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    A cancer diagnosis (such as lung cancer or mesothelioma) comes attached to a variety of legal issues, including health insurance debacles, employment discrimination, estate planning, and medical malpractice. These legal issues add stress, confusion, and anger to an already wearisome situation. Unfortunately, when these legal issues are not professionally addressed, many patients may survive the disease, but lose their jobs, homes, health coverage, and more.

    Professional legal consultation can alleviate many of the stresses associated with cancer survival. Browse through our voluminous directory of law firms and cancer attorneys to locate the legal team that best suits your needs and desires. Don’t let a cancer diagnosis get the best of you; with a well-qualified cancer lawyer on your side, your path to recovery will be more efficient and less stressful.
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    Alliance for Quality Psychosocial Cancer Care
    2000 Florida Ave., NW, Suite 210
    Washington DC 20009
    The CLRC has teamed up with the Alliance for Quality Psychosocial Cancer Care, an organization formed in the late fall of 2008 as an informal coalition of professional and advocacy...
    American Bar Association (ABA) Health Law Section
    The American Bar Association Health Law Section is dedicated to increasing interest in the field of health law. Its 8,885 members represent all areas of the health law industry and...
    Breast Investigators
    Breast Investigators is an informational website and social network designed to provide women and men with the information they need to take action and make informed decisions about their breast...
    Bright Pink
    670 N. Clark Street, Suite 2
    Chicago, Illinois 60654
    Bright Pink is a national non-profit organization focusing on the prevention and early detection of breast and ovarian cancer in young women while providing support for high-risk individuals....
    Cancer Legal Resource Center
    800 S. Figueroa St., Ste. 1120
    Los Angeles, California 90017
    The Cancer Legal Resource Center (CLRC) is a national, joint program of the Disability Rights Legal Center and Loyola Law School Los Angeles. The CLRC provides free information and resources...
    Cancer Services of New Mexico
    P.O. Box 51735
    Albuquerque, New Mexico 87181
    Over 75,000 New Mexicans are currently living with cancer and over 9,000 more are diagnosed each year. The diagnosis of cancer can be devastating, both to the patient and to...
    East Bay Community Law Center
    2921 Adeline Street
    Berkeley, California 94703
    The Health Practice at East Bay Community Law Center currently includes three medical-legal partnership projects that provide holistic legal services to children, adults, and families in Alameda County. The overall...
    GW Cancer Pro Bono Project
    The George Washington Cancer Institute and the George Washington University Law School have partnered to bring you the GW Cancer Pro Bono Project. We know that a cancer diagnosis can...
    Health Law Advocates
    30 Winter Street, Suite 1004
    Boston, Massachusetts 02108
    Health Law Advocates (HLA) is a public interest law firm whose mission is to provide pro bono legal representation to low-income residents experiencing difficulty accessing or paying for needed medical...
    LA Health Action
    2444 Wlishire Blvd., Suite 412
    Santa Monica, California 90403
    LA Health Action led and supported the LA Access to Health Coverage Initiative, a coalition of organizations formed to identify and eliminate barriers to outreach, enrollment, retention and utilization of...
    Legal Aid Society of Hawaii
    924 Bethel St.
    Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
    The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii is a public interest, not-for-profit law firm whose mission is to achieve fairness and justice through legal advocacy, outreach and education for those in...
    Legal Information Network for Cancer
    1459 Johnston Willis Dr.
    Richmond, Virginia 23235
    LINC is a nonprofit, community-based organization dedicated to helping people with the business side of cancer. Serving the Central Virginia community, LINC provides information, education, counseling and referral services for...
    LegalHealth
    7 Hanover Square, 18th Floor
    New York, New York 10004
    LegalHealth, a division of the New York Legal Assistance Group, partners with medical professionals to address thenon medical needs of low-income people with serious health problems. LegalHealth complements health care...
    MedClaims Liaison
    One International Plaza, Suite 550
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19113
    Nancy and Mitchell Kaye started MedClaims Liaison (MCL) with one simple premise: every American family with health insurance should receive 100% of the benefits to which they are entitled from...
    Public Law Center
    601 Civic Center Drive West
    Santa Ana, California 92701
    The Public Law Center (PLC), Orange County’s pro bono law firm, is committed to providing access to justice for low income residents. Through volunteers and staff, PLC provides free civil...
    Southwest ADA Center
    2323 South Shepherd, Ste. 1000
    Houston, Texas 77019
    The Southwest ADA Center is the Southwest’s leading resource on the Americans with Disabilities Act and related disability rights laws. The Center is part of the ADA National Network funded...
    The Health Law Partnership
    993 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite C 245
    Atlanta, Georgia 30342
    The Health Law Partnership (HeLP) is an interdisciplinary community collaboration between healthcare providers and lawyers to improve the health and well-being of low-income children and their families by addressing the...
    The Legal Clinic for the Disabled
    1513 race Street
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19119
    Since 1990, LCD, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation with offices at Magee Rehabilitation Hospital (Magee), has helped thousands of people with disabilities. We assist victims of domestic violence to get legal...
    Tucson Family Advocacy Program
    FMC 707 N. Alvernon Way, #101
    Tucson, Arizona 85711
    TFAP’s mission is to improve the health of low income families in Arizona by providing coordinated legal, medical, social work and educational services in a health care setting. TFAP provides...
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