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The simple answer is you should never act as your own attorney. Even if you know every law and statute, that is not going to make you an attorney.

Do you know what a demand packet is? Do you know what it needs to have in it? Do you know how to prove up damages? Do you know how to respond to admissions?

Unless you know the answers to ALL of these questions, you are probably not in the best position to undertake a legal case, and that is just a small glimpse into the necessary tasks associated with a routine (personal injury) case.

You would not operate on yourself would you? Then I recommend you do not represent yourself in a legal proceeding unless you are actually an attorney.

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