Legal Aid of West Virginia

Even when you qualify they cant help. Dont waste your time. Needed help with custody order, all they could recommend was a clinc to help fill out paperowrk that was 3 days before my case and too late. No actual lawyers to help.

I have custody of my two granddaughters and I presented my situation to this office, they gave me high hopes by telling me that I have good standings to adopt my grandbabies. However, it's been over six months and nothing has been done or filled on my behalf. When I call, and I've been burning their phone up, I can never reach anyone; I can only leave a message on the answering machine and they do not return my calls. I've spent all my savings with Court cost and lawyers to make sure my grandbabies are safe and taken care of. Understandable, they may be backed up; but at least return my calls or at least file something with the courts.

I thank goodness there is a place for women who have no way out to go to for help. I've had the best experience there. A lawyer I can email at anytime an she gets back to me on a timely manner. They also help with housing I've been told. They connect you with another group that handles that issue. My experience with legal aid has been great.

I had went to legal aid to get help with a felony marijuana distribution charge that I had gotten years ago and making it nearly impossible to find employment. I had went to other attorneys in the area to try to get help previously only to find it was unaffordable or was told I wasn't eligible for an expungement. Luckily I didn't take no for an answer when I checked with another attorney in the area Mills and Mcdermott whom informed me I was not eligible for an expungement. I had applied for help with the matter through legal aid office of Martinsburg who had connected me with Attorney Matt Jividen. Mr.Jividen was always very nice and seemed to really care about helping me from the first time I had got to meet him during my consultation. Mr.Jividen was not judgemental towards my past when

I didn't even want to give 1 star. The office is worthless, me and my wife got approved but we had to keep calling because the lawyer never called,then talked to us as if he really didn't want to help us, told us he would call back with other lawyers phone numbers we could call, he never called back and lied to his supervisor saying he did call and gave us numbers. I dont understand we thought this service was to help people in need when they cant afford a lawyer but I guess we were wrong. I wish we could sue them because all the time we wanted waiting on them and lost time from work trying to find them etc. Now my court date is in one day and we dont have a lawyer, thanks to legal No-Aid