{"id":9473,"date":"2012-07-13T15:11:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T19:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=9473"},"modified":"2012-07-13T18:29:10","modified_gmt":"2012-07-13T22:29:10","slug":"diy-legal-actions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=9473","title":{"rendered":"DIY legal actions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anyone who’s been reading Sidebar<\/strong> regularly knows that I’ve written a lot recently about what to do when you have problems with a lawyer, a landlord, or with somebody who owes you money.<\/p>\n

Because I’ve been having all of those problems, I’ve taken myself and you into a number of courts and court-administered procedures which are set up primarily for people who don’t have, can’t afford or feel they don’t need a lawyer.<\/p>\n

Among these court-ly resources I’ve described are Housing Court, Small Claims Court, and the Office of Court Administration’s venues for filings grievances against your lawyer and filing for arbitration of a lawyer’s fees.<\/p>\n

Although, of course, I’ve retained lawyers for problems I could not possibly handle myself (one of those problems, a personal injury lawsuit, has caused me to file that grievance against my own lawyers), I’m really struck by how user-friendly and DIY plaintiff-friendly these court resources are. And I haven’t yet completed my series on Housing Court, the grievance process or Small Claims Court.<\/p>\n

I’m getting so many searches involving problems with lawyers and landlords, in fact, to ease anyone who doesn’t know Sidebar into finding helpful posts in this area, I’ve created a new category called J2. DIY legal actions. <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>You can search for all posts in this category by going to that menu thing on the top right of the page, under Chapters of the Story<\/strong> and the “select category” menu.<\/p>\n

Search and ye shall find! And ye shall be inspired! And ye shall fire off letters, and file court papers and go to court and be deeply fulfilled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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