Court Exhibit Binder & Legal Document Assembly Checklist

# Court Exhibit Binder & Legal Document Assembly Checklist A standard operating protocol for paralegals and attorneys preparing electronic court binders, motion exhibits, and client signature packages. Every step maps directly to a privacy-preserving in-browser tool that operates under strict client-side isolation without external server transmission. --- ## 📑 Phase 1: Intake & Discovery Extraction - [ ] **Document Review**: Open and review incoming disclosures and production files in [/pdf/page-tools](/pdf/page-tools) to verify page orientations, legibility, and page ranges. - [ ] **Page Extraction**: Extract required motion exhibits from multi-hundred-page productions using [/pdf/extract-pages](/pdf/extract-pages) without saving unwanted discovery pages. - [ ] **Confidentiality Check**: Verify that protective order materials are segregated and marked according to local court sealing rules. --- ## 📂 Phase 2: Exhibit Sequencing & Bundle Merging - [ ] **Index Alignment**: Organize filings in exact order (Notice of Motion → Supporting Declaration → Exhibit Tabs A through N). - [ ] **Consolidated Merging**: Combine individual exhibit files and pleadings into a unified electronic PDF binder using [/pdf/merge](/pdf/merge). - [ ] **Pleading Text Extraction**: When quoting deposition transcripts in moving papers, extract verified text into editable format using [/pdf/to-word](/pdf/to-word). --- ## ⚖️ Phase 3: Portal Size Targets & Execution - [ ] **Filing Portal File Size Compliance**: Check total binder file size against court upload ceilings (e.g. 12 MB or 25 MB). Compress oversized exhibits with [/pdf/compress](/pdf/compress). - [ ] **Execution & Signature Placement**: Affix party signatures and filing dates with verifiable coordinates using [/pdf/sign](/pdf/sign). - [ ] **Final Visual Inspection**: Verify in [/pdf/page-tools](/pdf/page-tools) that all exhibit slip-sheets remain in sequence prior to docket transmission.