answer:i spent a quarter mil over 5 years and then chickened out on a final appearance on the stand. Because of that, although I won my case, I lost my money, except for a peanuts settlement. I will never feel right with my lawyer until I pay him every dime because he took a great risk with me and deserved better from his client. And this was all over protecting property rights to a 5’ x 50’ strip of garden that my neighbors to the east coveted. It cost more than the condo the garden was attached to. But the garden was why I bought the place.