Resources - Legal Resources
Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME)
700 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-854-1400
www.homeny.org/homeseekers.htm
Housing Opportunities Made Equal is a membership-based, nationally recognized civil rights organization working to ensure fair and equal access to housing. HOME promotes equal opportunity in housing without restrictions based on such factors as race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, lawful source of income or the presence of children within a family.
Criminal Court City of Buffalo Domestic Violence
50 Delaware Ave. 3rd Floor
Buffalo, NY
716-845-2765
Erie County Bar Association: Volunteer Lawyers Project
237 Main St. Suite 1000
Buffalo, NY 14203
716-847-0662
www.ecbavlp.org
VLP consists of private attorneys who represent low-income people for free.
Erie County District Attorney's Office Domestic Violence Bureau
50 Delaware Ave. 4th Floor
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-858-4634
www.erie.gov/da
New York Civil Liberties Union
712 Main St. #B2
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-852-4033
www.nyclu.org
Office of New York State Attorney General
350 Main St. Suite 300A
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-853-8400
www.ag.ny.gov
Family Courty City of Buffalo
1 Niagara Plaza Room 732
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-845-2751
Jeffrey Freedman
424 Main St.
Buffalo, NY
716-856-7091
Lambda Legal Help Desk
120 Wall St. Suite 1500
New York City, NY 10005
212-809-8585
www.lambdalegal.org
During the Help Desk Hours, Lambda Legal staff respond to members of our community seeking legal information and assistance with sexual orientation-related and HIV/AIDS-related discrimination. We also provide a list of suggested questions to ask a prospecitve attorney. We greatly prefer individuals to call us by telephone. However, if this is impossible, please e-mail us. It is very important that you nclude the city and state of your issue, so we can refer to the specific laws in your area. Help desk hour: Monday 10 a.m. - noon; Tuesday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.; Wednesday 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.; Thursday 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. - noon.
Norman Mattar
5792 Main St.
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-633-4300
www.normanmattar.com
Experienced in gay & lesbian legal issues, wills, real estate, DWI/traffic, shoplifting, personal injury.
Mark J. Peszko
515 Brisbane Building
Buffalo, NY 14203
716-855-1921
General practice, wills & estates, elder law, real estate, criminal/DWI, personal injury, home consultation, social security disability.
Shari Jo Reich
14 Lafayette Sq. Suite 510
Buffalo, NY 14203
716-883-2889
Bankruptcy, divorce, family law.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
147 West 24th St. 5th Floor
New York City, NY 10011
212-337-8550
www.srlp.org
The Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) works to guarantee that all people are free to self-determineour gender identity and expression, regardless of income, and without facing harassment, discrimination, or violence.
Rolls, Kohn, & Associates
438 Main St. Suite 225
Buffalo, NY
716-856-2700
Personal Injury, Real estate, Business, Estate Planning, Bankruptcy, Employment Matters. No charge for initial consultation.
Ziller, Marsh, Lang & Zweig, Attorneys at Law
424 Main St. Room 1717
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-842-1717
Lindy Korn
1904 Liberty Korn
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-845-0644
Trans-Friendly Legal Provider
Bernadette Hoppe
137 Summer St.
Buffalo, NY 14222
716-228-7260
Trans-Friendly Legal Provider
Lawrence Krieger
8 Exchange Blvd. Suite 400
Rochester, NY 14614
585-325-2640 or 800-716-3260
www.kriegerlaw.net
Trans-Friendly Legal Provider
Neighborhood Legal Services (NLS)
237 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14203
716-847-0650
www.nls.org
NLS provides free legal services to persons with low-income and persons with disabilities. It also provides a wide range of technical assistance and support services
Bar Association of Erie County Lawyer Referral Services
438 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
716-852-3100
www.eriebar.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=6
The Lawyer Referral and Information Service of the Bar Association of Erie County is designed to assist persons who are able to pay normal attorney fees but whose ability to locate appropriate legal representation is frustrated by a lack of experience with the legal system, a lack of information about the type of service needed, or a fear of the potential costs of seeing a lawyer.
ACLU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & AIDS Project
125 Broad Street
New York City, NY 10004
212-549-2627
www.aclu.org/lgbt
The LGBT Project fights discrimination and moves public opinion through the courts, legislatures and public education across five issue areas: Relationships, Youth & Schools, Parenting, Gender Identity and Expression and Discrimination in Employment, Housing and other areas.
First Time/Last Time Program
360 Delaware Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14202-1610
716-853-9598
If you are gay, lesbian, bi or trans, between the ages of 16-21, an Erie County resident, and are in legal trouble for the first time, there is a resource available to you. The First Time/Last Time staff are GLBT-friendly. They will walk with you through the legal process
Barbara A. Sauee
3620 Harlem Road Suite 11
Cheektowaga, NY 14215
716-891-5074
Personal Injury, Estates, Matrimonial, Family Court, Health Care Proxy, Power of Attorney, SSD, Real Estate - Sale & Purchase
Regional Office of New York State Attorney General
107 Delaware Ave
Buffalo, NY
716-853-8400
