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Help to find a lawyer for discrimination?

Page last modified on: October 10, 2008
Question from Music Lover: I would like to contact a lawyer regarding what I believe was a discriminating decision on my employer’s side. However, now that I don't have a job, how can I pay for this? I'm already having to cover my health insurance. Are there lawyers who work for low-cost?
Answer —Barbara Hoffman, J.D.: There are some lawyer referral services that may help you find an attorney who will donate his/her time or work for low cost. Look through your local bar association, or through an organization called the National Employment Lawyers Association, the website for which is www.nela.org. It has information about contacting an attorney who specializes in employment discrimination. Additionally, there are some cancer advocacy organizations that can help you find a lawyer specializing in cancer-related discrimination. These include the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (www.canceradvocacy.org) and the Patient Advocate Foundation (www.patientadvocate.org).

On Wednesday, September 19, 2007, our Ask-the-Expert Online Conference was called Working During Treatment. Barbara Hoffman, J.D., Irene Card, and moderator Ruth Oratz, M.D., F.A.C.P. answered your questions about the legal, financial, physical, and emotional aspects of working during breast cancer treatment.


The materials presented in these conferences do not necessarily reflect the views of Breastcancer.org. A qualified healthcare professional should be consulted before using any therapeutic product or regimen discussed. All readers should verify all information and data before employing any therapies described here.

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Barbara Hoffman, J.D. is a member of the Legal Research and Writing faculty of Rutgers Law School B in Newark and is the founding chair of the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.

Irene Card is president of Medical Insurance Claims, Inc., a health insurance services company in New Jersey, which she founded in 1980. Ms. Card is the former insurance advisor to the National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship and Memorial Sloan Kettering Post Treatment Resource Program.

Ruth Oratz, M.D., F.A.C.P.Ruth Oratz, M.D., F.A.C.P. is associate professor of clinical medicine at New York University School of Medicine. She is the founder of The Women's Oncology & Wellness Practice in New York City where she specializes in treating women with breast cancer and other malignancies, as well as women at risk for cancer. 

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