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You don’t need a lawyer for small claims court as far as I know, just an FYI.

• dragonwriter 5y ago
  Unless you are a citizen of the same state the corporation is, you’ll need a lawyer when they file a removal petition to have the case moved to federal court on the basis of diversity jurisdiction. And if you don't consult a lawyer to prepare for small claims court, you stand a decent chance to be blindsided by that or something else.
  • chris_wot 5y ago
    Do it anyway. For them to hire a lawyer to determine this, then they have to pay quite a bit of money. It is quite possible they might be bluffed and pay up, or decide it is cheaper to pay up, and then actually pay up. If the initial action costs nothing, you have nothing to lose, but they will almost certainly lose something. If you do nothing it will cost you nothing also, but you have no chance of gaining anything at all.
    • dragonwriter 5y ago
      > For them to hire a lawyer to determine this They don't need to hire a lawyer to determine it, the junior paralegal in the in-house counsel’s office with a checklist will do just fine, since all the information needed to make the determination will be on the papers they are served with. > If the initial action costs nothing, you have nothing to lose Not at all true; one of the other standard techniques for getting things out of small claims court is for the defendant to find anything about the interaction in question that they could countersue for that would raise the amount in controversy above the small claims limit (since the requirement for linked counterclaims to be handled in the same case and the small claims limit interact to requiring moving the case when this happens), even if it is something that they wouldn't sue over otherwise.
• mcv 5y ago
  It's possible that the jurisdiction I live in works differently than yours.