Helpful Hints of the Day

If you have been wronged by a big business or a government official and you can’t afford an attorney to help you…

heavy sigh…

get ready for years of abuse by the same system that is supposed to protect you.

There are good judges. There are even a few good lawyers.

Mostly, there are greedy people who want to keep the little guy down and protect the earning capacity of their fellow attorneys.

I have taken on some snakes in the system. But as my son, one of the victims of a bad family law judge said, “you can cut off the head of one snake and ten more will pop up.”

My intention was not to discourage you today. It was to bring you advice.

So, here are some important pointers that helped me to remove one bad guy from the bench and prevail in a civil suit facing five law firms.

1. Read the rules. Read the rules of civil procedure for the “jurisdiction” your case is in.
2. Read the rules II. Read the rules of evidence for the “jurisdiction” your case is in.
3. Watch YouTube videos or similar. Search by key words, like “debt collector harassing me”. I listen to a video each day while I walk for exercise.
4. Stay balanced. Play with your kids, the dog, your spouse. Eat right. Exercise.
5. Document everything. Be professional in all you do. Be polite. Save the receipts, warranties, emails.
6. If you are in a “single party consent” state, record every conversation you have with a company. It amazes me that so many people are willing to lie for their employer. When they hear that you taped the conversation (in a legal state or where they say “this conversation may be recorded”) they usually start offering to do what they were supposed to do in the first place.

It is up to you to decide if you will accept the right thing after whatever hell they put you through first. Or, if you are willing to stay the course and maybe get a jury verdict including punitive damages, enough to punish and deter the wrong-doer.

We’ll talk more another day. But for now, I’m going to take my own advice and go play.