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What To Do With That Summons You’ve Just Been Served

There are several options to consider when you’ve just been served with a complaint and summons, but the choice must be part of a strategy.

A request for admissions cannot be ignored. When you neither admit nor deny the statements, or object to them, they may be deemed admitted.

Sovereign citizens believe the U.S. government is a corporation that lost jurisdiction over citizens when the gold standard was dropped.

You have spent months, maybe years, jumping through hoops to get justice. It’s time to try your case. Here are your trial preparation tips.

The coronavirus pandemic has changed our justice system. Closures, delays, and remote hearings have altered the way our courts operate.

In litigation, not all knowledge carries equal weight. What important legal concepts are you missing? Take this readiness test to find out.

When you fight capably in court, lawyers try to threaten you. But don’t let them bully you with the threat of attorney’s fees.

A man’s account of legal events that took place after the death of his grandmother serves as a cautionary tale for agreements with relatives.

Self-representation is a right that should not be abridged by any court. Here are 5 reasons why courts should be expanded.

Pro se litigants are practicing law without a license, which is our right when we’re directly interested in a case. But it also means we lose, a lot.

Eviction cases are nearly always biased toward the property owner. Can a tenant fight eviction by claiming ownership?

Summary judgment against you means the other side wins. That’s the end of your case, unless you do something about it. Consider an appeal.

When you must choose between hiring a lawyer, giving in, or representing yourself, battling on your own may be the cost-effective option.

Get used to it. Supercilious lawyers are here to stay. A tongue-in-cheek look at lawyers who bemoan the presence of pro se litigants in court.

Listen to a hearing in which a judge, stunned by a pro se defendant’s courtroom proficiency, asks, “Who wrote that up for you?”