Advice for negotiating a security deposit?

You might be able to go to a lawyer and for a small fee have them type you a letter on there letter head to mail to your landlord, just use it as a scare tactic and see if it works with those claims you said, your landlord might want to avoid court also, and might bite? if not try typing the letter yourself on a bogus letterhead, again just to see if he bites, you can add something in the letter ike please call my client at with your phone # at the bottom, before x amount of time to avoid a court hearing, and see if it works.