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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9351807" data-attributes="member: 23751">I have a question.  What's the difference between pro se and pro per? I've seen both used. Anecdotally, pro se more than pro per.So what you're saying is that I should retain a lawyer to get rid of this persistent itch?Oof! Yeah.  Early on I was working for a personal injury firm and there was a case dealing with I think it was a 7 car accident.  As you know, that means everyone was suing everyone who was behind them.  Well, except for the last guy.  Lots of trees gave their lives to make that case happen.Anyway, one day I'm going over a document that arrived and lo and behold, the judge dismissed one of the lawsuits with prejudice because the attorney failed to meet a deadline.  A few days later we received another filing, this time from the attorney begging the judge to reconsider and not hold his mistake against his client. Apparently his paralegal had copied the due date from the court website that had it down wrong and that was why he missed the deadline.  Some time later the response from the judge arrived that essentially said, "Too bad, so sad. I gave you the correct date in court, so it doesn't matter if the website got it wrong, you shouldn't have relied on our website."I felt really bad for the lawyer's client.Yep.  It was drilled into me over and over again to always check the local court rules as they often have different requirements.  It's even worse when you get to Federal Court as each judge seems to have a pathological need to have personal requirements that differ from every other judge.</blockquote>

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