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The case file

What lands on your desk.

Not a tidied-up download. A case file: a sourced chronology, an exhibit index, draft pleadings, and a reading order — the matter assembled the way counsel would want to receive it.

I.

A sourced chronology

Who did what, when — with the verbatim quote and the path to its source. Every entry is typed (Fact, Exhibit, Summary), and every entry can be opened to the document beneath it. Where the record contradicts itself, the row carries a flag, drawn so it reads without relying on color.

Each rowtimestamp · slug · type · source · optional flag
Standardnothing asserted without a verbatim quote
II.

An exhibit index

The documents that matter, pulled from the noise, numbered and ordered. Each exhibit carries its origin in the corpus, a one-line description, and the chronology entries it supports — so the index and the timeline read as one.

Ex. AOriginal operating agreement (Feb 2019)sourced
Ex. BAmended operating agreement, executed Mar 19sourced
Ex. CEmail thread re: waterfall languagesourced
Ex. DQuarterly distribution ledger, Apr–Junsourced

Fictional matter — Adler v. Brent.

III.

Draft pleadings

A first petition you redline, not write from scratch. The allegations are grounded in sourced facts; each one is traceable to the chronology and, through it, to the document. You bring the judgment and the strategy — Matterfile spares you the blank page.

DRAFT — PETITIONfor counsel review

12. On or about March 14, 2019, Respondent circulated an amended operating agreement altering the distribution waterfall. [Ch. 38 · Ex. B]

13. Respondent directed that the change be withheld from Petitioner until after closing. [Ch. 38 · Ex. C]

14. Petitioner suffered damages of no less than [amount]. — counsel to set figure

IV.

A reading order for counsel

The case in the order you'd want to learn it. Start with the three threads that decide the matter, then the exhibits that anchor them, then the open questions worth a conversation with the client. Ten minutes to orient; an afternoon to own it.

Begins withthe facts the matter turns on
Ends withthe gaps and the questions for the client

Sourced, not summarized

Every fact shows its work — the verbatim quote and the document behind it. Nothing asserted you can't stand behind.

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Open a matter like the ones you handle and the work product assembles in front of you — the case file your associates would have spent the month building. The first one is free for fourteen days.