Legal Services in Atlanta & the Metro-Atlanta Area

Georgia Justice Project

Address:

438 Edgewood Ave SE

Atlanta, GA 30312

Phone:

(404) 827-0027

Website:

www.gjp.org

Information:

• GJP represents people who have a Georgia Criminal Record and individuals that have a pending criminal case in Fulton Country or Dekalb County; especially individuals who are actively trying to find employment or housing but are struggling because of a Georgia criminal history.
  • GJP can ONLY help with arrests that occurred in Georgia.
• Provides legal services and social support for low-income people accused of crimes

Types of services GJP could help you with:

• Restriction (expungement) and sealing
• Corrections
• 1st offender issues
• Retroactive 1st offender
• Housing denials based on your record
• Pardons

Georgia Innocence Project

Address:

50 Hurt Plaza SE, Suite 350

Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone:

(404) 373-4433

Website:

https://www.georgiainnocenceproject.org/

Email:

gip@georgiainnocence.org

Information:

• Requests for legal help must be made in writing by the convicted person
• Voice for the imprisoned innocent
  • Many factors contribute to wrongful convictions, including eyewitness misidentification, official misconduct, misapplication of forensic science, and false confessions.
• Trying to correct and prevent wrongful convictions in Georgia
• Can be useful for those who have already been (wrongly) convicted
• No charge for services but has very strict case acceptance criteria

The Georgia Resource Center

Address:

104 Marietta St. NW

Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone:

(404) 222-9202

Website:

http://www.garesource.org/

Email:

info@garesource.org

Information: 

• Provides free, high-quality representation to people:
  • (1) on Georgia’s death row
  • (2) in state and federal habeas corpus proceedings challenging their capital convictions and death sentences
  • (3) in clemency proceedings before the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles

Fulton County - Public Defender

Address:

100 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 1600

Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone:

Adult Division: (404) 612-5200

Jail Division: (404) 612-2232

Juvenile Division: (404) 612-4410

State and Magistrate Court Division: (404) 612-5419

Website: 

https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/inside-fulton-county/fulton-county-departments/public-defender

Information:

• Ensures that all accused indigent defendants are provided with their guaranteed fundamental constitutional rights by providing effective and zealous legal representation

Sourthern Center for Human Rights

Address:

60 Walton St. NW

Atlanta, GA 30303

Phone:

(404) 688-1202

Website:

https://www.schr.org/

Email:

info@schr.org

Information:

• Works for equality, dignity, and justice for people impacted by the criminal legal system in the Deep South
• Represents people of color, poor people, and people with mental illness
• Fights against mass incarceration, inhumane conditions of confinement, death penalty, criminalization of poverty, and racial injustice