only speculating and playing devils advocate...if the lawsuit is against Sidney's company as opposed to her individually than in some states, if not all, you must be represented by an attorney. for example, in my line of business i own various LLCs. in any lawsuit against an LLC (very common occurrence in the real estate industry) i can't represent myself as much as i might want to. part of the racket of the attorney brotherhood. not saying it's the case here since i haven't researched, but could be