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Research Your Causes of Action

Now comes the fun part. You’re laying out your facts in chronological order. We’ve talked about causes of action before, ...

How to State Your Facts

IKTYBYUWYTISBIANSTYRTWYHINWIM Or, as stated differently by Alan Greenspan: “ I know you think you understand what you thought I said ...

Jurisdictional Statements

OK - we’ve told you how a complaint is organized and listed the different things that should be included. Now ...

The Complaint – An Introduction

In our last post we introduced you to the concept of pleadings. Pleadings are the documents that define the case ...

Core Pleadings

Now that we’ve talked about the different kinds of court papers you can expect to deal with, let’s talk about ...

Court Papers – an Introduction

Probably one of the more intimidating things people representing themselves have to contend with are court papers - the documents ...

More on Causes of Action

In our last post we talked about identifying causes of action as part of the lawsuit planning process. Since we ...

Causes of Action

Finally!!! You’ve done it! You’ve planned your lawsuit. Well part of it anyway. You’ve identified the parties. You’ve picked the ...

Select the Right Court

Once you’ve identified the parties- that is decided who you want to sue and why, it’s time to think about ...

Identify the Parties

While it may sound far-fetched, sometimes, one of the most important things you need to decide is who to sue ...
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