Self Litigation vs. Hiring a Lawyer

VS.) HIRING A LAWYER SELF LITIGATION The The Personal Injury lawyer: Ordinary Person: has attended Law School and has a Law Degree has little or no knowledge of law in general 2. handles personal injury cases on a daily basis has little or no experience with personal injury cases 3 can fill in all the paperwork, investigate the case and collect evidence on your behalf, until you recover may not be in a physically fit condition to deal with his/her case knows the secrets of will most probably settle for less money than he/she can actually obtain in court, as an injury compensation negotiation and stands a higher chance to earn you the fair compensation you deserve THE LEGAL TERM FOR SELF LITIGATION IS PRO SE. Pro se legal representation means advocating on one's own behalf before a court, rather than being represented by a lawyer. Pro se is a Latin phrase meaning "for oneself" or "on one's own behalf". In fiscal year 2010-2011, California's court system has processed almost 9.5 million cases, 30,701 of which civil filings. 11,588 OR 37.7% 19,113 OR 62.3% OF THE CASES WERE PRO SE OF THE CASES WERE NON PRO SE Common problems with Pro se cases ACCORDING TO A SURVEY OF 61 CHIEF JUDGES: pleadings or submissions that are unnecessary, problems with pro se 2 illegible, or cannot be understood (70%) responses to motions to dismiss or for summary judgment (67%) pro se litigants' lack of knowledge about legal decisions or other pro se litigants' failure to know when to object to testimony or evidence (54%) information that would help their cases (58%) pro se litigants' failure to understand the legal 6. pro se litigants' ailure to file complete pleadings or submissions (49%) consequences of their actions or inactions (53%) pro se litigants' failure to file timely pleadings or other submissions (45%) SOURCES: 1. http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/Statistics/JudicialBusiness/2011/JudicialBusiness2011.pdf 2. http://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/2012-Court-Statistics-Report.pdf 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_se_legal_representation_in_the_United_States 4. http://www.fjc.gov/public/pdf.nsf/lookup/proseusdc.pdf/$file/proseusdc.pdf Created exclusively for For more information about why and how to hire a personal injury lawyer visit our website: http://855winthecase.com or call us at 1-855-WIN-THE-CASE / 1-855-946-8432 1-855-WIN-THE-CASE! or call 1-855-946-8432