?Birthed out of the Legal Aid Act of 1978, West Tennessee Legal Services was incorporated after local bar members of West Tennessee expressed a need for an entity that would "act as a referral system" and aid the Bar Association by taking on non-fee generating cases. Through tireless efforts of what became members of the West Tennessee Legal Services Board of Directors, John Vlcek, Lucy Haynes, Mary Boyd, Roy Herron, Mary Jo Middlebrooks to name a few, West Tennessee Legal Services began the task of assisting the people of West Tennessee to obtain resolutions to their civil legal issues by hiring Gary Vanasek of Cleveland, Tennessee to lead the organization. Eager to get underway, Vanasek employed Jane Jarvis, as the first Staff Attorney and the organization opened its doors to the public at Suite 225, Downtown Office Building, better known as the McCory Building located on Highland Avenue on January 1, 1979. Desperately seeking a permanent home for the organization, Vanasek requested and was granted permission to purchase a furniture store in the Williams Building, located at 210 W. Main Street which still is home to the organization. The organization, at inception, served five counties, Madison, Haywood, Hardeman, Chester and Henderson counties. Legal Services for Low Income - Snap Information; National Advocacy and State-Wide Advocacy; Other Legal Services - Fair Housing; Pro Bono