Advocacy preparation
Advocacy preparation: a conference note from the facts of your matter
Give Finch the facts of a live matter. It returns the argument to run, what the other side will say, and how to answer each point.
The argument to run
- The claim was filed within limitation. Authority A · Binding
- The notice was valid on its terms. Authority C · Analogy
What the other side will say
- Time ran from the first default notice.
- Authority A was later distinguished on its facts.
How to answer
- The acknowledgement in writing restarts the period.
- The later case turned on different pleadings.
Walk into the room knowing the other side’s case
The note has three parts, and it is built on the research a lawyer has already checked. Where the material supports no rebuttal, Finch stays silent.
- Strongest firstArguments are numbered, each with its authority, marked binding or analogy.
- Honest about the other sideIt includes the later treatment of your own authority.
The three parts of the note
- 01
The argument to run
Numbered, strongest first. Each carries its authority and is marked binding or analogy.
- 02
What the other side will say
Including how your own authority was later treated.
- 03
How to answer each point
A reply for each, where the material supports one.
Why it is useful in a conference
- Binding or analogyYou see at a glance which authorities bind the court and which persuade.
- Later treatmentNo surprise when the other side cites what happened to your case afterwards.
- Silence where there is no answerFinch does not fill a gap with something that merely sounds right.
Advocacy preparation: questions
What is a conference note?
A note in three parts: the argument to run, what the other side will say, and how to answer each point, built from the facts of a live matter.
What if there is no good reply to a point?
Finch stays silent where the material supports no rebuttal.
See Finch on one of your matters.
Register interest and the next step is a 45-minute live demonstration on one matter, end to end: intake, an 800-page set, the brief, an advocacy note and a draft with tracked changes.