...counter-sue, should I go pro-se or retain? Okay so I am supposed to be receiving an official legal summons on Monday, the plaintiff being a creditor (debt collection agency) attempting to seek acquisition of a debt that I do in fact owe, but have been unlawfully slandered and uninformed of my rights by them in their attempts to do so.
So in other words they have made at least two blatant violations of my rights expressly stated in the FDCPA...
so I KNOW I have a reasonably solid case!
But what I don't know so far, is should I go pro-se and represent myself or should I retain?
With this type of case I can easily find a lawyer who will seek my restitutions and not charge me UNLESS I win in which case they will just take a predetermined amount of the lump sum of my settlement. In most cases they will SPLIT my winnings... which means half of the proceedings of my winnings will be legally owed to whichever law firm I retain. Now in my opinion that's a bit stingy...
Now on the other hand, I am becoming quite familiar w/ my rights and which rights were violated... but what I'm not familiar with are court proceedings. What I do know from what I can tell is that in concerns with the law... most of the time in these types of cases it all comes down to the judge overseeing the case. If I represent myself I could possibly mess up or accidentally make a false or frivolous statement or speak out of turn and get slapped w/ a financial sanction which I cannot afford. Or I could come across a judge that goes really easy on pro-se plaintiffs.
I want the judge to hear my case because there are many specific aspects of my case that I'll want the judge to clearly understand...
But without goin into all this crazy detail or dramatization here, I just need to know... with my situation should I go pro-se or retain. I tried to include as much information as possible here w/out going tooooo in depth with my circumstances... with that said though any e-mails are welcome. Thanks 4 any help in advance...
So in other words they have made at least two blatant violations of my rights expressly stated in the FDCPA...
so I KNOW I have a reasonably solid case!
But what I don't know so far, is should I go pro-se and represent myself or should I retain?
With this type of case I can easily find a lawyer who will seek my restitutions and not charge me UNLESS I win in which case they will just take a predetermined amount of the lump sum of my settlement. In most cases they will SPLIT my winnings... which means half of the proceedings of my winnings will be legally owed to whichever law firm I retain. Now in my opinion that's a bit stingy...
Now on the other hand, I am becoming quite familiar w/ my rights and which rights were violated... but what I'm not familiar with are court proceedings. What I do know from what I can tell is that in concerns with the law... most of the time in these types of cases it all comes down to the judge overseeing the case. If I represent myself I could possibly mess up or accidentally make a false or frivolous statement or speak out of turn and get slapped w/ a financial sanction which I cannot afford. Or I could come across a judge that goes really easy on pro-se plaintiffs.
I want the judge to hear my case because there are many specific aspects of my case that I'll want the judge to clearly understand...
But without goin into all this crazy detail or dramatization here, I just need to know... with my situation should I go pro-se or retain. I tried to include as much information as possible here w/out going tooooo in depth with my circumstances... with that said though any e-mails are welcome. Thanks 4 any help in advance...