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How We Help With Small Claims Court

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Lawsuit Preparation, Attorney Review & Filing

After completing our intake and uploading your evidence, we’ll prepare your lawsuit. Your attorney will then review your case and provide written feedback. Once you’ve reviewed this feedback, you can decide whether to proceed with filing. If you choose not to proceed, we’ll refund 25% of our fees.

Filing

  • If your court has electronic filing, we will file the lawsuit for you.

  • If your court doesn't have electronic filing (or has a faulty system for electronic filing), we'll send you a comprehensive packet that contains everything you need to file the lawsuit by mail, so you won't have to worry about printing, visiting the post office, or heading to the court in person to file the lawsuit.

  • We will ensure the court files your lawsuit and keep you updated on the status.

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Serving the Other Party

After your lawsuit is filed, the next step is to let the other party know that they have been sued. This is called serving.

Serving options vary by state. During our intake, you will be able to review the options available where your lawsuit will be filed.

Here are some of the serving options:

  • Court Clerk— In some states, the court clerk can serve your lawsuit by mail.

  • Process Server—If you select to have a process server serve the lawsuit, we will manage the process for you and coordinate directly with the process server.

  • Friend— For counties that allow you to have a friend serve the lawsuit, we'll ship your friend everything they need to serve your lawsuit.

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Hearing Preparation

You upload all your evidence, like photos, receipts, and contracts.

We have evidence checklists for different types of cases like security deposits, unpaid invoices, and car accidents.

It is very important that your evidence is in order. We package it together in a specially organized evidence packet following your court's procedures to ensure you're equipped to represent yourself.

Our evidence packets are organized in a judge-friendly manner with a table of contents, page numbers, titles, and descriptions.

You can download and print the evidence packet before your hearing (we can also print and mail it to you).

You will also have access to all our hearing preparation content, including how to prepare for the hearing and what to say at the hearing.

You represent yourself at the hearing with our guidance before the hearing.

Ranked the #1 Small Claims Assistance Service on Trustpilot:

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Thanks to this website and the amazing team behind it, I am able to solve most of legality issues for my business.

PAA
August 15, 2024

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Justice Direct and People Clerk did an excellent job of helping me organize and file my small claims case. They went the full route finding that my defendant was actually a branch of a national LLC. I may have had trouble collecting if they had gone the extra mile in researching that. Their help in completing the paperwork and arranging for service of process saved me hours of effort. Outstanding organization!

Lowell R.
August 8, 2024

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I felt supported from Start to finish. All of my questions were answered in a timely manner and explained in easily to understand verbiage. I now wait for my court date to arrive! Thank you for taking the stress off of my shoulders to get my small claims case filed correctly!

Suzanne
July 26, 2024

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Why JusticeDirect Law?

Meet Our Attorneys

Our Lawyers

Our attorneys have handled thousands of small claims cases and demand letters.

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Online Case Dashboard

Always know the status of your dispute with our real-time case dashboard, email updates, and text messages.

Our Customer Success Team

Client Focused

You will always have access to our Customer Success Team, as we know legal disputes can feel overwhelming.

Pricing

Demand Letter Tool

$0

Free Letter Creation

CREATE LETTER
  • Create a Formal Legal Letter using our Free Tool

  • Free Letter Download

  • Paid Shipping Option Available

  • Meet Court Requirements*

This is not an attorney service.

Need us to ship your letter for you? Starting at $29.50.

Creating each additional letter after the first costs $10.

*Some courts require you to send a demand letter before filing a small claims lawsuit.

Attorney Demand Letter

$300

Written and Signed by Your Attorney

Request Letter
  • Attorney Written and Signed

  • Mailed on our Law Firm Letterhead

  • We ship for you via USPS Certified or Priority Mail

  • Tracking & Delivery Notifications

  • Free Replacement Shipping if Delayed

  • Meet Court Requirements*

This is an attorney service.

*Some courts require you to send a demand letter before filing a small claims lawsuit.

Small Claims Lawsuit

$500

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Start My Lawsuit
  • Attorney Review & Feedback in Writing

  • Preparation of Court Forms

    • Legal Entity Search

    • Court Selection

  • Lawsuit Filing

  • Lawsuit Serving

  • Proof of Service Filing

  • Email and Text Updates Each Step of the Way

  • Hearing Preparation:

    • Judge-Friendly Evidence Packet

    • Access to 100's of Legal Education Articles

  • Optional Add-Ons

    • Virtual Hearing Requests

    • Printing and Mailing of Evidence

This is an attorney service.

All attorney communication will be in writing only.

Court filing fees and service costs are not included (see details below).