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May 28, 2015 By Sonja Ebron 2 Comments

Why A Lawyer Can’t Teach You How To Win In Court

Why A Lawyer Can’t Teach You How To Win In Court

Legal advice websites are everywhere, and we make good use of them. But lawyers can’t tell pro se litigants how to win in court. They can only tell us how THEY win in court. We’re forced to play by a different set of rules.

Only experienced pro se litigants can teach others how a pro se litigant fights and wins. So the next time a lawyer promises to teach you how to win in court, ask when they last appeared before a judge without a law degree.

Tagged With: bias, Case Manager, emotions, how to win in court

May 21, 2015 By Sonja Ebron 13 Comments

How To Prepare For Your Day In Court

How To Prepare For Your Day In Court

If you don’t prepare for your day in court, you’re preparing for an ambush. Opposing lawyers want to leapfrog over any issues favorable to you and get a quick win. The judge also wants a quick resolution of the case and will take any shortcuts to get you off the docket. Expect them both to lay traps for a naive pro se litigant.

Having learned the hard way how to prepare for a hearing, here’s my list of do’s.

Tagged With: bias, court reporter, hearing, oral argument

May 14, 2015 By Sonja Ebron 2 Comments

Sylvia Ann Driskell v. Homosexuals Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

Sylvia Ann Driskell v. Homosexuals Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things

On May 1st, Sylvia Ann Driskell, a 66-year-old Nebraska resident, sued every homosexual in the world. As ambassador for God and Jesus Christ, Ms. Driskell filed a seven-page handwritten complaint asking the federal district court in Omaha to determine whether homosexuality was a sin. Boiled down to its essence, her pro se complaint asserted that both the Bible and the dictionary had […]

Tagged With: bias, homosexuals, pro se litigants, Sylvia Ann Driskell

March 5, 2015 By Sonja Ebron 1 Comment

Judicial Tyranny An All Too Common Experience

Judicial Tyranny An All Too Common Experience

Judicial tyranny is an ugly thing to see. The term usually refers to so-called “activist” judges who interpret the Constitution with no regard to the opinions of a democratic majority. But that’s actually what an independent judiciary is supposed to do. Real judicial tyranny occurs when a judge acts as his or her own law, […]

Tagged With: bias, court reporter, hijab

July 7, 2014 By Sonja Ebron 4 Comments

“I’ve defaulted, so there’s no hope” and other Litigation Myths

“I’ve defaulted, so there’s no hope” and other Litigation Myths

Myths and uncertainty about the litigation process can be detrimental to parties involved in a lawsuit, especially those representing themselves. Reliance on myths, in fact, can lead to wasted time, avoidable losses and other headaches. The best cure for uncertainty is information, and the best cure for myths is truth. So, below is my list of myths that self-represented […]

Tagged With: bias, default, litigation, myths

February 24, 2014 By Debra Slone Leave a Comment

High Court Bars Pro Se Litigants

High Court Bars Pro Se Litigants

The ongoing deterioration of the legal system in the US and its negative effects on citizens seeking to defend themselves in court extends to the highest reaches of the judiciary. While it’s true that the poor state of the judiciary is not news (take the Bush v. Gore debacle as one glaring example), the Supreme Court […]

Tagged With: bias, judicial bias, justice, pro se litigants

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