Legal Services of North Florida, Inc. (LSNF) — Fort Walton Beach Office is the designated Older Americans Act Title III-B senior legal assistance provider and non-profit civil legal aid law firm serving older adults (age 60+) and low-income residents across Okaloosa and Walton counties. Located at 133 Staff Drive NE, Suite B, in Fort Walton Beach (ZIP 32548)—just two blocks west of Elder Services of Okaloosa County (207 Hospital Dr NE, Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548) and off Eglin Parkway NE—the organization is registered as an active Florida non-profit corporation (Sunbiz Doc# 736668) led by Executive Director Leslie N. Powell-Boudreaux (Florida Bar# 64386; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law J.D.) with Fort Walton Beach office staff attorneys including Manuel Fernando Alvarez (Florida Bar# 606197, admitted October 21, 1986; University of Miami School of Law J.D.) and Nathan Franklin Caputo (Florida Bar# 98309, admitted September 25, 2012; Stetson University College of Law J.D.).

Working in direct partnership with the Northwest Florida Area Agency on Aging (NWFLAAA — PSA 1, Senior Helpline 1-866-531-8011), Elder Services of Okaloosa County, and the Florida Senior Legal Helpline (1-888-895-7873), LSNF's Fort Walton Beach office provides free civil legal representation to vulnerable Okaloosa County seniors, veterans, and caregivers across Fort Walton Beach, Crestview, Niceville, Destin, Shalimar, Valparaiso, and Mary Esther. Core senior legal services include defense against Florida DCF ACCESS Institutional Care Program (ICP) and SMMC Long-Term Care (LTC) Medicaid denials or nursing home involuntary discharges, Social Security (SSI/SSDI) and VA pension overpayment or benefit appeals, homestead foreclosure and reverse mortgage defense, landlord-tenant eviction prevention, protection against senior financial exploitation and elder abuse, small estate probate and homestead title clearing before the First Judicial Circuit Court in Fort Walton Beach and Crestview, and preparation of essential advance directives (Durable Powers of Attorney, Healthcare Surrogate Designations, and Living Wills).