ATTORNEY REFERRALS &
CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATIONS
Adoptee, Parent and "Family Rights"
Friendly Legal Resources Online
ADOPTEE/PARENT SEARCH ASSISTANCE:
THE ULTIMATE SEARCH BOOK-2004 Electronic Edition - http://UltimateSearchBook.com
ATTORNEYS
A-TEAM Attorneys specializing in fathers' rights - http://www.a-team.org
ATTORNEYS, PRO BONO, by State - American Bar Association Directory of Pro Bono Attorneys - http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/directory.html
BRANDFON, ATTORNEY MARTIN - (California cases) - brandfon@earthlink.net an adoption lawyer, interested in issues and who also does adoptee/parent searches for fee - 620 Jefferson Ave., Redwood City, CA 94063; (650) 366-6789
CHILD CUSTODY LAW FIRMS SEARCH SITE - http://ChildCustodyLawFirms.com
GOODMAN, KATHLEEN CASSIDY
Law Office of Kathleen Cassidy Goodman, PLLC
San Antonio, TX - (210) 949-1000
Borne, TX - (830) 981-4500; Fax- (830) 981-4502
KCassidyGoodman@sbcglobal.com
Formerly with The Justice Foundation of Texas, which no longer handles
cases, Attorney Goodman, though a civil (not criminal defense)
attorney, continued to assist wrongly convicted adoptee, Joel
Domingues, out of pocket. AmFOR provided support for Joel and Goodman.
However she cannot take Appeals to the higher courts, pro bono. She's
listed here as courtesy for her help in Joel's case.
HIRSCHFIELD, ATTORNEY ROBERT - http://www.nolawyer.com
FAUPEL, ATTORNEY MARIAN L.- (Michigan cases) - mfaupel@faupel.pc.net - FAUPEL ASSOCIATES, 2452 East. Stadium Blvd, #103, Ann Arbor, MI 48104; (734) 677-0776 - http://www.faupel.com/profile.asp?wld_id=1747595
LEDBETTER, Attorney Frank R. (Missouri and possibly out-of-state) -
145 Glenridge Lane, St. Louis, MO; (314) 991-2917;
frledbetter@email.com
His comment on AmFOR's Petition to Abolish Adoption, Monday, 3 March 2003:
As an attorney I view the current laws in this country
regarding adoption as reprehensible for the most part. Everyone should
have the right to know who his or her biological parents are. No one
should be subjected to being taken away from one's
biological parent due to the biological parent being in a stressful
situation when a child is born and pressured by social workers to give
up all parental rights to the child. Nor should any child be subjected
to being given to an infertile couple who most likely see prospective
adoptees as little more than commodities available to meet the adoptive
parents' desires. Adoption law reform is long overdue.
MARTINDALE-HUBBEL LAWYER SEARCH - http://www.martindale.com/
PANGBORN, KENNETH -
http://www.a-team.org
pangborn@a-team.org
SAMUELS, ATTORNEY ELIZABETH - esamuels@ubmail.ubalt.edu
SENTER, ATTORNEY ERIKA W. -
EWSenter@packbell.net
4199 Campus Drive, Ste 700, Irvine, CA 92612; (714) 854-5309 -
http://firms.findlaw.com/ewsenter/
- (Consititutional/Civil Rights/Family Law - in all CALIFORNIA courts, South and Central US District Courts, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. Assisted an adoptee re inheritance rights matter)
SHEALEY, ATTORNEY BARBARA - WESTCHESTER PUTNAM LEGAL SERVICES - (New York/Low Income) - 30 South Broadway, Yonkers, NY 10701; (914) 376-3757, ext. 103 - shealey@wpls.com - http://www.wpls.org/about.html
STEELE, ATTORNEY EDWARD J. - steele@plainlawtalk.com
"Everything Surrogacy" - DIRECTORIES, all on one web-site:
Surrogacy Agency Directory, Egg Donation Service Directory,
Attorney Directory, IVF Directory -
http://everythingsurrogacy.com
CIVIL LIBERTIES ORGANIZATIONS:
CPS WATCH - http://CPSWatch.com
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) -
http://www.leap.cc/
Current and former members of law
enforcement who support regulation rather than
prohibition (of drugs)
EXPERT WITNESS:
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS:
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH - http://www.hrw.org/contact.html - hrwny@hrw.org
UNITED NATIONS
RIGHTS OF THE CHILD PROJECT -
See Human Rights & Adoption pages
for reporting adoption abuses & contact information
http://amfor.net/humanrights.html
PRO PER LEGAL RESEARCH:
ADOPTION LAWS, BY STATE -
http://www.Bastards.org/activism/access.htm
http://www.cornell.edu/topics/adoption.html
CALIFORNIA COURTS SELF-HELP - http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp
FIND LAW - http://www.FindLaw.com
LAW SITES - http://www.lawsites.com
NATIONAL ADOPTION INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE - http://www.childwelfare.gov/
PROPER PLEADINGS (without an attorney) - http://www.crosswinds.net/~informapauperis
PRO SE RESOURCE CENTER - http://legalfreedom.com - comments@legalfreedom.com
PUBLISHING LAW CENTER - http://www.publaw.com
WEST LAW - http://www.westlaw.com
MISCELLANEOUS LEGAL RESEARCH SITES ONLINE:
Rominger Legal
Attorney's Tool Box
Index for Legal Research
Research-It
Lawsmart.com (forms)
Law Guru
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyer Search
Municipal Codes Online
State & Local Govt Index
State Statute Index
Lookup States & Cities & Info
Lawsearch
SS# State Locator
Mediafinder
REFLAW: The Law Library Page
Top News Research
Freedom of Information Act
Laws & Cases Reference Place
Pathology - Expert Witness
Online Dictionaries, Glossaries, Encyclopedias
On-line Dictionaries by subject
Research, Software, Directories, News, etc..
Reference Desk
Legal Dictionary
The Cyber Law Encyclopedia
International Affairs
Internet Law information.
Legal Issues on the "Net"
Profit & Non-Profit Organizations
Free Legal Advice and Links
Need an expert witness?
Lawoffice.com
CA Law Net's Free Legal Research Center
Legal Research Via the Internet
Immigration Laws and Regulations
Legal Sites on the Web
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Researching Laws on the Web
Women's Law Initiative
Goodman Law-Good Legal and Information Links
Find a Process Server
Rominger Legal
United States Process Servers Association
WRONGLY CONVICTED:
The list that immediately follows is for assistance from state Innocence Projects including Law Schools, and State Public Defenders, by alphabetical State, for STATE Appeals on Wrongful Convictions.
For FEDERAL Appeals, check for FEDERAL PUBLIC DEFENDER listings in state where convicted; if none, try adjacent state.
INNOCENCE PROJECT (National HQ)
Barry C. Scheck and Peter J. Neufeld, co-directors
Yeshiva University
100 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
(212) 364-5340
info@innocenceproject.com
[Note: Send application or inquiry by Mail only, no emails, and
no other documents for initial review]
INNOCENCE PROJECTS BY STATE and COUNTRY
(These may or may not be unaffiliated with the national Innocence Project headed by Barry Scheck, above, so ask. Also check online, or your phone directory, for others):
ARIZONA
Arizona Justice Project
Larry Hammond
Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice
2929 North Central Avenue, Suite 2100
Phoenix, AZ 85012-2794
Northern Arizona Justice Project
Robert Schehr, Chair
Department of Criminal Justice
Northern Arizona University
P.O. Box 15005
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5005
CALIFORNIA
California and Hawaii Innocence Project
Justin Brooks, Director
California Western School of Law
225 Cedar Street San Diego, CA 92101
Northern California Innocence Project
at Santa Clara University
Professor Kathleen Ridolfi, Executive Director
Linda Starr, Legal Director
500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053-0422
University of California - Irvine (not a project, but a resource)
William Thompson
Department of Criminology, Law and Society
University of California Irvine, CA 92697-7080
COLORADO
Colorado Innocence Project
370 17th Street Suite 4500
Denver, CO 80202 303-863-1000
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Innocence Project
Office of the Chief Public Defender
30 Trinity Street, 4th Floor
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
DELAWARE
Office of the Public Defender
Lisa Schwind Carvel
State Building
820 French Street
3rd Floor Wilimington, DE 19801
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Shawn Armbrust, Project Director
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
FLORIDA
Innocence Project of Florida
Jenny Greenberg, Director
1100 E. Park Ave.
Tallahassee, FL 32301
GEORGIA
Georgia Innocence Project
Aimee Maxwell, Executive Director
752-1/2 North Highland Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30306
IDAHO
Idaho Innocence Project
Greg Hampikian
Mail Stop 1515
Boise State University
1910 University Drive
Boise, ID 83725-1515
ILLINOIS
Center on Wrongful Convictions
Rob Warden, Executive Director
Steve Drizin, Legal Director
Northwestern University School of Law
357 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Medill Innocence Project
David Protess, Director Northwestern University
1845 N. Sheridan Ave. Evanston, IL 60208
Downstate Illinois Innocence Project
Institute for Legal and Policy Studies
at the University of Illinois at Springfield
One University Plaza
MS Public Affairs Center
451 Springfield, IL 62703-5407
Primary Contact: Nancy Ford, Co-Director
INDIANA
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
Fran Hardy, Professor of Law
735 West New York Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
IOWA
Iowa/Nebraska Innocence Project
Tom Lustgraaf
P.O. Box 24183
Omaha, NE 68124-0183
KENTUCKY
University of Kentucky Innocence Project
Roberta M. Harding, Professor of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
209 Law Building Lexington, KY 40506-0048
Kentucky Innocence Project
Gordon Rahn Project Coordinator
Department of Public Advocacy
P.O. Box 555 Eddyville, KY 42038
LOUISIANA
Innocence Project New Orleans
Emily Maw, Legal Director
636 Baronne Street, 2nd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70113
MAINE
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq. Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
MARYLAND
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Shawn Armbrust, Project Director
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
Maryland Office of the Public Defender
Innocence Project Office of the Public Defender
for the State of Maryland
201 East Baltimore Street Suite 1600
Baltimore, MD 21202
Primary Contact: Michele Nethercott, Chief Attorney
MASSACHUSETTS
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq. J
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq. Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
MICHIGAN
Thomas M. Cooley
Innocence Project
300 S. Capitol Ave.
P.O. Box 13038
Lansing, MI 48901
MINNESOTA
Innocence Project of Minnesota
Erika Applebaum Hamline
University School of Law
1536 Hewitt Avenue St. Paul, MN 55104
MISSISSIPPI
Innocence Project New Orleans
(operates in LA and MS)
Emily Maw, Legal Director
636 Baronne Street, 2nd Floor
New Orleans, LA 70113
MISSOURI
Midwestern Innocence Project
Byron, Beck, Stinson, Morrison and Hecker LLP
1201 Walnut Suite, Suite 2900
Kansas City, MO 64106
NEBRASKA
Iowa/Nebraska Innocence Project
Tom Lustgraaf
P.O. Box 24183
Omaha, NE 68124-0183
NEVADA
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Jensie Anderson, President
Katie Monroe, Executive Director
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
332 S. 1400 E. Front
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
NEW JERSEY
Centurion Ministries (NOT an attorney)
Rev. Jim McCloskey
Kate Germond
221 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Innocence and Justice Project
Professor April Land
Professor Barbara Bergman
University of New Mexico School of Law
1117 Stanford NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131
NEW YORK
Innocence Project (National HQ)
Barry Scheck and Peter Neufeld, co-directors
at Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School
Yeshiva University
100 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Second Look Program
Professor Will Hellerstein
Brooklyn Law School
250 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Pace Post-Conviction Project
78 North Broadway, Room G210
White Plains, NY 10603
NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence
Duke/University of North Carolina Law Schools
Professor Therea Newman
Professor Rich Rosen
Pete Weitzel, Executive Director
Chris Mumma, Legal Counsel
Shannon Plaza Station
Durham, NC 27717
OHIO
Ohio Innocence Project
University of Cincinnati College of Law
P.O. Box 210040 Cincinnatti, OH 45221-0020
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Indigent Defense System -
DNA Forensic Testing Program
Julie Gardner
Jamie Pybas
Kathleen Smith
Kim Marks
P.O. Box 926
Norman, OK 73070
PENNSYLVANIA
The Innocence Institute of Western Pennsylvania
Bill Moushey
c/o Point Park College Department of Journalism
and Mass Communications
201 Wood Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1984
RHODE ISLAND
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street Boston, MA 02109
SOUTH CAROLINA
Palmetto Innocence Project
Joseph M. McCulloch
P.O. Box 11623
Columbia, SC 29211
TEXAS
Texas Innocence Network
David Dow, Professor
100 Law Center
Houston, TX 77204-6060
Texas Center for Actual Innocence
University of Texas School of Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
Innocence Project of Texas
1304 Texas Avenue
Lubbock, TX 79401
Wesleyan Innocence Project
Prof. Mike Ware 1515 Commerce St.
Fort Worth, TX 76102
UTAH
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Katie Monroe, Executive Director
Jensie Anderson, President
358 South 700 East, B235
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
VERMONT
New England Innocence Project
Joseph F. Savage, Esq.
Jennifer L. Chunias, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street Boston, MA 02109
VIRGINIA
Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project
Shawn Armbrust, Project Director
4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20016
WASHINGTON
Innocence Project Northwest
Professor Jackie McMurtrie
University of Washington
William H. Gates Hall - Suite 265
P.O. Box 85110
Seattle, WA 98145-1110
WISCONSIN
Wisconsin Innocence Project
Keith Findley, Associate Clinical Professor
John Pray, Associate Clinical Professor
University of Wisconsin Law School
Remington Center
Madison, WI 53706
WYOMING
Rocky Mountain Innocence Center
Jensie Anderson, President
University of Utah - S.J. Quinney College of Law
332 S. 1400 E. Front
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
INTERNATIONAL
CANADA
Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted (AIDWYC)
85 King Street East - Suite 318
Toronto, Ontario M5C 1G3
CANADA
ENGLAND / UNITED KINGDOM
University of Leeds Innocence Project
Carole McCartney, Director
20 Lyddon Terrace Leeds, LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
AUSTRALIA
Australian Innocence Project
Lynne Weathered, Director
Griffith University Innocence Project
Griffith Law School
GU PMB 50 GCMC 9726
Australia University of Melbourne Innocence Project
Vanessa Stafford, Director
University of Melbourne Law School
185 Pelham Street
Carlton Melbourne
Victoria 3040
Australia
