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Bringing His Dedication to Immigration Cases

While he was earning his undergraduate degree at the University of Georgia in Athens, ALRP Board member and Panel Attorney Adam Podowitz-Thomas worked as an HIV counselor, and it was the plight of one of his clients that pushed him towards a career in law. My client was dropped by his insurance company after being diagnosed HIV+, Adam said. I was so horrified by it. I became dedicated to making sure this didnt happen to anyone else in the future.

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Protecting His Client From Harassment

As soon as my clients landlord found out he was HIV+, she started harassing him, said Panel Attorney Jin Shim. Suddenly she was filing eviction papers and trying to get a restraining order against him. Jins client was woken up at 3 a.m. one night because his landlord was running a paper shredder right outside his front door. When the landlord wasnt running a shredder, she was banging on the stairs or playing the TV or radio upstairs at full blast all night long.

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Fighting For His Neighbor’s Rights

For ALRP Panel Attorney Selby Lighthill, ALRPs services hit pretty close to home. I received a referral for a client who lived only a few blocks from me and was facing an eviction, he said. ALRP called me on a Thursday and said that the trial for the eviction was set for Monday, and could I help? Selby met with the client that day.

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Cassandra is on Her Way Back Up

At age 57, Cassandra has survived an HIV diagnosis, a painful divorce, and assuming custody of her five-year-old granddaughter. But as strong as she is, the debts she faced after her marriage ended threatened to overwhelm her. After ALRP helped her file for divorce a few years ago, she turned to ALRP once again to ask about the possibility of declaring bankruptcy.

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