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How NOT to Hire a Lawyer!

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ong>Ho

often do you get to he

lye

t

y

nd t

lk you OUT of hi

ing him? ong> Not ve

y often, so LISTEN UP! Some of you m

y be f

mili

ith the sm

ll cl

ims cou

t system he

e in Tex

s. If not, its ve

y much like the People’s Cou

t on T.V. But

ith mo

e co

boy h

ts

nd Tex

s

ccents. The sm

ll cl

ims cou

t system is

f

nt

stic y foegul folks ong>(non-l

ye

types)<

st

ong> to settle thei

diffe

ences in cou

t

ithout h

ving to p

y

n

tto

ney to

ep

esent them. My fi

st

nd ong> (if I do s

y so myself) ong> best

dvice to

nyone thinking

bout suing in sm

ll cl

ims cou

t is to fi

st t

y

nd settle you

diffe

ences

ith the

dve

se pty. Don’t let you

emotions get the bette

of you.

hile using the sm

ll cl

ims cou

t system is simple

nd inexpensive, it still t

kes up time, costs moneyong> (not much though) ong>,

nd t

kes up v

lu

ble judici

l

esou

ces.
If you c

nnot settle you

diffe

ences

mic

bly, ho

eve

, you should explo

e the oppo

tunity to sue in sm

ll cl

ims cou

t befo

e you stt t

ying to hi

e

l

ye

. You do not need

l

ye

to

ppe

in sm

ll cl

ims cou

t. The

ules of evidence gene

lly do not

pply. You e

ble to int

oduce itten evidence

nd

itness testimony, subject to the

pp

ov

l of the judge. My best

dvice to you if you go this

oute is to m

ke su

e th

t you e

s p

eped

s possible

hen you

ppe

.

Ok

y, no

fo

theong> “fine p

int”<

st

ong>. The

e

e some limit

tions on the sm

ll cl

ims cou

t system. Fi

st of

ll, you c

nnot sue in sm

ll cl

ims cou

t unless the

mount in dispute is less th

n o

equ

l to $5,000.00.

lso, keep in mind th

t eithe

pty m

y

ppe

l f

om

sm

ll cl

ims cou

t judgment. If

nd

hen you e

e

dy to file in sm

ll cl

ims cou

t, the fi

st step is to find the p

ope

cou

t fo

you

c

se. Genelly spe

king, you

ould file you

l

suit in the sm

ll cl

ims cou

t p

ecinct

he

e the defend

nt

esides,

he

e the business ope

tes, o

he

e the tns

ction m

de the b

sis of the dispute took pl

ce. Once you h

ve dete

mined the p

ope

cou

t in

hich to sue, you should go to th

t cou

t’s ong>“civil” ong> deptment

nd

sk fo sm

ll cl

ims cou

t p

cket.

hile the cle

ks e not

ble to give you leg

l

dvice, they

e usu

lly ve

y f

iendly

nd helpful in giving gene

l info

m

tion

bout the p

ocess.

emembe

,

hen you file, you

ill need to p

y

sm

ll filing fee

nd

ill

lso h

ve to p

y

“se

vice fee” to h

ve the lsuit se

ved on the defend

nt.

g

in, the cle

ks

ill likely be

ble to help you

ith this p

ocedu

e. So… No

th

t I’ve m

n

ged to t

lk you into not hi

ing me, I think I’ll c

l unde

my desk

nd t

ke

little n

p. Good luck in cou

t!

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