History In 2012, as a volunteer attorney working with survivors of domestic violence at Texas Advocacy Project, Inc. (TAP), I began to personally experience the lack of access to legal services for low-and moderate-income people. I noticed that we at TAP could never... read more Award recipients, from left to right: Thomas Allen, Tom Stutz, Wallace Jefferson and Lee DiFilippo It was with great humility that I received the Impact Award from the Poverty Law Section of the State Bar of Texas on April 12, 2017. As many of you know, since 2012, I... read more There is a new law in Texas which is a tremendous benefit to low-and moderate-income people. It is called the Transfer on Death Deed. This Deed allows for the transfer of your home or land to someone, upon your death, without having to go through the very expensive... read more I am excited to announce that the Washington State Bar formed the first Low Bono Section and is having its first low bono conference on February 24, 2017! Like DiFilippo Holistic Law Center, many other attorneys throughout the country are now offering “Low Bono” legal... read more In an effort to address the lack of access to civil legal services for low-and moderate-income Texans, the Texas Supreme Court formed the Texas Commission to Expand Civil Legal Services in November of 2015 dedicated to the following: “Evaluate recent efforts to make... read more DiFilippo Holistic Law Center is honored to be featured in a recent ABA Journal article about nonprofit firms trying to bridge the access-to-justice justice gap. A burgeoning group of legal entrepreneurs is hoping to tap into the nationwide demand for low bono work.... read more I am excited to be featured in this Law.com article which highlights non-profit law firms as a growing movement across the country and an innovative way to deliver legal services to help meet the needs of people in Texas who fall within the Justice Gap. “We say we are... read more Obtaining access to the courts for civil matters is not just a problem in Texas according to this article by Think Progress. “Judges across the Country are shaking down poor people”. A fundamental tenet of our justice system is that access to the courts... read more On April 1, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court considered whether Tarrant County District Clerk Thomas Wilder should be challenged in a trial court over his conduct in collecting court fees from indigent litigants who displayed their inability to pay. In a historic... read more DiFilippo Holistic Law Center is honored to be nominated for the 2016 American Bar Association Louis M. Brown Award for Legal Access. This award honors programs and law firms who use innovative methods to help meet the largely unmet legal needs of the poor. “This... read more 
