Lawyers can represent you in court so that you don't accidentally incriminate yourself or tell that embarrassing story about the time you fell off a ferris wheel. Here are some situations when it'd be prudent to call up a lawyer:

• A bunch of the neighborhood kids fell into the sandpit on your property. No one was hurt, but their parents are angry about all the sand that got in their cars.
  

• You found a bunch of buried treasure on the boundary line between your property and your neighbor's, but you also found a buried skeleton. You need to know if you'll be held responsible for that burdensome treasure if you take the cool skeleton.
  

• You let your dog drive your car and something terrible happened—he was great at it and wants to start his own taxi service. A lawyer can protect your dog's dream of becoming the town's first taxi driver.