Protect your rights or get the help you need, without a lawyer.
Sometimes you can fix your legal problem yourself. Here are forms, on-line applications, and information that may help you handle your problem. Some legal problems have deadlines which must be met or you lose your rights. You might need Adobe Acrobat reader for some information. To download this free software, click here.
There are 9 resources
Consumer Action Handbook
(Separate Website)
Order FREE 2007 Consumer Action Handbook - help with your consumer problems and complaints.
By: Consumer Action Website-Federal Citizen Information Center
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Consumer Action Website
(Separate Website)
Federal agency website with lots of consumer information and resources.
By: Federal Citizen Information Center
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Spanish / Espaņol
File a Consumer Fraud Complaint
(Separate Website)
Online complaint to the Louisiana Attorney General's Consumer Protection Section.
By: Office of the Louisiana Attorney General
Filing a Credit-Related Civil Rights Complaint
(Separate Website)
Where and how to file.
By: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
Filing for Bankruptcy Without An Attorney
(Separate Website)
This page has information for those trying to file for bankruptcy on their own. The courts warn that the system is hard to get around without a lawyer, so there is also information about where to get legal help.
By: United States Bankruptcy Courts
Garnishing wages of military personnel and federal employees
(Separate Website)
Information about garnishing the pay of a member of the military and civilian employees paid by the Defense Finance and Accounting Service.
By: Defense Finance and Accounting Service
Louisiana Desk Manual - Consumer Law Chapter 2005 Strategies for Representing Consumers
By: Gillis W. Long Poverty Law Center & New Orleans Legal Assistance (an office of Southeast La. Legal Services)
Report Fraud to the Federal Trade Commission
(Separate Website)
Your complaint can lead to law enforcement action. The FTC investigates Internet, telemarketing, identity theft and other fraud-related complaints.
By: Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Read this in:
Spanish / Espaņol
The Mediation Center
(Separate Website)
Excerpt from Web site: "The Loyola Mediation Center (MC) provides mediation services, at [no] cost, to parties who have agreed to mediate a dispute, or have been referred to mediation by the court."
By: Loyola University New Orleans
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