A company I designed a web site for back in 1995 up through 1997 is somehow
involved in a court case. I have been subpoened to provide all business
documents, email, files, etc. relating to this company and/or its officers.
I have some documention that I saved over the years. A meeting is scheduled
for me to provide docs to their legal representative. I am neither the
plaintiff or defendant in the case, just someone they did business with some
years back.

Question is: should I go to the expense of hiring an attorney, or have one
be present at the meeting? Or is this just standard operating provedure in
these kinds of cases and nothing to worry about?

"DesignGuy" <dontbother@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:<nbapkvspcnujepvqlgfee406mguoo852s9@4ax.com>... A company I designed a web site for back in 1995 up through 1997 is somehow involved in a court case. I have been subpoened to provide all business documents, email, files, etc. relating to this company and/or its officers. I have some documention that I saved over the years. A meeting is scheduled for me to provide docs to their legal representative. I am neither the plaintiff or defendant in the case, just someone they did business with some years back. Question is: should I go to the expense of hiring an attorney, or have one be present at the meeting? Or is this just standard operating provedure in these kinds of cases and nothing to worry about?

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.

It certainly sounds like the meeting -- most likely a deposition, if
you've been served a subpoena -- is all about fact-finding in the
case.

Unless you feel you have some issues that would specifically warrant
having an attorney present, I would not go to the trouble or expense.
When having a deposition taken, you'll be under oath, and will be
asked questions on the record. Just state your answers truthfully,
and let the plaintiff and defendant worry about how it all shakes out.