Looking for support with a legal issue? TCE LEGAL offers free legal services to low-income residents of Puerto Rico and US Residents through our network of attorney's. You can find information on our services offered below.
To receive assistance, please call the phone number listed below that is associated with the category of issue you need support with. When you call, please leave a voicemail with your name and phone number, and we will return your call within 5-6 business days.
Housing and Homelessness Prevention | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294
TCE LEGAL works to preserve and create affordable housing and prevent homelessness, and assist tenants who are being unfairly evicted or who are subjected to sub-standard living conditions. TCE LEGAL can assist with:
Subsidized Housing Terminations (Section 8 Vouchers)
Unlawful Detainer/Eviction Defense
Security Deposit Refunds
Housing Conditions
Enforcement of the Mobile home Residency Law
Affordable Housing Advocacy
Training Tenants, Advocates, and Community Organizations on Housing Rights
Forming Tenant or Mobile home Resident Associations
Housing Discrimination and Disability Rights
Enforcement of California Land Use Laws
Mobile home Title Disputes
Small Business and Nonprofit Project | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294
TCE LEGAL assists community-based nonprofit organizations, childcare providers, and micro-business owners. Some examples of how we are able to assist our clients are:
Employment Law
Commercial Leases
Minimizing Liability and Insurance
Tax Law
Intellectual Property
Business Start-up and Choice of Business Entity
Business Contracts
Nonprofit Formation
Corporate Governance
Land Use (including Conditional Use Permits)
Government Licensing
Families and Children | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294 for abuse, abduction, and restraining order matters and for all other family law matters
TCE LEGAL assists litigants with family law issues through our network of attorneys including:
Divorce
Custody
Child/Spousal Support
Marital Asset and Debt Division
Grandparent Visitation
Guardianship
Limited Conservatorships
Restraining Order Matters
Consumer Law | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294 for bankruptcy, for Federal Pro Se, and or all other consumer issues
TCE LEGAL provides legal advice and counsel to clients on a wide variety of consumer legal issues through our network of attorneys, including:
Debt Collection
Bankruptcy
Consumer Warranty & Fraud Claims
Creditor Harassment
Wage Garnishment
Foreclosure Prevention
Student Loans
Automobile Financing Issues.
Identity Theft
Predatory Lending and Home Equity Scams
Unfair and Deceptive Practices
Elder Abuse
Immigration | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294
We provide assistance in the following areas of relief through our network of attorneys:
Deportation Defense (removal defense)
Relief under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) (victims of domestic violence by abusers with lawful immigration status)
U Visa (victims of serious crimes)
T Visa (victims of trafficking)
Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (for undocumented minors who have been abused, neglected or abandoned by one or both of their parents)
Adjustment of status (application for legal permanent residence)
Asylum (for those fleeing persecution in their home countries)
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (for undocumented minors who entered the United States as children and were educated in the U.S.)
Naturalization Assistance (for qualified immigrants who wish to become U.S. citizens)
Counseling about Immigration Consequences of Criminal Charges
Other Miscellaneous Cases
Health Law | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294 for health-coverage-related concerns.
TCE LEGAL provides legal assistance through our network of attorneys with access to health care and can help with:
Navigating health coverage options
Medical bill problems
Denial of health services, prescription drugs, and durable medical equipment
Health care coverage eligibility
Medi-Cal
Covered California
Medicare
Off-exchange private health insurance
Employer-sponsored health insurance
Medical Safety Net Program (MSN)
Requests for Independent Medical Review
Advance Health Care Directives
Accessing health records
Medical-Legal Partnerships (MLPs) | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294 for MLP-related questions.
In collaboration with medical providers, TCE LEGAL provides holistic legal services to several types of at-risk populations through our network of attorneys such as:
HIV-positive individuals
Families with infants 6 months and younger
Veterans Advocacy Project | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294
This program is dedicated to providing veterans and their families access to free legal assistance to facilitate their re-entry into civilian life, including those who are homeless through our network of attorneys. Legal issues for veterans include:
Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Military and Veterans Benefits
Healthcare
Expungement of Criminal Records
Discharge Upgrades
Military Sexual Trauma
Federal Tax | Leave a voicemail at: 424-307-1294
We can support individual low-income taxpayers with tax issues before
the Internal Revenue Service and in the United States Tax Court through our network of attorneys, including:
Examinations
Administrative Appeals
Injured Spouse
Tax-Related Identity Theft
Employee Misclassification
Collection Matters
Innocent Spouse