Georgia Legal Services Program

Georgia Legal Services Program (GLSP) arose as a solution to the “disproportion between the need for legal services by those who cannot afford them and the present supply of legal services available to them.” In 1970, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Georgia’s total population was 4,587,930, and that 40% of Georgians resided in rural areas. The following year, the Younger Lawyers Section incorporated the Georgia Legal Services Program “to provide legal services to indigent persons to the fullest extent possible.” Since then, GLSP has offered free civil legal services to Georgians with low incomes who reside outside metro Atlanta in 154 of the state’s 159 counties. Our mission is to provide civil legal services for persons with low incomes, creating equal access to justice and opportunities out of poverty. In the picture, Offices of Georgia Indigents Legal Services, Inc. meeting with Family and Children Services Director Kim Parham and Deputy Director Herschel Saucier, in the GILS office in Atlanta. Pictured left to right are John Myer (staff), John Cromartie (staff), Phil Heiner, Nancy Cheves, Jim Parharm, Bill Ide, Betsey Neely, Herschel Saucier, Bettye Kehrer (staff), Jim Elliott and Ben Shapiro (with back to the camera).

• Robert BushDirector of Elder Law Unit
• Susan ReifDirector of Housing Law Unit
• Tamila ParkerSenior Director of Finance and Administration
• Adrianne C. FreemanDeputy Director for Litigation and Advocacy
• Jana J. Edmondson-CooperDirector of Family Law Unit
• Jane BonnerDirector of Human Resources
• Lester AndrewsDirector of Information Technology
• Lisa KrisherSenior Director of Litigation and Advocacy
• Solimar Mercado-SpencerDirector of the Farmworker Rights Division
• Susan CoppedgeExecutive Director
• Cynthia GibsonDirector of the Health Law Unit
• Mitzy Sharp FutroDirector of Development and Communications
• Shannon MillsDirector of Attorney Recruitment & Retention
• Tomieka R. DanielDeputy Director
• Alex Sanders2024 Pro Bono Champion
• Cawthon CusterPro Bono Champion, Albany Region

• Economic SecurityCreating opportunities out of poverty is a major part of GLSP's mission.
• EducationEducation is an important vehicle for an opportunity out of poverty, consistent with GLSP's mission.
• Farmworker RightsThe Farmworker Rights Division is a project of Georgia Legal Services Program, Inc.
• Housing LawGLSP’s housing work is guided by Matthew Desmond’s statement that: “Eviction is a cause…
• Medical Legal PartnershipsGLSP's mission of improving access to justice includes not only making high quality legal services available…
• Health LawAccess to health care is part of the path out of poverty; such access allows children to attend school and learn.

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Based in

Downtown

Founded

1973

EIN

58-1111590

Staff

16

Website

glsp.org