MidPenn Legal Services Lancaster County Office

2014-2015 Fact Sheet MidPenn is free civil legal aid. We are a legal emergency room for the poor. We provide advice and counsel to help very

low-income families solve problems and get back on track.

Case Types: We handle critical civil matters: custody, domestic violence, housing, elder law, public benefits and consumer.

We do not handle criminal cases.

Mission: MidPenn Legal Services is a non-profit law firm providing free civil legal aid to low-income families in crisis.

Vision: We seek orderly resolutions for poor families with critical legal problems. We protect personal safety, stabilize

housing, secure income, and obtain health care for those with nowhere else to turn.

Poverty in Lancaster County has increased by 51% since 2000.

Lancaster County Statistics: 2010 2013

Total Population 508,514 523,306

Residents below the poverty level 9.7% 10.5%

Households Receiving Food Stamps 6.2% 8.7%

Poverty Population 49,591 53,177

Despite a serious decrease in funding MidPenn handled many cases.

Funding: The Pennsylvania Legal Aid Network (PLAN) provides 45% of our funding from various sources including,

Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA), state and federal Title XX, filing fee add-ons (AJA), Disability Advocacy

Project (DAP) and Mortgage Foreclosure Settlement funds (HASA). The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) provides 33% of

our funds. Additional support comes from local groups, private foundations, and individuals. We receive funding from the

Lancaster Bar Foundation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a Lancaster County Community

Development Block Grant, the Lancaster County Area Agency on Aging, Conestoga View, the United Way of Lancaster

County, the Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board, the Lancaster General Health Foundation and the Lancaster

County Courts.

Staff in the Lancaster County MidPenn Office: 38 North Christian Street, Suite 200, Lancaster, PA 17602

Laurie L. Baughman, Deputy Director for Legal Advocacy/Managing Attorney

James Orgass, Attorney

Michael A. Goldberg, Attorney

Stephanie L. Longenberger, Attorney

Catherine Schultz, Medical Legal Partnership Attorney

Linda L. Timberlake, Attorney

Katherine P. Zimmermann, Family Law Attorney

Valerie Case, Paralegal

Geisha Cruz, Paralegal

Paul Sternberg, Paralegal

Melissa Schweers, Paralegal

Glenda Pacheco, Support Staff

Angely Rodriquez,Support Staff/Pro Bono Coordinator

Patricia Sternberg, Support Staff

Lancaster – FY 14-15

Cases

MidPenn

Staff

Volunteer

Attorney Total %

Family 317 39 356 27.8%

Domestic Violence 164 4 168 13.1%

Housing 278 2 280 21.8%

Public Benefits 230 9 239 18.6%

Consumer 23 27 50 3.9%

Health 40 0 40 3.1%

Employment 34 0 34 2.7%

Other 110 5 115 9.0%

TOTAL 1196 86 1282 100.00%

Lancaster County Residents Eligible

for Legal Aid

(at 125% of poverty level)

71,204

Hours MidPenn spent 9,064.3 hours on cases

in Lancaster County in fiscal year

2014-2015.