You’re asking strangers on the internet legal questions, not getting actual legal advice you should base any important decisions on. No reasonable person should believe they are getting actionable legal advice from practicing lawyers in their jurisdiction on this or any sub. Asking questions here is more for “vibe check” purposes.

“But what about the user flair for verified lawyers!?” - putting too much stock in that is a bad idea. The “verification” process is very light and you have no idea what areas of law, jurisdictions, or hell even country they are in. Just because someone is a “verified lawyer” they could be well versed in environmental law but not know the first thing about copyrights/patents. This applies to any two fields of law you want to insert into that example.

I promise you we are not vetting these to a level you should feel confident in getting practical advice from. I also personally think it’s a bad practice to have the flair in the first place and I don’t participate in that, but the other mods/admins can do whatever they want with it.

Just so we are clear:

Nothing posted here - or really anywhere else on Reddit for that matter - should be relied on to make important decisions. This is especially true with complex things like medical malpractice, child custody, divorce, etc. If you intend to use the information gathered here to make a big decision, well, you get what you pay for and you need to be prepared to accept the information you got here is probably wrong or incomplete given the specifics of your situation.

It doesn’t matter how broke, destitute, “hypothetical”, unique, how your kids need something, or how evil your corporation/wife/husand/partner/kid/the government/police/judge/parent/landlord is, or anything else you want to say to beg for “legal advice” - it is not happening. You will do more harm than good to your issue by trying to replace having actual legal representation/advice with Reddit posts.

“But but but nobody will take my case after I called X number of lawyers or I can’t afford them!!!!”

Dang, that sucks. Sometimes you just gotta accept defeat and let things drop now matter how wronged you were.

Actually, consider this the only legal advice you are going to get from Reddit: Hire an attorney in your jurisdiction qualified to review your specific situation. If you can’t find one or need help to find one, google “<your state> bar referral service”

If you need legal advice you can have confidence in, you need to retain a local attorney to review the specific details of your situation.