LIST OF FREE LEGAL SERVICES PROVIDERS

The following organizations and attorneys provide free legal services and/or referrals for such services to indigent individuals in immigration removal proceedings, pursuant to 8 CFR §1003.61. Some of these organizations may also charge a nominal fee for legal services to certain low income individuals.




BUFFALO, NEW YORK
MICHAEL BERGER, ESQ.

BERGER & BERGER, ATTORNEYS
555 International Drive, Ste. 800
Buffalo, NY 14221
(716) 634 - 6500

LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF ROCHESTER, INC.

One West Main Street, Rm. 800
Rochester, NY 14614
(585) 295-5745 (within Monroe County)
(800) 963-5604 (outside Monroe County)

  • Represents aliens seeking Asylum.
  • Representation limited to persons residing in Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Niagara, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Steuben, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates Counties.
  • Will not represent detained aliens.

ANNE E. DOEBLER, P.C.

Statler Towers, Ste. 1480
107 Delaware Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14202

ANDREW LIPKIND

6225 Sheridan Drive, Suite 206
Williamsville, NY 14221
Tel: (716) 633-4485
Fax: (716) 633-4509
alipkind@lipkind.com

Will represent persons applying for asylum.
ERIE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION

Volunteer Lawyers Project
700 Statler Towers
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 847-0752, ext. 37

  • Will only represent persons who are detained.

JONATHAN C. LITWIN, ESQ.

Practicing Attorney
492 Crescent Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14214
(716) 835-0022, Ph/Fax

http:www.immigrationrepresentation.com

ALLEN W. FARABEE, ESQ.

Law Office of Allen W. Farabee
1272 Delaware Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14209
(716) 882-4981
(716) 882-4982, Fax

PARMANAND L. PRASHAD, ESQ.

259 Traders Blvd. East, Unit 13
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada L4Z 2E5
(905) 712-1680 or (416) 410-8721

F. ALEJANDRO GUTIÉRREZ, ESQ.

Law Offices of Alejandro Gutierrez PLLC
745 Englewood Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14223-2406
(716) 877-4276

ERIC W. SCHULTZ

Hiscock & Barclay, LLP
1100 M&T Center
3 Fountain Plaza
Buffalo, NY 14203-1414
(716) 566-1412
(716) 846-1216, Fax

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BUFFALO

864 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14209
(716) 883-1900

  • May charge a nominal fee.
  • Will not represent Canadian citizens who do not have family ties in the United States.

ALAMDAR H. SHAH

103 Travers Boulevard
Amherst, NY 14228
(716) 691-5326
(716) 444-2306 - Cell
Email: alamdar49@yahoo.com

ROBERT KOLKEN, ESQ.
MATTHEW KOLKEN, ESQ.

Kolken & Kolken, Attorneys at Law
135 Delaware Avenue, Ste. 101
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 854-1541
(716) 854-6223

http://www.kolkenandkolken.com
Email: immigration@kolkenandkolken.com

STEPHEN K. TILLS, ESQ.

P.O. Box 635
6413 West Quaker Road
Orchard Park, NY 14127
(716) 662-5080

ANNICK T. KOLOLO , ESQ.

Law Office of Annick T. Koloko
266 Elmwood Avenue, #161
Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 200-1720

 

 

 



NEW YORK, NEW YORK

CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF NEW YORK

DEPARTMENT OF IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE SERVICES

1011 First Ave., 12th Floor
New York, NY 10022-4134
(212) 419-3700

  • Language(s): Spanish, Haitian-Creole, Mandarin, Cantonese, French, Russian, Polish, Albanian, Greek, Macedonian, Serbo-Croatian, Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian, Amharic, Italian, Hindi, Urdu, Punjab, Vietnamese, Portuguese, Thai.
  • Asylum: Yes.
  • May Charge Nominal Fee.

BHANU B. ILINDRA, ESQ.

Pasricha & Patel, LLC
1794 Oak Tree Road
Edison, NJ 08820
(732) 539-6200
(732) 593-6201, Fax

CENTRAL AMERICAN LEGAL ASSISTANCE

240 Hooper Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 486-6800

  • Language(s): Spanish.
  • Asylum: Yes.
THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY- IMMIGRATION LAW UNIT

199 Water Street
New York, NY 10038
(212) 577-3300
(212) 577-3456 - Will accept collect calls from detention facilities.

  • Language(s): Russian, French, Spanish, Italian, Mandarin.
  • Represents detained and non-detained cases before New York City Immigration Courts (except Wackenhut), including persons with criminal convictions.
  • Also coordinates the Juvenile Immigration Representation Project for persons aged 18 and under in removal proceedings.
  • Asylum: Yes.
  • Immigration Detention Hotline open Wednesdays and Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m.
CITY BAR FUND

42 West 44th Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 382-6710

  • Language(s): Spanish, French.
  • Limited to individuals seeking Asylum, domestic violence survivors seeking legal status, and human trafficking.
NASSAU COUNTY HISPANIC FOUNDATION, INC.
IMMIGRATION LAW SERVICE

233 Seventh Street, 3rd Floor
Garden City, NY 11530
(516) 742-0067

  • Language(s): Spanish.
  • Asylum: Yes.
  • May Charge Nominal Fee.
COMITE NUESTRA SENORA DE LORETO SOBRE ASUNTOS DE INMIGRACION HISPANA

41 Adelphi Street
Brooklyn, NY 11205
(718) 625-5115; (718) 625-2141; (718) 625-2142
(718) 625-2918, Fax

  • Language(s): Spanish, French, Italian.
  • Asylum: Yes.
NORTHERN MANHATTAN COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS

665 W. 182nd Street
New York, NY 10033
(212) 781-0648
(212) 781-0943, Fax
Attn: Mayra Angelica Rios

  • Language(s): Spanish.
  • Asylum: No.
  • May Charge Nominal Fee.
  • Limited to: Non-Detained Cases.
GAY MEN'S HEALTH CRISIS, INC.

119 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
(212) 367-1040

  • Language(s): Spanish, French, Creole.
  • Asylum: Yes.
  • Limited to: Represent HIV positive individuals only.
SAFE HORIZON (VICTIM SERVICES/TRAVELERS AID) IMMIGRATION LEGAL SERVICES

74-09 37th Avenue, Room 308
Jackson Heights, NY 11372
(718) 899-1233 ext. 129* (Lawyers)

  • Language(s): Spanish, Russian.
  • Asylum: Yes.
  • Limited to: Priority for survivors of domestic abuse, persecution, and/or torture.
  • Can represent those with non-violent criminal offenses.
  • May Charge Nominal F
HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY (HIAS)

333 Seventh Avenue
New York, NY 10001
(212) 613-1419
(212) 613-1420 (This number for Wackenhut Detainees Only)

  • Languages: Russian, Spanish, Polish, French.
  • Asylum: Yes.
  • May Charge Nominal Fee.