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Direct Services

Our team provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families,  and our communities as they pursue justice.

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Policy Advocacy

We address the root causes of inequities in our society by advocating for inclusive policy solutions in collaboration with grassroots coalitions and the communities most impacted by systemic oppression.

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Impact Litigation

Our team provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families,  and our communities as they pursue justice.

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Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon the generous donation of pro bono services from lawyers, legal professionals, and law students as the keystone for our model of delivering free legal services to low-income communities.

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Resource Library

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FAQsGuide

01/13/26

Medical and Dental Credit Cards—WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Do you need medical or dental care but can’t afford it? Are you thinking about making payments or signing up for credit? Be careful! Medical or dental credit cards can...

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Guide

01/08/26

What courses must I take to file a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?

All individuals who file a chapter 7 bankruptcy must take two courses to receive a discharge of their debts: Credit Counseling and Personal Financial Management. This guide will help you...

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Template

01/08/26

Pleading Paper Caption Page

If there isn’t a court form for what you need to file in your bankruptcy case, you will need to write your own court papers on pleading paper. The first...

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How We Work

See All

Direct Services

Our team provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families,  and our communities as they pursue justice.

Learn More

Policy Advocacy

We address the root causes of inequities in our society by advocating for inclusive policy solutions in collaboration with grassroots coalitions and the communities most impacted by systemic oppression.

Learn More

Impact Litigation

Our team provides free direct legal services and support or matches clients with pro bono advocates, ensuring they have a partner standing with them, their families,  and our communities as they pursue justice.

Learn More

Pro Bono Partnerships

Since its inception, Public Counsel has relied upon the generous donation of pro bono services from lawyers, legal professionals, and law students as the keystone for our model of delivering free legal services to low-income communities.

Learn More

Popular Resources

See All

FAQsGuide

01/13/26

Medical and Dental Credit Cards—WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Do you need medical or dental care but can’t afford it? Are you thinking about making payments or signing up for credit? Be careful! Medical or dental credit cards can...

Learn More

Guide

01/08/26

What courses must I take to file a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy?

All individuals who file a chapter 7 bankruptcy must take two courses to receive a discharge of their debts: Credit Counseling and Personal Financial Management. This guide will help you...

Learn More

Template

01/08/26

Pleading Paper Caption Page

If there isn’t a court form for what you need to file in your bankruptcy case, you will need to write your own court papers on pleading paper. The first...

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Debt Collection, Foreclosure & Fraud

Public Counsel handles a wide range of fraudulent and unfair business practices – from large-scale scams to unfair business or governmental practices that affect disadvantaged groups, to individual cases of real estate fraud or financial elder abuse. In addition, we provide direct services in individual cases of real estate fraud, financial elder abuse, auto financing fraud and predatory lending, and provide pro bono placement in certain cases.

Persons may be eligible for services if they have a legal issue related to:

  • Fraud or unfair business practices in some type of transaction
  • Debt collection, including harassment by creditors, default judgments, and wrongful wage garnishment or bank levies
  • Foreclosure
  • Real estate fraud
  • Student loan debt and for-profit schools
  • Financial abuse of an elder or a disabled person
  • Targeting disadvantaged groups for unfair business practices
  • Criminalization of poverty

If your legal issue relates to Mosaic Sustainable Finance Corporation (the parent company of Solar Mosaic, LLC) (aka Mosaic) or Sunnova Energy International Inc. (aka Sunnova), we are currently unable to assist you because those entities have filed for bankruptcy protection. Please visit the official bankruptcy case websites for more information, including on how to file a claim in the bankruptcy proceedings.

To make an appointment, please complete the online intake form below. We currently have limited capacity and priority will be given to applicants who have a Debt Collection issue or who have been impacted by the recent wildfires.

To apply for assistance, click the button below for our online application, or call our intake line: (213) 385-2977, x700.

Online Application

If you have been sued in a debt collection case, visit our resources page for self-help guides.

Si le han demandado en un caso de cobro de deudas, visite nuestra página de recursos para guías de autoayuda.

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