Too many good folks believe “the law” is on their side but don’t know there are two (2) kinds of law! If you don’t know both kinds you lose needlessly. Most losers never know why they lost. They blame the judge. They blame the justice system. They blame the party on the other side. They

You must understand who has the burden of proof … and why it matters! If you’re being sued, the other side has the burden of proof. If the other side files a motion, they have the burden of proof. But, sometimes the burden shifts back-and-forth. Knowing who has the burden is critical. Don’t be victimized

If you start to offer evidence and, before you can get it before the court, the other side objects and the judge sustains your opponent’s objection, you must move the court to allow you to make clear on the record what your evidence was going to be and what it would tend to prove! This

  Know What the Law Says! One of the biggest case-losing mistakes is mis-reading statutes. If you don’t know what the law says, you’ll have a devilishly hard time getting a judge to agree with you! Statutory language must be interpreted according to well-established “rules of statutory interpretation”. The rules of statutory interpretation are vital

 Need to dodge a lawsuit? Whether you’re a plaintiff or defendant, you must know what smart defendants do to dodge lawsuits. If a defendant is served with a complaint, he may dodge the lawsuit by filing motions to avoid filing an Answer! This is called the “flurry of motions”. Once a defendant files an Answer, he’s locked in and

Do you know how to win before trial? Lawyers drag out cases so they can bill for more time. Many refuse to do things “the right way” so they can avoid trial, because they make more money if they can take their clients’ cases all-the-way to the bitter, knock-down, drag-out bitter end at trial. Do

Don’t end up like this poor fellow! Here he is in the heat of trial. He’s trying to offer documents he’s been counting on to win his case. He’s trying to present them for the first time on the day of the trial. Big mistake! His documents can do nothing unless and until they are

Think about this question … think really, really hard and long! What is your goal? Impress the judge? Confuse the opponent? Or, win the case? Everything we do in life has in one sense or another a particular goal. Some things we do are automatic, like breathing, yet there is always a goal. In business,

Want to drive your opponents nuts? Tie them down with word-power! What you’ll learn will empower you to stuff your opponents in a word-box and win your case hands-down! Most pro se people never understand this … so they lose, needlessly. Many lawyers never understand this … so they also lose, needlessly … and take