Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc.

Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. – Bath Office

16 West William Street, P.O. Box 272
Bath, NY 14810
Phone: (607) 776-4126
Fax: (607) 776-4029
Website: https://www.lawny.org/
Office Website: https://www.lawny.org/node/45/bath-location

Eligibility: Income eligibility is 125%-200% of federal poverty guidelines

Counties Served: Allegany and Steuben

Legal Assistance of Western New York, Inc. (LawNY) provides free legal aid to people with civil legal problems.

Services Include:

• Public Benefits
  • Unemployment Insurance Benefits
  • Social Security Disability and SSI
  • Public Assistance
  • Food Stamps (SNAP)
  • Fuel Assistance (HEAP)
• Housing (Tenants ONLY)
  • Eviction
  • Public and Subsidized Housing (Section 8)
  • Substandard Conditions
  • Mobile Home Issues
  • Discrimination
  • Utility Shut-offs
• Homeownership
  • Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Tax Foreclosure
  • Land Contracts
  • Mobile Home Issues
• Family (for victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault)
  • Orders of Protection
  • Custody/Visitation
  • Support
• Health Care
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Denials of Health Care Services
  • Coordination of Benefits
  • Access to Care for Uninsured Persons
  • Access to Health Insurance Programs
  • Reduction of medical debt
  • Managed Long-Term Care
• Employment Rights and Rights of Persons with Criminal Records
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Employment clearance for background checks by public agencies
  • Certificates of Relief from Civil Disabilities/Certificates of Good Conduct
  • Public benefits denials based on criminal record ("fleeing felon" and UIB misconduct)
  • Employment Discrimination based on criminal record (re-entry issues)
• Consumer
  • Protection of Exempt Income and Resources from Garnishment
  • Bankruptcy (where there is a threat of loss of home or garnishment of income)
• Uncontested Divorce
  • Pro se Divorce Clinic
• Will, Health Care Proxy, and Power of Attorney
  • Referral to volunteer attorneys

*Services are subject to change. Contact office for information on current legal services*

*Does not assist with completing petitions to Family Court (Custody, Guardianship, Adoption, Visitation) nor provides representation services regarding these matters. However, can support legal needs regarding legal custody and visitation if client is a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault*