Why represent yourself?  Why do it yourself?  There are some very good reasons, including …

• Attorneys, as with any trained professional, are expensive, and you do not want to pay, or do not have the money to pay for an attorney,
  
  
• And you have heard terrible things about how lawyers can make a simple case horribly complex and mess everything up,
  
  
• Or perhaps you simply want to have control over your entire situation.

But there are also some significant problems, which are discussed below.