Legal Resources – Northern California
Legal support, advocacy, and rights-based services for trans, gender-expansive, and intersex communities in Northern California.
✦ TGIJP: (415) 554-8491 • TGIJP.org
Our legal team supports our community based legal advocacy efforts. We establish an effective network for power building inside prisons, jails and detention centers, and in the community
✦ Transgender Law Center: (510) 587-9696 • transgenderlawcenter.org
Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national trans-led org advancing racial justice and self-determination for TGI people.
✦ Bay Area Legal Aid: (415) 982-1300 • baylegal.org
BayLegal works to address the causes and consequences of poverty through high quality legal assistance and advocacy.
✦ The LGBT Asylum Project: [email protected] • lgbtalylumproject.org
The LGBT Asylum Project is the only San Francisco non profit organization exclusively dedicated to providing accessible legal representation for LGBT asylum seekers who are fleeing persecution due to their sexual orientation, gender identity and/or HIV status.
✦ Beyond Binary Legal: [email protected] • instagram.com/beyondbinarylegal
We’re an organization by and for people who live beyond the gender binary helping folks navigate institutions and facilitating legal & cultural change.
✦ Law For Black Lives: [email protected] • law4blacklives.org
Law for Black Lives is a Black-led, queer, abolition minded, multiracial, feminist and anti-capitalist movement. Made up of a network of nearly 6,000 radical lawyers and legal advocates, we are building a legal network that supports Black organizing and Black movements for liberation through community action.
✦ Pride Legal: (888) 789-7743 • Pridelegal.com
Pride Legal is a premier law firm dedicated to serving the LGBTQ+ community and individuals across California. Founded on the principles of equality and justice, we are committed to protecting the rights of all people, regardless of background, identity, or orientation. Our firm provides a full spectrum of legal services, with a focus on delivering compassionate, personalized representation in personal injury, employment disputes, family law, criminal defense, and more.
✦ SWOP Behind Bars: (877) 776-2004 • Swopbehindbars.org
SWOP Behind Bars (SBB) is a national grassroots social justice network dedicated to the fundamental human rights of sex workers, victims of trafficking, and their communities. We focus on those currently incarcerated or seeking re-entry. SWOP BB centers the voices of sex workers and trafficking victims as we work to end violence and stigma by providing direct services, resources, community-building projects, educational programs, and advocacy.
✦ Lamano Law: (510) 842-0750 • Lamanolaw.com
Experience the Difference of a Women-Owned Criminal Defense Firm. At Lamano Law Office, our team is different from other law firms. We use a 150-point inspection of every case, strategically ensuring that no stone is left unturned in your defense. We created a unique, data-driven, and historically proven checklist to show the holes in your police investigation.
✦ Alexsis C. Beach, Attorney: Sfbla.com
ALEXSIS C. BEACH has been providing cutting edge, affordable legal services for more than 35 years. Her mission is to advance social justice by advocating for and with those most disempowered by the legal system. (Tenants rights, family law, personal injury, chapter 7 bankruptcy)
✦ Michael Flynn, Flynn Law Office: (510) 893-3226 • flo-law.com
With many years of experience in employment, immigration, police misconduct, personal injury, and other areas of law, the Flynn Law Office provides effective and zealous advocacy to our clients.
✦ Rick Horowitz, Fresno Criminal Defense Attorney: (559) 233-8886 • rhdefense.com
As a Fresno criminal defense lawyer, I have the respect of former clients, other attorneys in the community, and judges. These people have seen me fight either for their rights, or for the rights of others. And if I can’t help you, I’ll find someone who can.
✦ Law Office of Aliya Karmali: (510) 922-9031 • aliyakarmalilaw.com
The Law Office of Aliya Karmali provides comprehensive, passionate and competent immigration services to the San Francisco Bay Area community, particularly those who are low-income and mono-lingual Spanish speakers. Our goal is to zealously defend people in removal proceedings, affirmative relief petitions, and related proceedings before the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. We strive to inform our clients of their options and provide critical advice at all stages of the process.
✦ Oakland Law Collaborative: (510) 922-9031 • oaklaw.org
Our practice areas include Workers’ Rights and Employment Litigation; Police Misconduct and Civil Rights; Deportation Defense and Immigration, including asylum, U-Visas, deferred action and family petitions; Criminal Defense including post-conviction relief; Personal Injury including bike and car accidents; Nonprofit Law and ongoing legal compliance, Community Business Transactions for cooperatives and other small businesses; Housing Rights including affirmative tenants’ rights litigation on housing conditions and discrimination; Land Trusts and Land Justice advocacy and compliance; Family Law, including LGBTQIA2S+ and other traditional and nontraditional families; Consumer Bankruptcy; and Education Law, including Special Education and school-based harassment, discrimination and bullying.
✦ Pangea Legal: (415) 254-0475 • pangealegal.org
Pangea provides full-scope legal representation to immigrants in both detained and non-detained immigration court proceedings. Our services are low fee and free, and our clients are newcomers and long-term residents in the United States. We focus on providing representation in the area of deportation defense; approximately 80% of our clients are in deportation proceedings.
