit reporting, student loans, bankruptcy, foreclosure prevention, and innocent spouse tax relief

*Note: By appointment only, so please review their calendar for availability to make an appointment if you need assistance.

Service Area: San Francisco
Eligibility: Clients must be San Francisco residents, age 65 years old and over, or age 18 to 59 with a disability
Consumer issues: Problems with creditors and problems obtaining or retaining public benefits
LAE does NOT assist with bankruptcy, problems with state or federal taxes, or any problem involving criminal charges.

Service Area: San Francisco
Eligibility: Clients must be San Francisco residents, age 65 years old and over, or age 18 to 59 with a disability
Consumer issues: Debt collection lawsuits, harassment by collections agencies, identity theft

Service Area: San Francisco Districts 5, 10, and 11 / Zip codes: 94107, 94124, 94134, 94112, 94132, 94117, 94115, 94122, 94102
Consumer issues: Personal injury, real property, predatory lending, contract fraud, identity theft, bankruptcy, debt collection, SSI / SSDI and other public benefits

Service Area: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Solano, and Sonoma counties
Eligibility: Clients must be residents of one of the above counties and living with HIV/AIDS
Consumer issues: Bankruptcy, credit, contracts, government benefits, medical malpractice, real estate, tax

*Note that their services are by appointment only, so please review their calendar for availability to make an appointment if you need assistance.

Service Area: San Francisco
Eligibility: Clients must be San Francisco residents, age 18 to 59 and living with a disability
Consumer issues: Debt collection, medical debt, administrative hearings on public benefits (SSI, SSDI, CAPI)

Consumer Justice & General Clinic Services

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