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Start with the question. Find the original.

Turn an evidence question into identified originals. Help the person find the material, understand the permissions and return it to counsel with its history and exceptions in view.

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BRON CollectorNorth Harbor

This Mac / local findings

Not shared

A promising original.
A clear next decision.

defect-email.emlOriginal email · work mail export

The message and its headers are available to inspect locally before choosing what to disclose.

defect-report.pdfAttachment
History is a separate question.

Earlier drafts are not supplied by this mail export. Their availability remains open.

Next decision

Review the findings you want to show Elena. Transferring originals requires its own accepted scope.

Search reads authorized sources locally and may create local indexes. A finding is not an upload.

A local finding, before anything is shared.Fictional example

In practice

The question is the starting point.

  1. Start with what the matter needs

    Review grounded recommendations from the evidence already held. Choose, adjust or add a need before asking a person to find material or repeating an existing request.

    BRON CollectorEvidence need

    Counsel workspace / North Harbor

    Recommendation

    Start with the question
    the record leaves open.

    “I told Smith about the defect before May 4.”

    Garcia deposition 118:4–12

    “The first time I heard about that defect was after May 4.”

    Smith deposition 44:12–20

    Suggested evidence to seek

    The original email and the life around it.

    Obtain the message, its attachments, relevant drafts and available version or transmission history. Compare what was created with what was actually shared.

    What is missing
    The original email is not yet in the supplied record.
    Counsel decides
    Keep or adjust the need, choose the person who may hold it, and review the request.

    The recommendation retains its starting sources. It does not confirm an account, identify an editor or authorize collection.

    A recommended evidence need, awaiting counsel’s decision.Fictional example

  2. Make the request understandable

    Name the attorney, purpose and sources. The person can clarify the request and review separate permissions to search, show findings and collect the agreed material.

    BRON CollectorNorth Harbor

    North Harbor / request revision 1

    From Elena Rivera

    You can understand
    what each permission allows.

    Proposed sources
    Work mail export and selected North Harbor documents on this Mac
    People and period
    Garcia and Smith · May 1–7, 2025
    Help over a shared window
    A named approved viewer sees the window you choose until you stop sharing. This grants no search, control or recording permission.
    Find material on this Mac
    Search the sources you authorize. Reading and indexing stay local; this permission does not upload the originals.
    Show chosen findings
    Disclose the exact reviewed result fields to Elena. Showing a finding does not authorize transfer of every matching original.
    Collect accepted material
    Transfer the material within the request revision you accept, including only the agreed sources, dates and history scope.

    A wider scope needs new authority. Unavailable sources stay visible; “no matches” does not mean the evidence does not exist.

    Four separate permissions. No choice is implied by another.Fictional example

  3. Bring back a reviewable record

    Return identified originals, available history and receipts. Counsel can see what arrived, what remains unavailable and which question needs review next.

    BRON CollectorNorth Harbor

    North Harbor / transfer receipt

    Request revision 1

    The copies arrived.
    The question stays open.

    defect-email.emlReceived · original email copy
    defect-report.pdfReceived · attachment to the email
    Recorded source
    Work mail export on the authorized Mac
    Relevant drafts
    Not supplied
    Earlier history
    Not available from this export
    ER

    Next owner

    Elena Rivera

    Received · awaiting attorney review

    Headers, author labels and revision records are kept as the source reports them. A receipt does not establish authorship, notice or completeness.

    Identified copies received. Attorney review remains open.Fictional example

One decision in practice

What changed? Which copy was shared?

Earlier materialAn available prior copy

Keep the original identity and the source-reported revision date. An unavailable earlier version stays a gap.

Received materialChanges and comments in context

Distinguish tracked edits, provider attribution and inferred differences. A file's author label is not proof of the editor.

TRANSMISSION EVIDENCE
Transmission recordThe copy that travelled

Compare the attachment with the available message record. Creating a file does not establish that someone received it.

Your next decision

Review the exact versions and transmission evidence. Seek a missing original or clarify attribution before relying on a claim about who changed or received the document.

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Bring the evidence question. Find the material behind it.

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