How it works
A simple, guided process. You get real answers quickly, at a price you know up front.
Who does what
The software
Reads your documents, finds the dates, drafts the first version, and reminds you of deadlines.
A Georgia attorney
Reviews and approves every pleading, memo and filing before it leaves. Nothing goes out as final while it is marked draft.
You
Give us accurate facts and the papers, and tell us right away about anything new, such as a new notice or a hearing date.
The free analysis
Before you choose anything: what your document says and what it means
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Upload the document and leave an email
The complaint you were served, the collector's letter, or a court order, judgment or opinion from any kind of case. One upload button takes any of them: we work out which it is and read the whole thing. The email is where the link to your page goes; nothing else about you is asked.
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Read your page
Within about a minute: who is on the other side or what the court decided, what the paper says, the court or the rules and dates that apply and what happens next, and for a complaint or a notice the standard positions people take, by code section, in plain words. For an order, a count of the 30 days to appeal. Keep it, print it, come back to it from the email.
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Choose a plan to see the second part
For a complaint or a notice, the second part applies the law to your document: where it is thin, the positions that fit your facts, and the questions we would ask you. It opens when you choose how you want to proceed. For an order, the page ends with what an attorney's Quick Screen would add for your order. Nothing is signed or paid to see any of it, and your document carries over if you continue, so you never upload it twice.
Free, before you decide
Upload what you were sent. We read it and tell you what it means.
A lawsuit complaint, a letter from a debt collector, or a court order, judgment or opinion in any kind of case. Leave an email and we send you a page you can keep and print: who is on the other side or what the court decided, what the paper says, the rules and dates that apply, and what usually happens next, in plain words. Nothing is signed or paid to see any of it.
A collector has written to you
A free analysis of the collector’s notice
Who sent it and what it claims, your validation rights under federal law and what your state’s law adds, the strategic and legal positions against a notice like this, and the date to dispute by.
Start on the ValiDebt page →You have been sued
A free analysis of your complaint
Who is suing you, the court you are in and its deadlines, the standard defenses to this kind of suit, and the discovery a defendant can serve.
Start on the Debt Defender page →You lost a case
A free recap of your order, judgment or opinion
What it says, the court and the type of order, the dates on it, and a count of the 30 days to appeal. Any court, any kind of case, not just debt.
Start on the Second Look page →General information prepared automatically, not legal advice, and no attorney has reviewed it. We become your lawyers only when you sign an agreement and we accept your matter. Any deadline shown is an estimate: for a lawsuit, from a date you type; for an order, our count from the date read on it. An attorney confirms every deadline.
Second Look
Case and order review, before you spend on an appeal
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Start free: upload the order, judgment or opinion
Any order, judgment or opinion, in any kind of case. Leave an email and, in about a minute, you get a page with what it says, the dates on it, and a count of the 30 days to appeal, plus what a Quick Screen would add for your order. If you go on to a review, the intake is filled in from it and you do not upload the order again.
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Tell us about the case
A short guided intake and a quick conflict check. You'll review and accept simple limited-scope terms covering the review only. Nothing commits you to an appeal.
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Get your roadmap right away
As soon as you're through intake, you get an emailed PDF Appeal Roadmap: the likely appellate court, your key dates, and the steps that protect your right to appeal.
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Send the order or any filing
Upload the ruling you're considering appealing, or any single filing from the case. That's just the starting point. We review your case, not only what you send, and if we need more of the record, we'll go get it. Everything is stored securely, not emailed around.
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An attorney reviews and reports back
AI-assisted tools do the first pass across the case, not just the document you uploaded. A licensed attorney reviews the case, then edits and approves the written opinion before you see it, and walks you through it on a follow-up call.
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You decide what's next
If an appeal makes sense, move up a tier or engage us to handle it, with your review fee credited. If it doesn't, you've spent a fraction of an appeal's cost to find out.
ValiDebt
Challenge a collector’s notice before you are sued
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Tell us who contacted you
Give us the collector's name and the date you received their first notice. Or upload the notice and we fill in what we can read. We never fill in the date for you.
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See your letter
Your validation or dispute letter is drafted from what you entered, and you see the start of it free. Sign it by typing your name and we print it and mail it first-class for you for $25, so you print nothing, or have an attorney review it and send it under the firm's name for $69.
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An attorney reviews it, if you chose that
With the attorney option, a conflict check and an attorney's review come before the letter is mailed, and you are told when it goes out.
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Track the thirty days
Your letter's page keeps your uploads, the day you mailed it (or the day we handed it to the mail service), and a precautionary date to act by: the earlier of thirty days after you received the notice and the end date it prints. We remind you as it nears; we do not decide your legal deadline.
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If you are sued later
Start Debt Defender with what you already entered. A letter does not stop a lawsuit, and the lawsuit's own deadlines still apply.
Debt Defender
Defense of credit card, loan, medical and title loan lawsuits
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Answer a few questions
Tell us what kind of debt is involved and how much the lawsuit claims. We confirm we can help, and your flat fee is set by that amount.
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Tell us your story
A guided intake collects your details and the case information from your paperwork, followed by simple representation terms and secure payment.
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Upload the complaint
Send the lawsuit papers you were served. We read them right away, flag the deadlines that apply to you, and check the claim against what you told us. An attorney reviews your whole case, not just the paperwork you sent.
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We prepare, an attorney approves
Your response is drafted with AI-assisted tools and assigned to one of our attorneys, who reviews, edits, and approves it before anything goes to the court. We also analyze your case for collector violations under consumer protection laws. If it qualifies, you may be able to recover the fees you paid to FairCounsel.
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Follow along in your portal
Sign in with a one-click email link, no password, to see where things stand, download documents, and send us anything new.
What you can count on, every time
You know the price before we start.
Faster groundwork, and a licensed attorney signs off on everything before it reaches you or the courts.
Your documents live in an encrypted, access-controlled system.
See progress and send documents any time, no password needed.
* Flat fees cover the attorney work described and do not include court filing fees, service fees, transcript or record fees, postage, or similar third-party costs, which are billed at cost.
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