Compare Your Options
Four paths people take when facing a legal filing — what each one costs, who it fits, and the risk you take.
Hiring an Attorney
Full legal representation and advice.
- Cost
- Highest
- Best For
- Complex, contested matters where you need a lawyer to advocate, strategize, and represent you in court.
- Key Risk
- Premium cost can put full representation out of reach for straightforward or budget-sensitive filings.
Representing Yourself Alone
No help finding or completing the correct forms.
- Cost
- Lowest
- Best For
- Highly confident self-starters with simple, uncontested matters and time to learn court procedure.
- Key Risk
- Highest risk of procedural mistakes, missed deadlines, and rejected filings — with no one to catch errors.
AI Chatbot Drafting ("Vibe Lawyering")
Fast and free — but it cannot verify what is real.
- Cost
- Free / Low
- Best For
- No one. Chatbots cannot confirm whether the cases, statutes, or forms they produce actually exist.
- Key Risk
- Hallucinated case citations, sanctions, and dismissed filings. Courts are actively penalizing this.
Recommended
Pro Se Advisory Services
Paralegal-prepared paperwork on official NY court forms.
- Cost
- Flat-Fee (Mid)
- Best For
- Self-represented filers who want correct, court-ready paperwork without attorney prices or AI guesses.
- Key Risk
- Not legal advice and not a law firm — we prepare documents, we do not represent you or advise on legal strategy.
Pro Se Advisory Services LLC is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal representation. We provide document preparation, mediation, notary, and business compliance support. Nothing on this page is legal advice.