Law Practice
May 21, 2009
As Foreclosures Rise, Pro Pers Clog the Courts
The number of people representing themselves has jumped around the Bay Area as foreclosures swamp the region.
Daily Journal Staff Writer PITTSBURG - The people fighting foreclosures before Contra Costa County Superior Court Commissioner Lowell E. Richards nervously stumble through their statements, bring up superfluous facts, forget their paperwork and often can't answer his questions. They aren't amateur attorneys or even attorneys at all. Cash-strapped litigants struggling with the nation's mortgage crisis have been pouring into...
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