Cozume
Banned
Paying for a single hour of an attorney's time will cost more than the phone is worth.[*]Seek a lawyer for small claims. ( Not everyone's cup of tea. )
Small claims courts were created for people to handle disputes on their own. They exist so that people can seek redress in situations where the cost of hiring a lawyer would exceed the value of their claim. The judges in small claims court are very lenient; in other words, they ignore the law and do whatever the heck they want. Small claims court is like a zoo compared to a regular court, lol!
Anyhow, many times all you have to do is file a claim and have the person served and they get so scared they pay up. Or they never answer the complaint or don't show up in court and you get a default judgment. Judges get mad when people who are properly served ignore the complaint or don't show up in court and many judges will award you whatever you ask for in a default judgment and leave it up to the party that didn't show up to contest that award.
Now collecting on that judgment is another story all together!