If you are an artist in need of pro bono or low-cost legal or accounting services, a surprisingly large number of organizations across the country offer help. Below we’ve listed a select sampling of volunteer legal groups around the country that serve artists. To contact your state association, visit the National Assembly of State Art Agencies (NASAA) at www.nasaa-arts.org, click on the member directory, and use the map of the United States provided:
CALIFORNIA
Beverly Hills Bar Association /Barristers Committee for the Arts
Phone: 310-601-BHBA
Web: www.bhba.org/committees_sections/cfta.htm
California Lawyers for the Arts
San Francisco: 415-775-7200 or [email protected]
Southern California: 310-998-5590 or [email protected]
Sacramento: 916-442-6210 or [email protected]
San Jose: 916-442-6210 or [email protected]
Web: www.calawyersforthearts.org
Colorado
Colorado Lawyers for the Arts
Contact: 303-722-7994 or [email protected]
Web: www.lawyersforthearts.org
Georgia
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts
Contact: 404-873-3911 or [email protected]
Web: www.glarts.org
Illinois
Chicago Artists’ Coalition
Contact: 312-781-0040 or [email protected]
Web: www.caconline.org
Lawyers for the Creative Arts, Chicago
Contact: 312-649-4111
Web: www.law-arts.org
Louisiana
Louisiana Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 504-523-1465
Web: www.artscouncilofneworleans.org
Maine
Maine Lawyer Referral & Information Service
Phone: 800-860-1460
Maryland
Maryland Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 410-752-1633
Web: www.mdartslaw.org
Michigan
ArtServe Michigan
Phone: 248-912-0760
Web: www.artservemichigan.org
Minnesota
Springboard for the Arts
Phone: 651-292-4381
Web: www.springboardforthearts.org
Missouri
Kansas City Volunteer Lawyers and
Accountants for the Arts
Phone: 816-472-3535
Web: www.kcvlaa.org
St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts
Contact: 314.863.6930
Web: www.vlaa.org
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts
Contact: 603-224-8300
Web: www.nhbca.com/lawyersforarts.php
New Jersey
New Jersey Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Contact: 856-627-0428
Web: www.njvla.org
New York
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 212-319-2787, ext. 1
Web: www.vlany.org
New York Artists Equity Association
Phone: 212-941-0130
Web: www.anny.org
Arts and Cultural Council of Greater Rochester
Phone: 585-473-4000
Web: www.artsrochester.org
North Carolina
North Carolina Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 919-491-4625
Web: www.ncvla.org
Ohio
Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants
for the Arts — Cleveland
Contact: 216-696-3525 or [email protected]
Web: www.clemetrobar.org
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts
c/o Eric King, Gable & Gotwals
Contact: 405-235-5518 or [email protected]
Oregon
Northwest Lawyers and Artists
(for artists in Oregon and SW Washington)
Kohel Hayer and Associates: 503-295-2787 or
Web: www.artisttrust.org
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 215-545-3385
Web: www.artsandbusinessphila.org
Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
Phone: 412-391-2060
Web: www.pittsburghartscouncil.org
Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 615-312-7224
Web: www.tnvla.org
Texas
Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 713-526-4876, ext. 201
Web: www.talarts.org
Washington
Washington Lawyers for the Arts
Phone: 206-328-7053
Web: www.thewla.org
Canada
CARFAC — Canadian Artists Representation (Toronto)
Contact: 416-340-8850 or [email protected]
Web: www.carfacontario.ca
(list of regional CARFAC contacts and affiliates)
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