Attorney Referral
Florida Education Association Legal Services Programs
The Florida Education Association Office of Legal Services provides FEA members access to legal representation for all aspects of a member's professional, personal and association activities. The legal services programs operated and monitored through the FEA Office of Legal Services are as follows:
UNIFIED LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM (ULSP)
The ULSP is a jointly sponsored NEA FEA legal defense program, designed to provide members and local affiliates appropriate legal assistance in employment-related legal proceedings. The Office of Legal Services manages the FEA legal services program in accordance with NEA and FEA guidelines. NEA shares in the funding of the FEA legal program by reimbursing for certain employment-related legal expenditures. Typically, cases that involve a dispute between a member or local and an employer which are disciplinary in nature are eligible for reimbursement under the program.There is no automatic limitation of funding on this type of matter. Employment-related criminal matters are funded up to an aggregate total of $5,000.00 in attorney’s fees and costs. Additional criminal coverage is provided through the EEL program referred to below.
AFT, pursuant to the AFT Legal Defense Fund, assists FEA by sharing the costs of in-house counsel on matters that fall within the scope of its program. In-house counsel provide representation to locals in matters before the Public Employees Relations Commission; appeals of final agency orders; and legal actions relative to collective bargaining, organizing or political action. The Office also provides representation to individual members in dismissal, certification, appeals of final agency orders when legally warranted, and other matters as determined under the program.
Find a
Lawyer in Your Area
NOTE: When you contact a lawyer in the network, tell them you're
calling for the Union Plus Legal Service so you can get your free
initial consultation and discount.
1.
Call 1-888-993-8886 (9-7 ET, M-F) or
2.
Find a lawyer online and after selecting a lawyer, use the
online tool to notify that lawyer by email of your intent to contact
their office; you can even briefly describe your legal issue.
3.
Print a Union Plus Legal Service business card
as a handy reference.
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legal@unionprivilege.org or recommend a lawyer in your area
by
completing this form.
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In legal
matters, union members rely on expert advice. And to help find lawyers
who can answer their personal legal questions, members can consult the
Union Plus Legal Service.
Need a lawyer? Lawyers in the legal panel have expertise in:
Family law
Wills and estate-planning
The Union Plus Legal Service helps:
Make legal services more accessible and affordable to union members
and their families.
Simplify the search for legal advice for working families.
Encourage the use of preventive law-get advice before a legal
question becomes a legal problem.
Legal aid services you can trust
Selective. Union
Plus Legal Service lawyers are carefully selected to make sure members
receive the best services available.
Labor-friendly.
Many of the panel of attorneys serving the program have been selected
from lists of lawyers involved in the union movement and those
involved with similar group legal services programs. All are screened
for being labor friendly.
Experienced. The
attorneys on the panel are carefully screened
