• mox@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 month ago

    I have heard that you don’t need a lawyer in small claims court (in the sense that it’s not really expected). Like I said, though, I know little about it. Maybe someone in a position to know will show up in this thread and fill us all in.

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      1 month ago

      You don’t need a lawyer in small claims. Can also go with a paralegal or just represent yourself.

      But that’s not why the small claims is backlogged anyway. I have actually no idea why it’s backlogged. I’ve been a defendant in a small claims court case since 2001 and nothing has progressed except for an arbitration hearing in 2002.