"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I would get a lawyer that doesn't charge you when you ask questions. Most lawyers will also tell you they will win in court, when in fact they just want a paycheck. So keep that in mind.Maybe prepaid legal is a good route to look. My friend has good luck with it, the utilities company cracked his driveway after he had it redone, so the attorney drafted a letter and it was handled...no charge because he pays monthly or yearly.
Legal Zoom has a service for this. I think we pay 29.00 bucks a month and you get as many 1/2 hour sessions a month with an Attorney to ask questions to. We did it to ask some stuff and have not canceled it yet. I know you can cancel and sign back up as much as you want and it does not cost anything. It could not hurt to try. Although the bat idea is much more attractive.... but then you would need a lawyer for the aftermath of that.