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About Joseph Ray Powers
On my 33rd birthday, I treated myself to Dr. Grave's law course called How To Win In Court Without A Lawyer. I didn't quite know what I was going to do with this knowledge. All I knew was that this is basic information that every 8th grader should know how to use properly and responsibly.
Several years since taking this law course, I've realized that I never have to wait too long before I have to use the legal knowledge I learned.
Long story short.
Within three months of immersing myself in Dr. Grave's Law Course, I encountered my first courtroom victory and enforced a property seizure against a defendant.
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Since my first court victory, 3.5 years later, I've been involved in over 100 cases and only one of them had to actually go to court. Read Full Story Here.