[rationalist]

I'm sorry that happened.

Should this ever happen again, I would suggest the Institute for Justice (www.ij.org). They take on cases that do not make economical sense if it helps set precedent to help other people in the future (example: spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight a one thousand dollar civil asset forfeiture case). They have gone to the U.S. Supreme Court several times, and they rely on donations.