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Who We Are:

Trial Lawyers for Public Justice is a national public interest law firm dedicated to using trial lawyers' skills and resources to create a more just society. TLPJ fights for justice through precedent-setting and socially significant individual and class action litigation designed to enhance consumer and victims' rights, environmental protection and safety, civil rights and civil liberties, workers' rights, America's civil justice system, and the protection of the poor and powerless. Trial Lawyers for Public Justice has special litigation projects that secure access to justice by battling unnecessary secrecy in the courts, mandatory arbitration abuse, federal preemption of injury victims' claims, and class action abuse.  For more information about our organization, please go to http://www.tlpj.org/.

We are eager to get involved in important civil justice litigation.  TLPJ weighs a variety of factors when determining whether to become involved in a potential case, but our primary consideration is the potential public interest impact of the case.  For more information about our case selection criteria, please go to http://www.tlpj.org/submit_case.htm. 

 
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How to Get Help:
   Contact this group by mail at Trial Lawyers for Public Justice Case Intake 1717 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 Or fax it to us at: 202-232-7203
  Please send us a brief letter containing your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if you have one), and a summary of the case. Tell us who you want to sue, why you want to sue them, what you want to sue them for, when the key events happened, and why you think the case will serve the public interest. Feel free to include any other relevant information and, if possible, tell us about any deadlines.
 
 
Who We Serve:
See below for an explanation of restrictions on who we can serve.
 
Area(s) Served:  All State
Wheelchair Accessible Y
Income Guidelines: 

  The ideal TLPJ case would: involve socially significant, precedent-setting issues, require the skills of a trial lawyer, be economically and logistically manageable, and have a reasonable prospect of success. Of course, a case does not have to be ideal for TLPJ to pursue it.
 
 
Type of Help:
This group provides the following types of services based on your legal needs and its resources:
 
  Full Legal Representation- Please send us a brief letter containing your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address (if you have one), and a summary of the case. Tell us who you want to sue, why you want to sue them, what you want to sue them for, when the key events happened, and why you think the case will serve the public interest. Feel free to include any other relevant information and, if possible, tell us about any deadlines.

(Get more information about types of services.)
 
 
General contact information:
Telephone:(202) 797-8600
Fax:(202) 232-7203
Website:http://www.tlpj.org/
 
Last Updated: 08/19/04
 
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