Your Name on the Filing. An Attorney's Work Behind It.
You're representing yourself in court — but that doesn't mean you have to write your own legal documents. Rob Cowburn, Esq. drafts them for you. You file them. You stay in control.
It's exactly what it sounds like.
You hire an attorney to write your legal documents. The attorney doesn't appear in court, doesn't sign the filing, and isn't your lawyer of record — but every word in those documents was drafted by a licensed PA attorney who knows Allegheny County courts.
You file them yourself. You remain pro se. But you show up with paperwork that looks like you hired a $400/hr lawyer — because in a very real sense, you did.
Is this allowed?
Yes. Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct 1.2(c) explicitly permits "limited scope representation" — where an attorney helps with part of your case without taking it over. Attorney ghostwriting is a well-established, ethics-approved practice. Rob signs off on every document he drafts.
Templates are written for everyone. Your case is yours.
LegalZoom, Rocket Lawyer, and every "fill in the blank" form online were designed to work in every state, for every situation, for nobody in particular. They don't know your facts. They don't know Allegheny County's local rules. And they definitely don't have a PA-licensed attorney reading your answers and catching the things that would get your filing rejected.
Here's what you get with ghostwriting that you don't get with a template:
A real attorney reads your facts — not a chatbot, not a form wizard
PA-specific and Allegheny County-specific language — local court rules matter
Strategically drafted, not just filled in — the framing of your allegations, the order of your arguments, the language in your requests all affect outcomes
Attorney review before anything goes out — Rob personally reviews every document we produce
You understand what you're filing — we explain what each document does and what happens next
Five steps. No surprises.
From intake to ready-to-file documents.
Tell us about your case
Answer our guided intake questions online. Takes about 10–15 minutes. You describe your situation in plain English — no legal training required.
Conflict check
We run a quick conflict-of-interest screen to make sure we're clear to work with you. This protects you and us.
Rob reviews your intake
Rob Cowburn, Esq. personally reviews everything you submitted. If he needs clarification, he'll reach out before drafting begins.
Your documents are drafted
Rob drafts your documents using your specific facts, the applicable Pennsylvania statutes, and Allegheny County local rules. You'll see the documents in your portal before anything leaves our system.
You file
Your documents are delivered as ready-to-file PDFs. We include step-by-step filing instructions specific to your court. You walk in prepared.
Eight practice areas. Dozens of documents.
We handle the documents pro se litigants need most in Allegheny County courts.
The attorney behind every document.
Rob Cowburn, Esq.
Rob Cowburn is a Pennsylvania-licensed attorney based in Pittsburgh. He founded Represent Yourself Pittsburgh because he watched too many people walk into Allegheny County courts with bad paperwork, not because they didn't have a case — but because they couldn't afford an attorney to write their filings.
Ghostwriting is his way of closing that gap. You get attorney-quality documents. He gets to do the work he trained to do, for people who actually need it.
Questions we actually get asked.
You have a case. Let's make sure your paperwork shows it.
Pro se doesn't mean unprepared. It means you're taking your own case seriously enough to show up — and we'll make sure you show up with the right paperwork behind you.