You served your country. Let us serve you.

We provide free, trauma-informed legal help for veterans—regardless of discharge status, legal history, or gender.

Veterans Legal Services – St. John’s Community Health

Contact: 213-783-4088

What We’re Seeing – Legal Needs Among Veterans

  • Barriers to stable housing or risk of eviction

  • Unsafe living conditions or landlord disputes

  • Family law challenges – custody, child support, divorce

  • Trouble accessing public benefits or VA healthcare

  • Outstanding tickets, revoked licenses, or need for expungement

  • Military discharge status issues

  • Domestic or intimate partner violence-related legal needs

A Message to Women Veterans

Felt dismissed or unseen as a woman who served? You’re not alone. We offer legal support designed for women veterans—confidential, trauma-informed, and grounded in respect for your service. We center the voices of women veterans and offer legal help that respects your service and strengthens your path forward.

Legal Services We Offer – Always Free

  • Eviction defense & tenant advocacy

  • Family law: custody, support, divorce, estate planning

  • Public benefits & VA coordination

  • Criminal record relief: expungement, fines, warrants, license restoration

  • Protective orders for survivors of domestic or gender-based violence

  • Military discharge upgrades & employment rights advocacy

  • Warm referrals and legal screenings through VA partnership (LSV-H Grant)

Screening Prompts – 5 (1 message for women)

  • Feel like the system isn’t listening or you’re not sure where to start?
    Our team meets you where you are and helps you navigate your legal situation.

  • Worried your discharge status is holding you back?
    You may qualify for a discharge upgrade — we’ll walk you through the process.

  • Struggling with housing or facing eviction?
    Legal support may be available to help you stay housed.

  • Having trouble accessing your VA benefits or healthcare?
    We can help you understand what you’re eligible for and connect you to those services.

  • Ready to clear your record and get a fresh start?
    We assist with expungements, warrants, and license restoration.

  • Need help with child custody, support orders, or family safety?
    We provide trauma-informed legal help, especially for women veterans and survivors of violence.

Service Area: Greater Los Angeles, San Bernardino & Riverside Counties