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Focus (Forum & Focus)

Dec. 11, 2007

Small Claims, Big Opportunities

Focus Column - By Robert Harrison - Attorneys who don't take small-claims court seriously are missing out on one of the fastest, safest and potentially most rewarding legal avenues available to them.

FOCUS COLUMN

By Robert Harrison

      Attorneys have a curious aversion to small-claims court. Perhaps because it is mistakenly perceived as a mock court, because attorneys generally cannot appear there or because the jurisdictional limit is low, lawyers seldom advise their clients to consider this forum to advance their rights.
      Many claims of both the largest and smallest clients, however, can...

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