Need Legal Advice?

Are you looking for an experienced attorney to hire to help you with your legal problem?

Our Lawyer Referral Service will help you find an attorney who has experience in the area of law that you need.

Use the new ONLINE Lawyer Referral Service

Read more about the Lawyer Referral Service.

To start your search for an attorney, use above Online LRS Service or call 724-225-6710 or email us wcba@washcobar.org. The half-hour consultation fee with an attorney is currently $50, and can be paid online or by credit or debit card over the phone when you call.

Low-income-eligible WCBA referral programs:

  • Modest Means Program
  • Legal Aid Conflict Program - referrals must come directly from Southwestern Pennsylvania Legal Services (legal aid) - 724-225-6170

 

Other Resources

If you have a civil legal problem and are income-eligible, contact Southwestern PA Legal Services (Washington, Greene, Fayette and Somerset counties):

Toll Free: (800) 846-0871

Fair Housing Hotline: (877) 725-4472

E-mail: legalservices@splas.org

 

If you have been charged with a criminal offense and are income-eligible, contact the Washington County Public Defender’s Office at 724-228-6818 or http://www.co.washington.pa.us/index.aspx?nid=179

If you are 60+ years of age or married to someone 60+ years of age and you have a civil legal problem, call Area Agency on Aging Legal Services for the Elderly at 724-228-7080

http://www.swpa-aaa.org/SWPA_Legal_Services_Elderly.php

For plaintiffs in Protection from Abuse matters, contact Domestic Violence Services of Southwestern PA Domestic Abuse Hotline at 724-223-9190 or 1-800-791-4000

For general information about consumer legal issues, contact the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Hotline at 1-800-441-2555 or www.attorneygeneral.gov

For general information on a variety of civil legal issues, visit www.paLawHelp.org (general)

County bar associations play no role in regulating the conduct of lawyers in Pennsylvania, although the PA Office of Disciplinary Counsel does rely on bar association to assist in certain functions, such as providing remediation in fee dispute matters. Visit www.padisciplinaryboard.org for more information. Click here for information about the Washington County Bar Association’s Fee Dispute Committee.

For general contact information for any attorney licensed in the state of Pennsylvania, visit www.padisciplinaryboard.org and follow links to “Look Up” a PA attorney.