How to organise information for a legal document
A checklist for facts, jurisdiction, dates and source materials.
Provide the controlling context
- state and county or federal forum
- court or agency name and case number
- party names and procedural roles
- chronology including service and notice dates
- specific requested outcome
- documents supporting each important fact
Do not omit the reverse side, instructions or notice pages of a source document. Mark unknown facts as unknown instead of estimating them.