california: X worked as a contractor at California and payed taxes at California. But the employer was based out of Michigan. If the employer files a legal dispute at Michigan how can i change the court location to California ?|||Ask your attorney. This is not something that a litigant without significant legal training and experience can do anything about. Venue and jurisdiction questions can be complicated. Consult your attorney as soon as possible.|||It will depend on the 'conflict of laws' rules of Michigan. Conflict of laws is a complicated subject. You teacher probably doesn't much better than the judges who decide it. The short answer is, the place where the contract was entered or will be substantially performed. Then it gets really really complicated. (choice of laws, substantive law vs. procedural law). Even the case books are confused.