From the very beginning the courts and law were the most important issues while forming the USA. Our early citizens remember the lawyers as being synonymous with the corrupt Attorneys-General and Solicitors-General of the Crown and their pals the Justices of the King's Court, all bent on the conviction of those who opposed the King's prerogatives by twisting the law to secure convictions and manipulate our society for their benefit. In 1789 Our Congress and George Washington added "in all the courts of the United States, the parties may plead and manage their own causes personally or by the assistance of counsel . . . " Learn How Courts Work Why not take a few minutes and clear up the mystery by watching this short slideshow. Protect Yourself: Don't go to court BLIND! Learn how courts work. Law: the rules we write into the lawbooks as law to keep our society just, civil and safe. Our Courts are the forums we created to resolve disputes. And they are the reason that the USA had unbridled growth for almost 300 years. Do you have to go to court? Do you want to take someone to court to recover losses? Do you want to have some control over the outcome at court with or without a lawyer?

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Get Control of Your Case!

Why do many people lose in court?
Because they didn't take the short amount of time to see how it works.

Statistics show that somewhere around 90% of filed lawsuits are settled out of court. Many times because one party or the other does not have enough information about courts and gives up.

Many people have no idea that they have several options when recieving a summons, when getting a lot of motions etc. from a fancy lawyer or when they have been sued.

For some reason they think we live in a Kingdom and the Judge is the king or a representative of the king. WRONG.
Courts are ruled by Cases, Constitutions, Laws, Rules and Statutes.

Our society is guided by laws. Those laws apply to everyone including attorneys and judges.

Before you go to court and let a judge issue a verdict based on what few facts the judge has. Learn how to get all of the facts into the record before a trial.

Because too many people are losing in court for all the wrong reasons.

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