Department of Veterans Services Legal Assistance

Legal Assistance

As with all veteran benefits, your County Veterans Service Office can assist you with any questions you may have.  Please find the contact information for your County by clicking below:

County Veterans Service Offices

 

 

 

Patriot Program 

The PATRIOT Program is a pro bono program that provides volunteer lawyers and special counsel from the Ohio Attorney General's Office to assist military personnel and their families with various legal issues including exercising their rights under the Service Members Civil Relief Act and the Uniform Services Employment and Re-employment Act of 1994 (USERRA). Legal assistance is available for wills, powers of attorney, and living wills. Reserve & National Guard personnel and their dependents are eligible for this program. 

 

For more information contact the Ohio Attorney General’s Office at: 866-444-3577 or visit their website at http://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Services/Military

 

 

 

Links

Federal Trade Commission

 

Department of Labor 

http://www.dol.gov/vets/

  

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA)  A federal law intended to ensure that persons who serve or have served in the Armed Forces are not disadvantaged in their civilian careers because of their service, are promptly reemployed in their civilian jobs upon their return from duty, and are not discriminated against in employment based on past, present or future military service.  For more information visit http://www.osc.gov/userra.htm

Judge Advocates General (JAG)

Air Force Army
http://hqja.jag.af.mil/ http://www.jagcnet.army.mil/
   
Coast Guard Staff Judge Advocate - Marines
http://www.uscg.mil/legal/ http://sja.hqmc.usmc.mil/
   
Navy  
http://www.jag.navy.mil/