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Build the final pretrial conference checklist

This page lists three turns, the messages you send to the AI one after another in the same chat, and then a check of the answer. Keep it open next to your chat. Each turn shows the next thing to paste, with the values you entered already filled in. Nothing is sent from this page, and your conversation stays in the AI tool you are using.

Forum and judge, plus anything you already know about their standing order.

What survived dispositive motions, what claims and defenses remain, and what is still unresolved.

Exhibits, testimony, experts, and demonstratives you expect to fight over, on either side.

Trial date, conference date, and any deadlines already fixed by order.

Changes which filings you own and which you review.

Who does what on your team, and any house rules on binders, courtesy copies, or citation format.

Watch for these throughout

  • Standing orders change without notice and vary wildly between judges in the same courthouse. Pull the current one from the court's website before you rely on any deadline here.
  • Joint pretrial order deadlines are usually firm and often require the other side's cooperation days before the filing date. Build in the lag or you will miss it.
  • Many judges defer in-limine rulings to trial in context. Plan the objection you will make at trial for every motion you file.
  • The model will not know this judge's actual practices on time limits, sidebars, juror notebooks, or exhibit display. Treat anything it says about chambers preferences as unverified.
  • Deposition designations and counter-designations reliably take three times longer than the calendar suggests. Start them before the checklist says to.