Occupy Protest Support

The Guild has been conducting mass defense for over half a century. The Occupy movement is spreading across the country and our membership is working hard to keep pace. Please consider supporting these efforts by making a donation. To make a tax-deductible donation, make checks payable to NLG Foundation (please write “National Office” in the memo line) and mail to National Lawyers Guild Foundation, 132 Nassau Street, #922, New York, NY 10038.

Local NLG Occupy legal hotlines are available 24/7:

New York City: (212) 679-6018

Chicago: (773) 309-1198

Bay Area: (415) 285-1011

Miami: (786) 548-0911

Philadelphia: (267) 702-0477

Los Angeles: (323) 696-2299

Washington, DC: (202) 957 2445

New Orleans: (504) 875-0019

Baltimore: (410) 205-2850

Buffalo: (716) 332-4658

Minnesota: (612) 656-9108

Michigan: (313) 963-0843

Portland: (503) 902-5340

Boston: (617) 227-7335

Bethlehem: (267) 702-0477

Allentown, PA: (267) 702-0477

Delaware: (267) 702-0477

Harrisburg, PA: (267) 702-0477

Houston, TX: (713) 526-1515

Idaho: (208) 991-4324

(991-IDAHO)

Contact local NLG legal teams in the following places:

Birmingham, AL
Boaz, Al
Phoenix, AZ
Tuscon, AZ
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
Fresno, CA
San Diego, CA
Denver, CO
Hartford, CT
Wilmington, DE
Gainesville, FL
Jacksonville, FL
Miami, FL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Meyers, FL
Orlando, FL
Pensacola FL
Atlanta, GA
Columbus, GA
Athens, GA
Savannah, GA
Des Moines, IA
Iowa City, IA
Quad Cities (IL,IA)

Boise, ID
Chicago, IL
Indianapolis, IN
Bloomington, IN
Lexington, KY
New Orleans, LA
Baltimore, MD
Augusta, ME
Portland, ME
Bangor, ME
Detroit, MI
Lansing, MI
Grand Rapids, MI
Saginaw, MI
Traverse City, MI
Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN
Kansas City, MO
Billings MT
Charlotte, NC
Raleigh, NC
Asheville, NC
New Hampshire
Trenton, NJ
New York, NY
Albany, NY

Buffalo, NY
Cleveland, OH
Toledo, OH
Cincinnati, OH
Columbus, OH
Oklahoma
Bend, OR
Portland, OR
Pittsburgh, PA
Harrisburg, PA
Philadelphia, PA
Allentown, PA
Bethlehem, PA
Clarksville, TN
Nashville, TN
Houston, TX
Dallas, TX
Charlottesville, VA
Seattle, WA
Spokane, WA
Olympia, WA
Bellingham, WA
Appleton, WI
Madison, WI
Milwaukee, WI

Arrested Liberty Square protesters should consult our New York City chapter’s fact sheets for an idea of what to expect at a first court appearance for a Desk Appearance Ticket (DAT) or criminal summons.

Note: These fact sheets are not a substitute for legal advice.


Our Mission

The National Lawyers Guild is an association dedicated to the need for basic change in the structure of our political and economic system. We seek to unite the lawyers, law students, legal workers and jailhouse lawyers of America in an organization that shall function as an effective political and social force in the service of the people, to the end that human rights shall be regarded as more sacred than property interests.

Our aim is to bring together all those who recognize the importance of safeguarding and extending the rights of workers, women, farmers, people with disabilities and people of color, upon whom the welfare of the entire nation depends; who seek actively to eliminate racism; who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties in the face of persistent attacks upon them; and who look upon the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than for their repression.