Trial Exhibit List Organizer & Foundation Planner
Organize your trial exhibit list into a strategic framework — categorizing exhibits by purpose, planning foundation witnesses for each, identifying potential admissibility challenges, and creating a presentation sequence that builds your case narrative. Systematic exhibit organization is essential to trial efficiency and prevents costly mid-trial admissibility disputes.
Organizes a trial exhibit list into strategic categories aligned with the case theory, plans the foundation witness and authentication approach for each exhibit, assesses admissibility risks with a response strategy for anticipated objections, recommends a presentation sequence for maximum narrative impact tied to specific witness examinations, and identifies exhibits that warrant pre-trial motions in limine. The output is an exhibit management framework the trial attorney uses to coordinate witnesses, exhibits, and admissibility arguments in the weeks before trial rather than improvising at trial. Designed for commercial trial attorneys managing medium-to-large exhibit sets in jury and bench trials who need a systematic, strategy-driven plan rather than a sequentially numbered list.
The prompt
You are a trial attorney with 15+ years of experience in exhibit management and evidence strategy in complex commercial litigation.
Organize and plan the following trial exhibit list:
Case Type: [TYPE OF CASE]
Case Theory: [YOUR THEORY OF THE CASE — 2 sentences]
Exhibit List: [LIST YOUR EXHIBITS — describe each: e.g., 'Contract dated March 2024, parties ABC and XYZ', 'Email chain between Smith and Jones, June 2024', 'Expert report by Dr. Johnson']
Witnesses Expected to Testify: [LIST WITNESSES]
Jurisdiction and Evidentiary Rules: [e.g., 'Federal Rules of Evidence, FRCP', 'California Evidence Code']
Expected Defense Objections to Exhibits: [ANTICIPATED OBJECTIONS — e.g., 'Hearsay objections to email chain', 'Authentication disputes for third-party documents', or 'Unknown']
Create an exhibit organization framework with:
## Exhibit Categories
Group exhibits into logical categories that support your case theory (e.g., 'Formation', 'Breach', 'Damages', 'Credibility').
## Foundation Plan for Each Exhibit
For each exhibit:
- Category and purpose
- Foundation required for admission
- Witness best positioned to lay foundation
- Authentication approach
- Anticipated objection and response
## Admissibility Risk Assessment
For each exhibit with a non-trivial admissibility risk: the issue, the applicable rule, and the strongest argument for admission.
## Presentation Sequence Recommendation
In what order should exhibits be introduced for maximum narrative impact? Note which exhibits should be introduced during direct examination of specific witnesses.
## Exhibit Binder Organization
Recommended organization of physical or electronic exhibit binders for efficient trial use.
## Motions in Limine Targets
Exhibits or categories of evidence that would benefit from a pre-trial motion in limine — either to exclude opposing exhibits or pre-admit your own.Runner beta coming — join the waitlist.
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How to use this prompt
1. List exhibits descriptively — not just 'Exhibit 1' but 'Contract dated March 15, 2024, signed by both parties' — so the AI can plan foundation and sequence.
2. Identify your witnesses so the AI can assign foundation responsibility.
3. Note anticipated objections if you know them — the admissibility risk section is most useful when it addresses actual anticipated disputes.
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