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I've sued several businesses and individuals in small claims court (in California) including two multinationals on the S&P 500. I have no formal legal training,

I've sued several businesses and individuals in small claims court (in California) including two multinationals on the S&P 500. I have no formal legal training, only what every open source dev learns through licensing. The court bureaucracy was about as hard for me to learn than learning how to convert an out of state drivers license to my new state. Finding a process server was the hardest part. You write your account of what happened in colloquial English, you attach evidence, you show up before a judge and they decide. You don't actually need a lawyer to respond to bogus charges. Legal trolls make their money assuming most people settle or don't show up. Just submit your evidence, show up in court, and if it is bogus, it will be clear.

banana_feather 3y ago
> You don't actually need a lawyer to respond to bogus charges. Small claims court is a completely different beast, it is designed to be navigated without counsel. If you play this way in civil litigation you are likely going to lose before you know what hit you.
- bartonfink 3y ago
  GP did the legal equivalent of pasting a bunch of shit from stack overflow and claiming they're a talented software engineer.
Animats 3y ago
> Finding a process server was the hardest part. Why? Search brings up lots of them. I once used a process server service called "Attila the Hun School of Charm". They are gone, but there's a "Gotcha Process Servers" in San Francisco.
akaru 3y ago
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