Pisgah Legal Services
General Litigation
Why pick this one
Pisgah Legal Services provides free civil legal aid across 11 Western North Carolina counties, including FEMA appeals, housing matters, and domestic violence assistance.
Best for
- low-income residents needing civil legal assistance
- Hurricane Helene-related FEMA appeals and insurance disputes
- eviction prevention, tenant rights, and foreclosure prevention
- domestic violence survivors and their children
- immigration assistance in Western North Carolina
- elder law, veterans law, or children's law matters
- ACA enrollment or low-income tax assistance
Look elsewhere if
- criminal cases
- personal injury cases
- bankruptcies
- property transactions
- traffic accident cases
- cases where a private attorney could receive a court- or agency-awarded fee
Specialties
- disaster recovery legal assistance
- FEMA appeals and assistance
- eviction prevention and tenant rights
- foreclosure prevention
- domestic and sexual violence legal services
- children's law
- elder law
- immigration services
- consumer law
- expunction
- veterans law
- ACA health justice
- low-income taxpayer assistance
What makes them different
- Provides free civil legal help to people who cannot afford a private attorney
- Primarily serves eligible residents across 11 Western North Carolina counties
- Maintains regional offices in Asheville, Hendersonville, Rutherfordton, and Burnsville, with additional appointment-only locations
- Helped more than 3,800 people through disaster recovery clinics and secured $1.4 million in disaster-related aid and insurance appeals in 2025
- Screens clients by phone and accepts online applications
- Serves
- Asheville, Hendersonville, Rutherfordton, Burnsville, Newland, Spruce Pine, Marshall, Waynesville, Brevard, Franklin, Cashiers, Highlands
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 89 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC 28801-2529
- Phone
- +18282530406
- Website
- https://www.pisgahlegal.org
- evie@pisgahlegal.org
Services
- free civil legal advice
- free civil legal representation
- legal assistance for low-income clients
- disaster recovery legal help
- health insurance enrollment assistance
- tax filing assistance