They asked us for the court date, the charge, etc... which obviously we didn’t have since we had no idea there was even a charge in the first place.

My experience when I got started was looking to Listsource, where I wish I began going through the court records to understand specialty leads and maximizing my marketing dollar.

If two or more partners are unable to work out joint decisions without going to court, they shouldn't be partners.

If this is the case and you don't have much assets to protect - you should look into skipping the LLC and doing an umbrella insurance policy.Without turning this into an LLC vs insurance thread - you should look at the pros/cons through the search function on BP.

The reason my tenants were still there after they were supposed to vacate was a function of the difficulty for them to find new housing. 

It’s not worth going to court either.So that said I’d ask the tenants, if they say no I’d say this is a learning moment to just pay it and move on

For $250 a seminar, he told you to go to court house with a cashier cheque.

That's what we're using so thanks for making me aware of this lack in functionality.

Would this be better as a small claims court without a lawyer or should I hire one?

Large crew all contracting of subs have licenses and insurance, more then fair and low cost with high end quality and estimates always reflect the work needed. of his company and workers are very well known to be some of the top tradesman lining up jobs such at Mercedes dealerships, The Ritz apartment building, county court houses, famous churches, many local business, and all types of residential work needed.