Judges and Judiciary,
Civil Litigation
Jul. 1, 2014
Small claims court: an underused tool
The object of this article and self-study test is to provide an introduction to small claims court.
Hollywood Courthouse
Robert Steven Harrison
Site Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Mental Health
Loyola Law School, 1984
Attorneys have a curious aversion to small claims court. Perhaps because it is mistakenly perceived as a mock court, or because attorneys generally cannot appear there, or because the jurisdictional limit is low, lawyers seldom advise their clients to consider this forum to advance their rights.
Many claims of the largest and smallest clients, however, can be more safely, expeditiously and economically resolved in the small claims court than in the regular civil court. Attorneys s...
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