4 Acceptable Ways To Respond To A Complaint
How do you respond to a complaint? Luckily, or perhaps unluckily, there are multiple ways. You can choose fear-, or anger-driven responses, like crying or calling the plaintiff and cursing them out....
View ArticleThinking About Going Pro Se? Let Me Help You Out
While going pro se is no barrel of laughs, no one struggling to make ends meet should mortgage a house or take out a loan to pay a lawyer unless they're sure it's what they want. If a lawyer loses your...
View ArticleWhen Should You Use Motions To Quash and Strike?
There are numerous ways to put the stops on a court proceeding, including motions to dismiss, motions for summary judgment, objections, motions in limine, and motions to suppress. The motion to quash...
View Article5 Things Pro Se Litigants Wish They’d Known Before Representing Themselves
Long after a case is over, a pro se litigant might say, "if I knew then what I know now, things might have turned out better." Here are 5 lessons that self represented litigants learn too late, after...
View ArticleWhat Should You Wear To Court When You Represent Yourself?
Advice on how to dress for court boils down to dressing conservatively so that your clothing doesn't detract from your presentation. But little of that advice takes real advantage of judicial bias...
View ArticleIf You’re A Pro Se Plaintiff, This Manual Is For You
As the plaintiff in a major victory in federal court, Brian Vukadinovich has learned enough to write a manual for the pro se plaintiff. This short but comprehensive manual is filled with helpful tips...
View ArticleNeed A Litigation Strategy? Begin With These Essential Questions
The secret to finding your footing in court is a solid litigation strategy. Not only does it give you a roadmap to victory, it forces you to analyze your strengths in the case and your opponent's...
View ArticleCourtroom5 Selected For The 2019 LexisNexis Legal Tech Accelerator Program
Courtroom5 is proud to announce our participation in the LexisNexis LegalTech Accelerator program for 2019. LexisNexis’ is the best legal research and business intelligence source on the market, and...
View ArticleTips For Surviving Your First Trial
Two Things Great Communicators Do Well Mark Twain is credited with once saying, “It takes me three weeks to prepare for an impromptu speech.” If you’ve ever watched a really good trial lawyer give an...
View ArticleDelaying Your Case With A Continuance Or Extension Of Time
Litigation is a slow process - until it's not. When you don’t feel you have enough time to prepare for or attend a hearing or you're afraid you won't meet a filing deadline, move for a delay with a...
View ArticleLegal Case Management For Self-Representation
Courtroom5 has developed a set of tools to ease the fear and drudgery of going to court without a lawyer. The Courtroom5 Toolset is designed instead to help self-represented litigants be more...
View ArticleYou Too Can Write An Appellate Brief
As the appellant writing an initial brief, you must persuade the appellate court that the case should be reversed because of a lower court error. In answer, your opponent has to convince the appellate...
View ArticleWhat To Do When You’ve Been Sued
You'll likely fall back on your TV knowledge the first time you get sued. It won't be long before you realize you're out of your depth. You'll feel confused, overwhelmed and desperate. But once you get...
View Article7 Ways To Waste Time And Money In Litigation
Why spend your litigation time wasting resources and going crazy? There are so many things you'd rather be doing than litigation. But since you're in it, you want to make the most of it. Right? So,...
View ArticleWhat “Winning” Means For The Pro Se Litigant
Winning is never strictly about a court judgment. It's more about aligning your goals with a strategy to achieve them. Harassing the other side with discovery or raising their litigation costs above...
View ArticleThe Affirmative Defenses of Contributory and Comparative Negligence
If you're a defendant and the plaintiff has survived a motion to dismiss, your affirmative defenses are your next best chance to prevail. Affirmative defenses are much like claims in that the person...
View ArticleBe Ready When A Lawyer Asks What It Would Take To Settle Your Case
When you represent yourself, you can bet your bottom dollar the lawyer on the other side expects an easy victory. This is where bias against pro se litigants pays off. The quickest way to settlement is...
View Article6 Reasons Lawyers And Self-Represented Litigants Don’t Play Well Together
Can't we all just get along? Uh. No, at least not when adversarial positioning is the name of the game. Litigation is all about confrontation, taking a side, advocating for a desired outcome, and doing...
View ArticleHow To Stay On Offense When You Represent Yourself
After five months with no activity, you’re slapped with a summary judgment motion that could end your case prematurely, and not in your favor. You could've prepared, but you’d decided to let things die...
View ArticleDo You Really Need Legalese In Your Pro Se Motions?
Not all lawyers use words like comes now, hereinafter, and wherefore. Many, in fact, see them as legalese that gets in the way of plain speech. But improper use of these words can make you look...
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