Legal Aid Service of Collier County provides high-quality free civil legal advice, representation and education based on need, so as to encourage self-sufficiency and improve the lifestyle and living conditions of the community.

Office Hours: Hours: Monday Friday, 9:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.

General Assistance
Legal Aid provides direct representation to our clients in several substantive practice areas:
    Domestic Violence and Family Law: We help survivors of domestic violence obtain short- and long-term safety and stability for themselves and their children by securing protective and custody orders. We also help clients obtain divorces, guardianships, alimony awards, parenting plans, and child support orders.
    Legal Aid for Collier Kids: Legal Aid staff attorneys represent children in Dependency court who have been abused, neglected, and/or abandoned. Representation of children in Dependency court is done by court-appointment only.
    Public Benefits for the Elderly, Veterans, and the Disabled: Our Public Benefits Unit provides assistance to the elderly, veterans, the disabled, and others in need who are experiencing problems related to Medicaid, Medicare, Social Security Disability and SSI, VA Benefits, Unemployment Compensation, Food Stamps, VA Benefits, and other public benefits to which our clients are lawfully entitled. Our Senior Citizen Unit also provides legal advice and representation to Collier County residents who are 60 years of age or older for all general, civil legal matters.
    Immigration Assistance: Our Immigration Unit assists immigrant victims of domestic violence, victims of human trafficking, and victims of other violent crimes in obtaining lawful immigration status. We also represent abused, abandoned, or neglected immigrant children in their applications for lawful permanent residence. Additionally, our attorneys fight for clients with meritorious defenses such as adjustment, cancellation, and political asylum, in removal proceedings. We also represent TPS applicants, who are temporarily unable to safely return to their home country due to dangerous or unsafe conditions.
    Foreclosure Defense: In response to the overwhelming foreclosure crisis which began in 2008, Legal Aid providing legal assistance to qualifying individuals who are in or near foreclosure. Our services include: educating homeowners about the judicial foreclosure process, representing and assisting homeowners in mediation sessions, providing information on alternatives to foreclosure, identifying fraudulent documentation and other widespread illegal foreclosure practices, and helping homeowners gain crucial time needed to work toward a solution.
    Tax Assistance:Legal Aids Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) assists individuals with a federal income tax controversy up to $50,000. Our attorneys assist with issues such as: Dis-allowance of tax credit; audit assistance; collection issues, including lien and levy; appeals; representation in Federal tax court; assistance in identity theft cases; preparation of amended returns to resolve controversies; and other important issues.
Cases We Do Not Handle
    Criminal Cases
    Child Support Enforcement
    Personal Injury
    Traffic or DUI cases
    Auto Accidents
    Medical Malpractice
If you are not sure if your legal problem is one that we can assist you with, please contact us for more information.

Mission Statement: To provide high quality free civil legal advice, representation and education to the residents of Collier County, based on need, so as to encourage self-sufficiency and improve the lifestyle and living conditions of the entire community.