I would have taken my subpoenas and financial damages to Small Claims Court myself early on. Fill out five or six simple pages of forms about what happened when, and what you want with interest. A couple hour's work in filling out forms, copying, filing, mailing and transit to courthouse. Nothing like doing something yourself. A real learning experience. Relatively simple case. Judges like lots of pictures, etc.
You will have a hell of a time ever seeing ANY of their tapes, or even their gaming/security officials, in court. All manner of ways in casino law out of producing such evidence, or appearing to bring it. Even if win, they show up to court some time down the road to plead no contest or an equivalent. At which point you will have a lot of unrecoverable expenses, and more copying, etc. (Their copying to all parties is a sign of no end in sight.)
I've been in similar progression of events two or three times. You gain an intuitive feel for what's happening. They will likely produce some innocent document/minor contract you signed (ages ago and forgot about), or something from case law and the like. These were the few cases I didn't win. Were the judge pretty much declared a draw, save the expenses of the other sides I paid (a few thousand here and there depending on limit allowed at the time), because the other sides didn't bring what was asked for, and were otherwise evasive on the stand.
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