QUESTION
is it ok that i represent myself in my defamation case against my neighbor?
Asked on Jul 17th, 2014 on Libel, Slander and Defamation - Florida
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after putting cameras on my house, my neighbor posted signs up facing my house. one of the signs accused me of being a 'peeping tom'. I plan on suing him for defamation because my signs are on my property. and I lost of my daycare clients due to his signs. being that it cost about $5000.00 to try this case with an attorney; is it ok if I have the attorney file the case for me and I represent myself in court and use an attorney for advice through consultations?
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No. No more than it is ok to do surgery on yourself even though you can hold a scalpel and cut yourself open. If you were hiring a lawyer and you asked the fictional lawyer you all the legal questions you would ask a lawyer before writing a check to hire him or her, and would hire the fictional you based upon those answers then, by all means carry on. If the answer is "hell no! that lawyer is clueless!"...then equally you have your answer. Oh, and no competent lawyer will help you try a case on the cheap with tid bit consultations any more than you would feel better about cutting yourself open to take out yourown appendix because a doctor will watch you do it on Skype fromsome third world country. If you have any further questions, we do offer FREE consultations. Just call our office at 1-800-922-6442.
Answered on Jul 17th, 2014 at 2:30 PM
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