The Legal Trust Fund Board 

Chair
Megan Kennedy

Secretary
Jaime Fonseca

Treasurer
Rebekah Bray

Trustee
Rosana Carrasco
(1 vacancy)

One of our Union-negotiated benefits for Municipal Employees' Federation is the Group Legal Services Plan. It is a benefit provided by the City of San Jose and overseen by MEF members. 

It offers current full-time MEF members $1,250 a year to use on legal services. These include wills and trusts, family law matters, adoptions, guardianship, debtor/creditor and other consumer problems, tenant problems, and other civil matters. It also includes other legal services such as document preparation, negotiating, mediating, and appearing in court. There are some legal problems not covered by the plan, such as criminal defense, immigration, and employment problems. The amount of attorney time for these legal services is limited. The attorneys can be contact directly for details.

Sally Cooperrider (Attorney) 

210 N. 4th St., San Jose or call at (408) 287-7717.

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AFSCME Advantage

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