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Provides a chief prosecuting officer who is responsible for initiating charges, and prosecuting adults and juveniles who have been accused of felony and misdemeanor offenses. Looking into allegations of major fraud, organized criminal activity and corruption and unlawful conduct by public officials.
Provides a chief prosecuting officer who is responsible for initiating charges, and prosecuting adults and juveniles who have been accused of felony and misdemeanor offenses. Looking into allegations of major fraud, organized criminal activity and corruption and unlawful conduct by public officials.
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State Officials Offices
Public Counsel
Issues warrants, admits to bail, commits to jail, issues emergency custody orders, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders and answers as many legal questions as possible. We issue civil warrants and direct persons to the proper court. We distribute pamphlets placed by citizens against family violence. We direct abused individuals to the proper places of safety.
Issues warrants, admits to bail, commits to jail, issues emergency custody orders, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders and answers as many legal questions as possible. We issue civil warrants and direct persons to the proper court. We distribute pamphlets placed by citizens against family violence. We direct abused individuals to the proper places of safety.
The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act funds this program to provide legal and advocacy services for people with mental illness who live in a hospital or other facility providing care and treatment for their illness. People who have problems while being taken to or from a facility, getting admitted to a facility, or within 90 days of leaving a facility may also be eligible for PAIMI services. Depending on federal funding levels, persons with mental illness who live in the community independently or with family or friends may also be eligible. PAIMI protects the right to: obtain appropriate services; make complaints about services or treatment; ask questions of anyone who is supposed to provide services or treatment; be safe from harm; make decisions about services received; keep records private; and have a written plan in place before leaving a mental health facility.
The Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act funds this program to provide legal and advocacy services for people with mental illness who live in a hospital or other facility providing care and treatment for their illness. People who have problems while being taken to or from a facility, getting admitted to a facility, or within 90 days of leaving a facility may also be eligible for PAIMI services. Depending on federal funding levels, persons with mental illness who live in the community independently or with family or friends may also be eligible. PAIMI protects the right to: obtain appropriate services; make complaints about services or treatment; ask questions of anyone who is supposed to provide services or treatment; be safe from harm; make decisions about services received; keep records private; and have a written plan in place before leaving a mental health facility.
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Patient Rights Assistance
Advocacy
Provides services to farm and migrant workers throughout Virginia. Services include legal counseling on terms of employment, worker health and safety, housing conditions, and the protection of workers against retaliation. Advocacy includes related civil rights cases on ethnicity, nationality, and immigration status, and problems with education, health care, worker's compensation, and public benefits. Offers free legal representation to eligible farm workers and their families.
Provides services to farm and migrant workers throughout Virginia. Services include legal counseling on terms of employment, worker health and safety, housing conditions, and the protection of workers against retaliation. Advocacy includes related civil rights cases on ethnicity, nationality, and immigration status, and problems with education, health care, worker's compensation, and public benefits. Offers free legal representation to eligible farm workers and their families.
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Benefits Assistance
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
Labor and Employment Law
Responsible for enforcement of OSHA, (safe occupational & healthy work environment for employees of businesses), apprenticeship training (apprentices are registered through employers for training in specific trades) and regulation of child labor law and payment of wage law and labor law. The Northern Virginia Regional Office and Verona Field Office provide service to businesses and employees in the counties of Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Loudoun, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Stafford, Warren, and the cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, Manassas, Manassas Park and Staunton, Waynesboro, and Winchester.
Responsible for enforcement of OSHA, (safe occupational & healthy work environment for employees of businesses), apprenticeship training (apprentices are registered through employers for training in specific trades) and regulation of child labor law and payment of wage law and labor law. The Northern Virginia Regional Office and Verona Field Office provide service to businesses and employees in the counties of Albemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Bath, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Loudoun, Madison, Nelson, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Stafford, Warren, and the cities of Alexandria, Charlottesville, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Harrisonburg, Manassas, Manassas Park and Staunton, Waynesboro, and Winchester.
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Labor Relations
Occupational Health and Safety
Labor and Employment Law
Discrimination Assistance
Magistrate duties include issuing various types of processes such as arrest warrants, summonses, bonds, search warrants, subpoenas, emergency protective orders, mental health detentions and certain civil processes.
Magistrate duties include issuing various types of processes such as arrest warrants, summonses, bonds, search warrants, subpoenas, emergency protective orders, mental health detentions and certain civil processes.
Staff attorneys and volunteers provide free legal services to patients of WW, people living with HIV/AIDS, and members of the LGBT community.
Staff attorneys and volunteers provide free legal services to patients of WW, people living with HIV/AIDS, and members of the LGBT community.
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Legal Counseling
Provides low-cost, confidential legal assistance to University of Virginia students. We provide legal help on a wide variety of legal matters, including representation in Charlottesville/Albemarle area courts. No fee is charged for consultations. All fees are minimal. Please visit the web site for more information. Student Legal Services can help with legal matters in many areas, such as consumer, contracts, crime victim, criminal charges, debt collection, no-fault divorce, employment, expungement of criminal charges, insurance, landlord/tenant, name change, student non-profit organizations, traffic violations, and wills.
Provides low-cost, confidential legal assistance to University of Virginia students. We provide legal help on a wide variety of legal matters, including representation in Charlottesville/Albemarle area courts. No fee is charged for consultations. All fees are minimal. Please visit the web site for more information. Student Legal Services can help with legal matters in many areas, such as consumer, contracts, crime victim, criminal charges, debt collection, no-fault divorce, employment, expungement of criminal charges, insurance, landlord/tenant, name change, student non-profit organizations, traffic violations, and wills.
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Legal Representation
Postsecondary Institutions
Legal Counseling
Provides free, legal assistance to elderly, disabled, or low-income individuals and families who face the loss of a critical need such as personal safety, income, housing, medical benefits, education or family stability. LSNV provides services in a variety of substantive civil legal areas, including: family law, housing law, elder law, public benefits claims, access to health care, child advocacy, employment law, consumer law and AIDS/HIV issues. Staff and volunteers provide legal advice, brief service, and representation in administrative hearings and in court, as well as community legal education, and advocacy before local and state governmental entities, all without charge.
Provides free, legal assistance to elderly, disabled, or low-income individuals and families who face the loss of a critical need such as personal safety, income, housing, medical benefits, education or family stability. LSNV provides services in a variety of substantive civil legal areas, including: family law, housing law, elder law, public benefits claims, access to health care, child advocacy, employment law, consumer law and AIDS/HIV issues. Staff and volunteers provide legal advice, brief service, and representation in administrative hearings and in court, as well as community legal education, and advocacy before local and state governmental entities, all without charge.
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General Legal Aid
Issues warrants, admits to bail, commits to jail, issues emergency custody orders, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders and answers as many legal questions as possible. We issue civil warrants and direct persons to the proper court. We distribute pamphlets placed by citizens against family violence. We direct abused individuals to the proper places of safety.
Issues warrants, admits to bail, commits to jail, issues emergency custody orders, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders and answers as many legal questions as possible. We issue civil warrants and direct persons to the proper court. We distribute pamphlets placed by citizens against family violence. We direct abused individuals to the proper places of safety.
Magistrate duties include issuing various types of processes such as arrest warrants, summonses, bonds, search warrants, subpoenas, emergency protective orders, mental health detentions and certain civil processes.
Magistrate duties include issuing various types of processes such as arrest warrants, summonses, bonds, search warrants, subpoenas, emergency protective orders, mental health detentions and certain civil processes.
A constitutional officer, elected by the voters of the county to serve as the county's prosecutor and chief law enforcement official. All of the prosecutors and staff of the office are dedicated to the pursuit of justice and protection of the rights and property of all citizens of, and visitors to, Pittsylvania County.
A constitutional officer, elected by the voters of the county to serve as the county's prosecutor and chief law enforcement official. All of the prosecutors and staff of the office are dedicated to the pursuit of justice and protection of the rights and property of all citizens of, and visitors to, Pittsylvania County.
Provides quality legal assistance to low-income persons who reside in the Williamsburg area in civil matters. Applicants for service should contact the agency's Intake and Referral Unit or visit the nearest service office to be screened for eligibility.
Provides quality legal assistance to low-income persons who reside in the Williamsburg area in civil matters. Applicants for service should contact the agency's Intake and Referral Unit or visit the nearest service office to be screened for eligibility.
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General Legal Aid
An Ombudsman is defined as one who investigates complaints and assists in achieving resolutions. Serves as an advocate for older persons who receive long-term care services. Investigates concerns and complaints regarding long-term care services in nursing homes, adult care residences, and in-home care providers. Addresses concerns about diet, staff, quality of care, environmental conditions and violations of clients rights. Includes the Volunteer Ombudsman Program and the Elder Abuse Prevention. LOA's Long-Term Care Ombudsman is part of a program administered through the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A). To contact the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman call 1-800-552-3402.
An Ombudsman is defined as one who investigates complaints and assists in achieving resolutions. Serves as an advocate for older persons who receive long-term care services. Investigates concerns and complaints regarding long-term care services in nursing homes, adult care residences, and in-home care providers. Addresses concerns about diet, staff, quality of care, environmental conditions and violations of clients rights. Includes the Volunteer Ombudsman Program and the Elder Abuse Prevention. LOA's Long-Term Care Ombudsman is part of a program administered through the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman of the Virginia Association of Area Agencies on Aging (V4A). To contact the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman call 1-800-552-3402.
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Area Agencies on Aging
Long Term Care Ombudsman Programs
Advocacy
Legal Counseling
Issues warrants, admits to bail, commits to jail, issues emergency custody orders, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders and answers as many legal questions as possible. We issue civil warrants and direct persons to the proper court. We distribute pamphlets placed by citizens against family violence. We direct abus
Issues warrants, admits to bail, commits to jail, issues emergency custody orders, emergency protective orders, temporary detention orders and answers as many legal questions as possible. We issue civil warrants and direct persons to the proper court. We distribute pamphlets placed by citizens against family violence. We direct abus
The community leader who shapes its justice system. Thousands of cases come through the Commonwealth's Attorney's office each year and it's the job of the officeholder to ensure the community's values are front and center when determining how to treat those cases.
The community leader who shapes its justice system. Thousands of cases come through the Commonwealth's Attorney's office each year and it's the job of the officeholder to ensure the community's values are front and center when determining how to treat those cases.
The Wage and Hour Division administers a wide variety of labor laws providing minimum wage, prevailing wage, overtime, child labor, farm worker, family and medical leave, and many other protections to covered workers in the United States.
The Wage and Hour Division administers a wide variety of labor laws providing minimum wage, prevailing wage, overtime, child labor, farm worker, family and medical leave, and many other protections to covered workers in the United States.
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Labor and Employment Law
Provides a chief prosecuting officer for Nelson County who is responsible for initiating charges and prosecuting people, including juveniles,who have been accused of felony and misdemeanor offenses and investigating allegations of major fraud, organized criminal activity and corruption and unlawful conduct by public officials.
Provides a chief prosecuting officer for Nelson County who is responsible for initiating charges and prosecuting people, including juveniles,who have been accused of felony and misdemeanor offenses and investigating allegations of major fraud, organized criminal activity and corruption and unlawful conduct by public officials.
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Public Counsel
State Officials Offices
Commonwealth Catholic Charities local private guardianship program acts as a guardian of last resort to adults who are legally incapacitated. Candidates must be screened for services. Client services include routine visits and monitoring of care.
Commonwealth Catholic Charities local private guardianship program acts as a guardian of last resort to adults who are legally incapacitated. Candidates must be screened for services. Client services include routine visits and monitoring of care.
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Advocacy
Probate Assistance
Works to end the criminalization of poverty in Virginia by exposing and addressing criminal legal system policies that target people because of poverty and race. Through a mix of community organizing, local and statewide policy advocacy, and litigation, our program intervenes at many points in the criminal legal system. Our campaigns range from initial law enforcement contact in the community, through the courts, to individuals' confinement in Virginia's jails and prisons, and finally to their reentry into the community.
Works to end the criminalization of poverty in Virginia by exposing and addressing criminal legal system policies that target people because of poverty and race. Through a mix of community organizing, local and statewide policy advocacy, and litigation, our program intervenes at many points in the criminal legal system. Our campaigns range from initial law enforcement contact in the community, through the courts, to individuals' confinement in Virginia's jails and prisons, and finally to their reentry into the community.
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Advocacy
Legal Representation
The Commonwealth’s Attorney represents the Commonwealth of Virginia as prosecutor in the General District Court, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and the Circuit Court.
The Commonwealth’s Attorney represents the Commonwealth of Virginia as prosecutor in the General District Court, the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court and the Circuit Court.
This program assists landlords and tenants in resolving disputes by providing information to both parties on their rights and responsibilities under local and state law, and by helping to settle disputes through mediation.
This program assists landlords and tenants in resolving disputes by providing information to both parties on their rights and responsibilities under local and state law, and by helping to settle disputes through mediation.
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Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Staff attorneys and volunteers provide free legal services to patients of WW, people living with HIV/AIDS, and members of the LGBT community.
Staff attorneys and volunteers provide free legal services to patients of WW, people living with HIV/AIDS, and members of the LGBT community.
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Legal Counseling
Legal Aid Justice Center partner with local community members and community organizations in addition to national advocacy organizations to promote systemic reforms reducing the abuse and exploitation of immigrants, and to advocate for policies that promote integration and protection of immigrant communities.
Legal Aid Justice Center partner with local community members and community organizations in addition to national advocacy organizations to promote systemic reforms reducing the abuse and exploitation of immigrants, and to advocate for policies that promote integration and protection of immigrant communities.
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Legal Representation
Advocacy
Immigration/Naturalization Legal Services
This program provides free civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to low income people, and those 60 years of age or older, living in - or who have legal problems arising in, the City of Charlottesville or the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa or Nelson.
This program provides free civil (non-criminal) legal assistance to low income people, and those 60 years of age or older, living in - or who have legal problems arising in, the City of Charlottesville or the counties of Albemarle, Fluvanna, Greene, Louisa or Nelson.
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General Legal Aid