I would be much more impressed with Baron's constant advice if he referenced even one time when he took his own advice, and it worked out in his favor.
1. I sued my ex-landlord once in small claims because he was refusing to give back my security deposit. After I sued him, he counter sued and claimed that I had given him a longer notice than I actually did, wanted me to pay for the real estate company to find another tenant and for some BS damage he said we had done to the bathroom floor.
We took pictures of the whole apartment when we left, had taken pictures of the bathroom floor which showed that it was already messed up before we were there and brought copies of the written notice that I had given him.
The judge basically shredded him, and awarded us our deposit. And yes, the landlord did pay.
2. While I haven't had my car towed away yet (knock on wood), I did once get a parking ticket thrown out once in college. I had gone to class, then went and retrieved my car because I had some errands to run in town. I had to stop at the administration building to drop off some paperwork so I parked in one of the visitor's spots, since it was only going to be a minute or two. Came back and found the ticket officer writing me a ticket. She said she saw me park it, and that since I was a student, I wasn't allowed to park there. I pointed out that I had business in the building, which made me not just a student, but a visitor, and that if I had business in the office, then I should be allowed to park there. She finished writing me up, I decided to appeal it, using that argument. Got the ticket tossed.
3. Got a speeding ticket. Cop said I was going 30 in a 20 mph school zone. The rest of the road around the school was 30. I went to court, prosecutor was annoyed that I wanted to plead not guilty. In other words, I'm not following the crowd of ticket reducers and I'm going to actually make them work to take my money. So I get a new court date, meaning I have to go a second time, to ensure the cop is there.
So, in a second court date, after waiting several hours for the other cases to file through, cop comes, tells the judge about my 30 in a 20. I show the judge pictures of the 20 mph sign, in which underneath, is a sign that says "school open Monday through Friday, 7:30 am to 4 pm". I then show the judge the ticket, which was written at 5-something pm, and told him that legally, the zone was a 30 zone other than during that time on the sign.
Prosecutor tries to say that the school sign was advisory, to which I reply that it should have been a yellow color, not the white color that it was. Judge looks apologetically at the cop and prosecutor and says that I made my point. Ticket tossed.
So there's three examples of me winning legal arguments. I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but there are ways to win cases that may not seem obvious which the system is counting on you not to know how to do.
