QUESTION
How do i know what forms to file for civil circuit court in FL or get help?
Asked on Sep 20th, 2014 on Contracts - Florida
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I have a breach of contract case in the Tampa , FL area and am looking to take the seller to court. I feel competent to represent myself, but want to make sure I am filing all correct forms. I would take representation, but would expect atty to take payment from paid judgement. Business is a well established high end lighting company that isn't going anywhere. Should be no issues collecting judgement. Retail value of judgement would be slightly over $100,000. Briefly, won items at absolute auction with a solid contract and seller refuses to meet his end of the contract. I would like to know exactly which forms I need for this. If I have a list, I can fill them out myself. I would pay as follows- 1. You spend just a couple of minutes of your time to list forms I will compensate with a. my eternal gratitude b. $1500 when judgement is received 2. If you would like to take the case I would pay $12,000 from judgement No experience needed, 1st case is fine.
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No offense, but despite your perception that "you feel you are competent to represent yourself", unless you have a law degree and several years of trial experience, I suspect that you will ultimately find yourself outgunned by the lawyer hired by the business entity you reference. That you dont even know what "forms" to file, supports this directly. This is especially so if the exposure you describe is $100,000.00, where the expense of defending the case is warranted. If your claim is truly $100,000.00 and an easy case(no experience needed), as you seem to believe, you will be well served to hire a lawyer on an hourly basis as this will likely save you quite a bit in the long run. On the other hand, if your assessment that his is an "easy case" sutiable for a first time trial lawyer to win for you is wrong, no competent lawyer will be interested in such a case with a fee proposed that is less than 1/3 of most contingent fee litigation cases, while you presumably expect the lawyer to bear all the litigations expenses and risk of non-payment for his services. To be clear, I think you clearly underestimate the impact and use of a lawyer in a litigation case and overestimate your lawyering skills and analysis, whcih can prove devastating in the end. If you truly intend to pursue such a claim, you really need to simply plan for bearing the expense of litigation, which is typical in commercial or business litigation, as a cost of doing business. If you have other questions, please fee free to contact our office at 1-800-922-6442 for a FREE consultation.
Answered on Sep 22nd, 2014 at 7:09 AM
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