Alameda County (Hayward)
HAYWARD -- Judge Jenna Whitman likens small claims cases to law school because she often finds herself telling self-represented litigants what they need to move forward with their matters.
"Once, I got a complaint, and it said, 'The defendant is a crook, and I want my money back,'" she said. "That's all I knew about the case before I took the bench."
So she'll go over whether papers were... (continued)