i went to a free legal aid lawyer yesterday regarding my case and this guy is a joke. I think ive learned more in a month than he did for "years". He didnt even read the letters I sent pressler & pressler and the court. The first letter was asking for validation of debt, copy of contract, signed application, etc...well the lawyer tells me that I had to break down those sentences into question per court rule and send the plaintiff an interrogatory. I mean isnt the same thing? Then i told him how they replied back with 2 letters; one saying that i did not respond on time to the summons so they couldnt validate the debt (not saying that I didnt respond correctly) and the other one saying that i had to answer 3 interrogatory questions. He didnt even know that I had responded on time, and I had to get up and show him every single page with dates etc.... He then said that he couldnt help me because I had already started doing the process by myself. He only gave me a few advices. He said the judge cant garnish my moms check, my child support nor arrange a payment plan because she doesnt work and has no money to pay for it, and also because she was a victim of identity theft and she did not do this, she was a patient of cancer at that time. He then said that the judge could dismissed the case once I tell him/her that my mom asks to see her signature and proof that it is hers because the plaintiff will not be able to proof it and/or pay for someone to inevstigate it because it will cost them more to do that than it cost them to file for the small claims court. He also said to call pressler and ask them if they have filed judgment against my mom, if they say they havent, then i had to ask them if i could send them the interrogatory questions to be answered right away because I didnt know that I had to do that the first time. Now, if they had entered judgement then i had to go to court and file a motion vacant to appeal basically... My mom hasnt received any papers in the mail saying they filed for judgement. Hope they dont, but one thing I thought that i should not communicate with the plaintif over the phone just in writing and every single communication we have, I have to send to court because how will the judge know what has been going on if i dont send them copies?? The lawyer said, that i didnt have to send the court no copies of anything just the first letter and that was it. is he right about that? Then when i was walking out he goes "good luck" but being an ass!!! of course the government pays him so he doesnt care of what happens next. What you guys think?