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If you want something from somebody else, meaning you are plaintiff, you get what you want either by persuading the other side to voluntarily do what you want or by winning a lawsuit and enforcing that judgment. If somebody else wants something from you, meaning you are a defendant, you get out of lawsuit if the other party voluntarily lets you out, or if either side wins.A client needs to be able to , including both reading those papers and looking for documents that those papers ask forGlossariesTed Broomfield blogsTed Broomfield quizzes to test understandingLinks to third party websitesThis is a series of written articles to explain common questionsThis is a series of written articles to explain complex legal matters and procedures. These articles are geared towards an audience of attorneys, but anyone can read themThis is a series of written articles to explain not so legal matters and procedures. These articles are geared towards an audience of non-attorneys, but anyone can read themThis is a series of written articles to explain estate and trust mattersThis is a series of written articles to explain finance and tax, as well as related estate and trust matters
Guide for Prospective Clients
Working with your Attorney
Intake
What do You Want? Your Legal Goals
Three ways out of a lawsuit for a Defendant
Civil Dispute Victims Generally Obtain Less than a Full Remedy
Costs in Litigation
Attorney Speak Made Easy
Glossary of Litigation
Paying your attorney
Not helpful
Attorney-Client Agreement
Deposit
Tools of Litigation
Discovery
You Need to be able to do This
Ending Attorney-Client Agreement
Quizzes
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This communication is intended to educate you to help you help yourself meet your litigation goals.
Caveat - unless and until we mutually sign one of my client agreements, I am not your attorney and will not provide you legal services. You are best served by hiring an attorney, because your matter has legal deadlines that if pass may prejudice or terminate your rights. The information herein is for education, and cannot and should not be considered legal advice.
First thing is first - figure out what you want in terms of what an attorney can actually help you get
First, you need to define , including if you are being sued and .
You should also be aware, that, generally, than they really deserve for a number of reasons, including the policy encouraging settlement and respective burdens.
Second - start to learn the complex language that is necessary to achieve your objectives
Next, you need to be able to to your attorney, and skip providing characterizations, emotions, opinions and legal conclusions.
In order to understand the attorney, it may help you to .
Third - learn about what motivates your attorney to help you and the attorney client agreement
Unless you are talking to an attorney at a non-profit or a legal clinic, the attorney is talking with you in order to get paid. So, you should understand , and if so, how much and how. Generally, attorneys get paid based on the hours they work multiplied by an hourly rate. Alternatively, some attorneys work on contingency, meaning a percentage of the amount of money obtained from the opposition. In an hourly agreement, the client is usually required to pay a .
If you are going to hire an attorney, you will need to sign a . Feel free to browse out .
Fourth - learn what you need to do as part of the team
It will be very helpful for you to understand Ted Broomfield’s and as early in the case as possible.
If you have a case that involves default or setting aside default, you will be interested in the default meaning and procedures.
Even this simple blog contains a lot of information. It can be confusing. However, at all times you should remember, this is your legal problem and the outcome will be yours.
Use caution with excessive use of the term, “.” If you say “I don’t understand,” without helping the other person help you, your use of that phrase may be contributing to your lack of understanding, may prevent and discourage people with the knowledge that you want from helping you, and ultimately may contribute to your continued confusion. Be specific: do you not understand the meaning of a word; do you not know the specific steps in a process; do you not understand the consequences of a tactic; or are you saying you just don’t like or agree with what you hear?
Also, if you want someone to help you, help that person help you. It is a better practice to try to avoid behavior that is !
Fifth - as part of the team, you absolutely need to be able to do some things
There are just some things that you need to be able to do that include:
Sixth - other matters that you may be interested in
There are many other categories that may interest you.
Also, Ted Broomfield Law wants to help anyone who is not an opposing party, even if you don’t hire Ted Broomfield. So, if you need more help, check out our .
Ted Broomfield handles many clients, across a broad range of legal matters. Unfortunately, Ted Broomfield does not have the time or ability to address everything that a prospective client or client might want to know. So, this page explains the resources available for prospective clients and clients to answer their own questions and help Ted Broomfield help you.
No person can make you understand anything, only you can understand. The best that someone else can do is to help you understand. Attorney time is limited and expensive. So, I have created a guide to Ted Broomfield Resources to help you.
Categories of Resources
The resources include:
Ted Broomfield Glossaries
Because the law has a lot of complex and confusing terms, Ted Broomfield has compiled a glossary, meaning a list of terms followed by definitions and explanations of those terms that prospective clients and clients can and should use.
After all if you don’t know the meaning of a term, and you need to know the meaning of that term, and that term is defined in writing that you can read and consider at your own pace, why not look it up and learn it yourself?
Ted Broomfield Blogs
Ted Broomfield blogs are intended to provide simple, easy to understand, high level explanations of common legal topics and questions. The blogs are categorized under five categories.
Blogs for Clients and Prospective Clients
Ted Broomfield Quizzes
Ted Broomfield has created several short [3 to 7 question] quizzes that test whether a person reasonably understands a concept. These quizzes are extremely helpful for prospective clients to test their knowledge that is required to help clients help themselves solve their own problems.
Links to common quizzes are below.
Links to third party resources
Of course Ted Broomfield’s resources are not complete. Even when a prospective client
Links to common resources are below.
Ted Broomfield’s Resource List and Specific Resources: , , Ted Broomfield’s List of Homeless Prevention Resources
Low Cost and Pro-Bono Resources: , , ,
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