Should I represent myself or get a lawyer? -

I have a former friend that filed a temporary restraining order against me making outrageous claims of seeing me in my car at her house stalking her and setting her up for online services with her email account. All of this is made up and couldn t be any further from the truth. I live in NYC and she lives in CT about 70something miles away. I haven t owned a car in years nor even been in the town she lives in. Meanwhile, she s been using my work email account to set me up for online services and has been harrassing me through the mail. I went to the police and they ve seen the mail from her harrassing me and the emails she anonomoulsy sent. I don t know her email or phone number although she claims I have been harrassing her through that, as well. Would anyone know if it is worth getting a lawyer considering the proof that I have? Or should I be able to represent myself well with my evidence alone?

Lawyer. I d hate to see you wind up in prison.

never represent yourself. If you have a legal problem, get a laywer. I am a lawyer, and I have been sued by an adverse party for some unheard of tort. The first thing I did was hire an attorney. you cannot keep your emotions seperated from what is the best action. In my case, they other side dismissed their case with no settlement from me. It cost me a few thousand dollars, but I didn t do anything wrong. I was mad, and knew I could not remain objective. Get a lawyer

As a law student, I back what hensleyclaw is saying. It s just not worth the risk to go pro se.

You should definitely get a lawyer, especially because when you have an attorney you automatically get more respect by association.

The old saying is: a man who represents himself has a fool for a client.

You should get a lawyer, and make sure you ask for those attorney s fees from her if you win.