My question involves civil rights in the State of MI - in a small claims case the court allowed the defendant counsel to appear by phone without prior notice and the defendants counsel was an attorney (not allowed in small claims).

I'm confident this is a violation of civil rights and basic due process.

I've done the research and found the relevant statues and case law

1) If filing Pro Se - is it better to use the simplified forms, or file a standard legal pleading?

2) Ideally, I'd have a lawyer to help with this but the ~5 that I've spoken with don't want to take it because theres not enough money in it. Any ideas where I can find a good one?