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Using The Internet For A Dual Attack Pro-Se Strategy

28 May

 

By: Rich Bergeron (www.suckssite.com, www.xyiencesucks.com)

You’re a fool in the judge’s eyes in most courtrooms before you even open your mouth if you don’t pay good money for the advice of a lawyer. If you represent yourself, you’re not paying into the system. To judges and opposing lawyers your attempts are considered laughable or hopeless. In many cases, if you go pro-se, it is almost a foregone conclusion that you’re fighting a lost cause. You have to go above and beyond the traditional approach to win in this climate.

Fortunately, there is an equalizer. It’s called the Internet. There are two important ways you can use the World Wide Web to win your legal scuffles.

First, you can use the Internet to put yourself through a rigorous, informal law school. There are law libraries available online and vast free resources. It’s all about how much time you want to spend on learning the nuances of the legal process. You will have to at least be proficient at crafting pleadings and understanding “courtspeak.” Being a Law & Order nut only goes so far in a real courtroom in front of a real judge. You may have to go as far as an appeal, which is almost a scientific process. Some things are beautiful in their complication. The law is complicated in a convoluted way, and it’s ugly and vicious to those who don’t know how to use it to their advantage. Educate yourself to the best of your ability on the legal process using the Internet to gain free access to valuable information and guidelines.

Register for a PACER System (pacer.gov) password as soon as you can. This database of all kinds of official court records can be crucial for finding hidden secrets about the opposing client and law firm. You can also follow the day-to-day activity in your own case there. This is a lawyer’s tool the other side won’t expect you to know about. If you can master your ability to comb this database for dirt on your opposition, whatever investment you make in the site (they charge 8 cents a page for downloads) will be worth its weight in gold.

Now that you are ready for a sound legal attack, you can move to the second prong of the Internet strategy: the promotional process. You can publish your court documents on sites like www.docstoc.com and www.jdsupra.com and then embed them on a blog or a social site created specifically to publicize your plight. You can even register a domain for a “Sucks Site” like the guy who created www.Taubmansucks.com did. That site opened my eyes to the possibility that you can shine your own spotlight on your case without having to rely on the media or politicians in high places to champion your cause. I registered several of my own “Sucks Sites,” and you can, too. Just go to www.godaddy.com and pick a URL name that’s catchy and inclusive of your issue or opposition. You don’t even need any real Web design skills. There is a great cookie-cutter program on GoDaddy.com you can use for as little as $5 for three months (WebSite Tonight), or you could just forward the domain to a, Google Blogger account, a MySpace page, or a Facebook page.

If you go for a protest site, just remember to keep your content factual and designed to bring attention to the issues of your case. Don’t delve into scandalous accusations or rumors, and don’t use abusive language. Explain the issue in an informative and educated manner, and research the law that is supposed to be working in your favor. Just tell the truth and let your voice be heard. In all your postings, name your opposition in the title and descriptions. Use words like corruption and injustice in the tags if that’s what you are experiencing. Be creative and don’t stop building links and content to further your goals.

You may not even have to spend more than a few nickels and dimes to get your message out (GoDaddy offers .info domain registration for .89 cents a year) and learn to fight for yourself in court. Meanwhile, your opponents will have to spend thousands upon thousands in legal fees if they utilize an attorney or law firm. At this point in my own ongoing legal matters, winning at long last will not be as gratifying as knowing the other side has already lost. Use this same approach, and you’ll find the power of free speech and human ingenuity combined with the global reach of the Internet is immeasurable.

 
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Your Deposition Power

28 May
Know When, Why, and How … 

Explained much more fully in my official Jurisdictionary course, you can slay your opponent with depositions!

But!

Depositions, like other tools in your “Lawyer’s Little Red Toolbox”, are best usedHappy Deposition

  1. At the right time,
  2. For the right reason,
  3. In the right way!

These people are having too good a time!

A deposition is not a friendly coffee-klatch! It is not a “social event”.

But!

Beware of sneaky lawyers, who will try to turn a serious fact-getting process into a “conversation”. Do not allow it. When you see it coming, stop it immediately! Depositions are designed to get at “relevant facts”, but “good lawyers” will try to lull witnesses (called deponents at a deposition) into a false sense of security. They do this to win, not to be “friendly”. They do it to trick the witness into “chatting”, instead of answering distinct, relevant questions.

Next comes the fishing expedition. “I understand you’re quite a golfer, Mr. Deponent.” Beware! The lawyer will set things up to go beyond the scope of deposition discovery. The next thing you know, the witness will be bragging on the exorbitant country club dues he’s been paying. Or, he may tell about his success on the links in Las Vegas last summer. Don’t be duped. The lawyer doesn’t care a thing about the deponent’s golfing. He’s on a fishing expedition. He’s after something else.

Here’s the rule that constrains depositions to the facts (explained more fully in my official Jurisdictionary course):

The scope of discovery (requests for admissions, requests for production, interrogatories, depositions, and subpoenas) is limited by the rules to finding facts that are “reasonably calculated to lead to discovery of admissible evidence”!

A golfer’s handicap has nothing to do with his mortgage or child support or where he was last summer!

Say, “Objection! Goes beyond the scope of discovery!”

If the other side continues to abuse the rule, you have the right to terminate the deposition and file a motion with the court for an order directing the lawyer to keep within the rule.

On one occasion in my 25 year career as a case-winning attorney, the lawyer on the other side was so devious and his client (an insurance company executive) so evasive, that I obtained an order from the court appointing a special master to oversee the deposition and rule on my objections then-and-there. I got my evidence out of that executive, and the insurance company settled the day before trial!

In another case the opposing lawyer was so ridiculous, I was required to move the court for an order to hold the deposition in front of the judge in the courtroom! That was the end of the tricks and games.

There’s much more you need to know to successfully use depositions in your case, but I’ll leave that to the course.

If you don’t already have my powerful Jurisdictionary course, now is the time to ORDER … before the price increase!

You need to know:

  1. When (knowing what facts to get beforehand),
  2. Why (knowing what critical facts you need), and
  3. How (knowing much more about technique).Learn from Jurisdictionary step-by-step

When I first started learning 25 years ago what I make easy for you to learn with my affordable Jurisdictionary self-help course, the business of law was often confusing and overwhelming. Getting my feet wet as a fledgling lawyer, I often had to go up against lawyers who had as much experience as I have now, and they didn’t cut me any slack. The advantage I had over younger lawyers (I didn’t start my practice until age 42) was down-home common sense and life experience. All those years at a snooker table in my early life paid off, so I learned quickly how to get around the traps and tricks of my opponents. In the past quarter-century I learned what it takes to win!

It’s not all about the law, you see!

It’s all about knowing how to use the rules!

The substantive law that applies to any particular case is always easy to find, identify, and cite in a way that will control the judge.

The procedural law, on the other hand (evidence rules and rules of procedure) are like a recipe … for success or failure!

You can know the “law” about the facts of your case. You can cite and recite it backward and forward. You can convince your friends and family members that you have the law “on your side”.

But!

If you don’t yet know what I explain in my affordable and increasingly popular 24-hour step-by-step Jurisdictionary course, you will still lose!

I want to help you!

Far too many good people lose in court because they don’t know how to control the lawyer on the other side or the black-robed judge on the bench. They may, indeed, have the “law on their side”, but if they don’t know how to control a deposition (for just one small example) or when to proceed to deposition or how to draft a proper motion or why it’s important to make courtroom objections (for just a few additional examples) they lose … needlessly!

Please don’t lose your lawsuit just to save $249.

My 3-years at law school cost several tens of thousands of dollars. No price can be put on the practical experience I gained defeating crooked lawyers by controlling arrogant or outright corrupt judges in-the-trenches for 25-years!

Now, my education and experience can be yours!

It’s all in my affordable and increasingly popular 24-hour step-by-stepofficial Jurisdictionary course.

If you don’t already have it, get it now!

 

 
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Types of Lawsuit Complaints

28 May
Know the 6 types of lawsuit complaints.Types of Complaint - Jurisdictionary

Every lawsuit begins with a complaint filed by one or more plaintiffs.

Click on the small image to access full-size PDF chart!(You’ll need Adobe Reader. If you don’t already have it, you can get it FREE at www.Adobe.com.)

See how easily this is explained?

Making lawsuits “ridiculously easy-to-understand” is why Jurisdictionary is popular with litigants in every state of the U.S. and in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, England, Ireland, India, and Puerto Rico … people with and people without a lawyer!

If you have a lawyer, my course will save you thousands in legal fees, because you’ll know what your lawyer should be doing to earn his or her fees!

If you don’t have a lawyer, my course will show you the proper method to win your case … step-by-step!

This diagram in printable form is included in my official, affordable, step-by-step, 24-hour Jurisdictionary course that includes many other diagrams, charts, sample forms, and simplified explanations that demonstrate how to use the rules of court with practical tactics that give you the power to win … with or without a lawyer!

If you don’t already have my course, order now.

A picture is worth a thousand words, and this diagram could be worththousands of dollars to YOU if you learn what it teaches and apply it in your court case!

1. The plaintiff in this simple chart sues Defendant A and Defendant B.

2. Defendant B counter-claims against Plaintiff.

3. Defendant A cross-claims against Defendant B.

4. Defendant B counter-cross-claims against Defendant A.

5. Defendant A also files a third-party complaint against Third Party Defendant.

6. Third-Party Defendant counter-claims against Defendant A.

There are variations on each of these that you’ll learn about in my simplified step-by-step course, but each of the variations is really just a type of one of these shown in the diagram.

See how simple lawsuits really are?

In some cases the complaint is called a “petition” and the person filing it is called the “petitioner”, but the types are the same. Most cases involve plaintiffs and defendants, but in actions that sound principally in “equity” (explained in my course) the plaintiff is called a petitioner, and the responding party is called a respondent. Otherwise, case structure is the same.Learn from Jurisdictionary step-by-step

Knowledge overcomes fear.

Knowledge brings confidence.

Confidence yields courage and determination.

Couple these together the way I teach in my course, and you have the winning formula for success in court!

If you must fear something, fear not knowing how to use the rules of court to win!

The rules are on YOUR side. Once you learn what I teach about using them tactically and strategically to control courtroom corruption, the rules give power to overcome your opponent and corrupt judges.

Cursing the darkness does no good at all.

There will be darkness.

There will be corruption.

There will be dirty tricks and crooked maneuvers by the other side.

There will be judges who are biased against you.

BUT!

The knowledge you need is mostly common sense.

It is nothing like differential calculus or quantum theory.

It’s all straight-forward, step-by-step procedure that is regulated by rules any average 8th grader can learn.

REMEMBER: The hardest part of winning in court is having a clear idea what’s happening and why!

Learn how the Justice System works … step-by-step!

Know how each simple step in the process fits together and how increasing your knowledge of the details of each simple step in the process will bring you closer to the victory and justice you deserve!

Everyone knows there are only 9 innings in a baseball game (unless the teams are tied at the bottom of the 9th). Everyone knows the visiting team gets to be first to bat. Everyone knows a batter has to go back to the dugout after 3 strikes. It’s simple. It’s baseball. It’s America!

But, how many of you or your friends know how simple a lawsuit is?

How many parts does a lawsuit have?

How do the separate parts fit together?

Not many people know how simple lawsuits really are!

Because you were never taught – and my profession has kept this valuable knowledge from you on purpose – most of you are at the mercy of lawyers!

It shouldn’t be that way here in America!

So, I created my step-by-step Jurisdictionary course.

Now everyone can know how to win in court!

Learn how to state your position clearly in writing using properly-drafted pleadings, motions, and memoranda.

Learn why, how, and when to object in court properly with solid grounds for objections the court cannot ignore.

Learn how to examine your own witnesses, using direct examination when you cannot use leading questions.

Learn how to cross-examine your opponent’s witnesses in a way that gets answers you need, instead of alienating witnesses with leading questions that pry unnecessarily.

Gain judges’ RESPECT by demonstrating you know how to follow the official rules and won’t be wasting valuable court time or trying judges’ patience with a bizarre legal theory you learned about in an email!

Only the rules rule.

Nothing else works!

Knowing the rules of litigation (the rules of evidence and the rules of procedure) and how to use them properly is how you win favor with judges!

Winning favor with judges is a good thing!

Flattery will get you nowhere.

Using complex legal language you barely understand will get you nowhere.

Trying to trick the other side will get you nowhere.

Knowing how to use the rules will get you victory!

You will impress judges and gain favor with the court by using the easy-to-learn tactics and procedures I explain in my 24-hour step-by-step Jurisdictionary course.

I make it so easy an average 8th grader can understand it all and apply the principles effectively to win in court.

If you don’t know the rules and how to use them, if you waste the court’s valuable time with arguments that don’t hold “legal water”, if you object but don’t know the grounds for your objections, and continue to irritate the judge and waste the court’s time by not knowing how things are done in court, you cannot expect the judge to be favorable to your cause.Learn from Jurisdictionary step-by-step

When I first started learning 25 years ago what I make easy for you to learn with my affordableofficial Jurisdictionary self-help course, the business of law was often confusing and overwhelming at times. Getting my feet wet as a fledgling lawyer, I often had to go up against lawyers who had as much experience as I have now, and they cut me no slack. The advantage I had over younger lawyers (I didn’t start my practice until age 42) was common sense and life experience. I learned quickly how to avoid traps and tricks of my opponents.

In the past quarter-century I learned what it takes to win.

Now you can know what I learned in those 25 years of fighting in the courthouse trenches!

It’s not all about the law, you see!

It’s about knowing how to use the rules!

You can know the “law” about the facts of your case. You can cite and recite it backward and forward. You can convince your friends and family members that you have the law “on your side”.

But!

If you don’t yet know what I explain in my affordable and increasingly popular 24-hour step-by-step Jurisdictionary course, you will still lose!

I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO WIN!

Far too many good people lose in court because they don’t know how to control the lawyer on the other side or the black-robed judge on the bench. They may, indeed, have the “law on their side”, but if they don’t know how to control a deposition (for just one small example) or when to proceed to deposition or how to draft a proper motion or why it’s important to make courtroom objections (for just a few additional examples) they lose … needlessly!

Would you pay $249 to win your case?

My 3-years at law school cost tens of thousands. And, there’s no price you can put on my 25 years of experience defeating crooked lawyers, controlling corrupt judges, and winning critical battles in-the-trenches for my clients!

My education and experience can be yours!

It’s all in my affordable and increasingly popular 24-hour step-by-stepofficial Jurisdictionary course.

If you don’t already have my course, get it now!

If you have it and haven’t yet studied all 4 CDs, get to work learning, before some crooked lawyer or corrupt judge throws you under the proverbial bus!

You must make an effort … if you want to win!

Spend just 24-hours with Jurisdictionary to discover the secrets my profession doesn’t want you to know!

Master procedural law and the methods that win!

Just having “the law on your side” is not enough!

If you don’t know “how to play the game”, you’ll lose!


Once you know what Jurisdictionaryteaches, you’ll never again fall into the trap of thinking that knowing “substantive law” is enough.

Why be tricked by other members of my profession?

Learn how to win favor with judges.

Learn procedural law: The Rules of Evidence and the Rules of Procedure.

And, learn how to use the rules effectively to win!

Take advantage of my 25 years of experience!

Beware the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham, and Howe!

I go into every case expecting the lawyer on the other side to be a liar and a crook. I anticipate the judge will be biased against me, so I win over the judge by showing that I know the law and how to use the rules correctly!

Go to www.WordWar.com to learn more.

Don’t be tricked by your lack of legal knowledge!

Smart litigants know what Jurisdictionary teaches!

Smart litigants win!

Do YOU want to win?

You really can’t expect to win if you only know what you learn from your in-box, from amateur lawyer wannabe legal gurus, or weekend seminars run by folks who have no law degree or extended courtroom experience.

I’ve been a member of the bar for 25 years!

I know what it takes to win and will show YOU how!

Control the court with Jurisdictionary!

Ask anyone who has my course.

It’s easy to learn … and it works!

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DEMAND YOUR AMERICAN RIGHTS IN THE COURTS!

Learn how and teach EVERYONE ELSE to learn how also!

Dr. Frederick D. Graves

Jurisdictionary

 

 
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