Finding an Attorney or Legal Advocate

• Contact your local bar association and seek out a lawyer specializing in disability rights. Visit the website of the American Bar Association (ABA) listed below, or call the ABA in Chicago at 312-988-5522 or, toll-free at 800-285-2221 to find the bar association nearest you.
• The Protection and Advocacy (P&A) System and Client Assistance Program (CAP) make up a national network of congressionally mandated, legally-based disability rights agencies. P&A agencies have the authority to provide legal representation and other advocacy services, under all federal and state laws, to all people with disabilities (based on a system of priorities for services). To find you local P&A/CAP, visit the Protection and Advocacy website below.
• Your local CHADD chapter may be able to make informal recommendations about attorneys in your community.  Contact the CHADD chapter nearest you and ask if the chapter has a resource directory of local services and professionals.

Other Web Sites:

• Special Needs Alliance (SNA)
  A national, not for profit organization of attorneys dedicated to the practice of disability and public benefits law. Individuals with disabilities, their families and their advisors rely on the SNA to connect them with nearby attorneys who focus their practices in the disability law arena.
• Protection and Advocacy System and Client Assistance Program Locator
• ABA Directory of State and Local Bar Associations
  Select the state Bar Association for contact information in your state.
• ABA The Commission on Mental and Physicial Disability Law
  This Commission of the American Bar Association offers a referral service to find legal representation for disability-related issues.
• Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates
  The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA) can provide a list of lawyers who specialize in disability rights. Visit their Web site or call in Washington DC 202-544-2210.