1. Page top
  2. Top navigation
  3. Main navigation
  4. Left-hand-side navigation
  5. Search box
  6. Content area
  7. Page foot
Any book. Anywhere.

Browse category

Book details

Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court

Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court

by Ralph Warner

 eBook, Published by NOLO   (01 March 2012)

Sorry, this book is not available in this region.

Book description

The only guide to Small Claims Court that provides tips by former judges, Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court helps you bring or defend your small claims suit without a lawyer. This legal primer shows you how to build your case, present evidence, and covers in detail what to expect when you have personal injury, auto damage, dry cleaning damage, or landlord/tenant issues.

Find out how to:

  • write a demand letter
  • file and serve papers
  • prepare a winning presentation
  • prepare and present evidence
  • line up persuasive witnesses
  • figure out your damages
  • mediate a settlement
  • collect money when you win

    This edition is completely updated with a current appendix of small claims rules and limits, an expanded discussion of mediation, and more advice from real judges and commissioners. Ralph Warner, a pioneer of the do-it-yourself law movement, founded Nolo with Ed Sherman in 1971. Nolo began publishing do-it-yourself law books written by Jake and his colleagues after numerous publishers rejected them. When personal computers came along, he added software to many Nolo books. When the Internet arrived, he championed the move online, where Nolo published huge amounts of free legal information. In addition to running Nolo for much of its first 40 years, Warner was an active editor and author. He wrote many books, including Retire Happy: What You Can Do Now to Guarantee a Great Retirement and Save Your Small Business: 10 Crucial Strategies to Survive Hard Times or Close Down & Move On. Today, he operates a storytelling repertory group, Jake's Tales, devoted to keeping alive the tradition of telling children wonderful stories. Warner holds a law degree from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley and an undergraduate degree in history from Princeton.

    • Version 1.0.0.rc.5.36d800