Do all legal tasks require an attorney?
A. No. Just as you can take an aspirin for your own headache, but would be ill advised to do your own appendectomy, some legal tasks can be done by a client directly. For example, the third of a routine series of copyright or state trademark applications may be directly filed with the government office. Patent application costs may be greatly reduced when the inventor drafts a clear, comprehensive description of the invention and its superiority over alternatives. However, matters in which you invest a lot or for which you expect disputes generally benefit from legal review.
