The point the exhibit is offered to establish.
Trial
Try the case you already built.
Lay out the order of proof from the evidence you already have: which witness establishes what, with which exhibit, and which foundation questions are still open.
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BRONTrialNorth Harbor · trial
ORDER OF PROOF
Witness / exhibitdefect-email.eml
WitnessSmith, the supplier's account manager. Deposition April 24, 2026, 44:12–20.In the record
Proposed exhibitdefect-email.eml, Garcia to Smith · May 2, 2025, 9:14 AM. Proposed, not yet offered.For review
Foundation questionStill to be established
Inspect the supporting record
Open foundation questionWhen Smith received or read the email. The email shows what Garcia sent, not what Smith read.For review
What could close itRequest for production No. 1 asks the supplier for Smith's copy of the May 2 email, its delivery records, and the review-meeting notes. With Alex for final review before service.For review
Trial preparation is still being built.
About this example
In practice
From the record to the courtroom.
Lay out the proof.
Order what you need to establish, each point with its witness and exhibit. A witness's examination outline is built from what the record already holds.
BRON / Trial preparation01Witness examination / developing
Garcia
TopicWhen the supplier learned of the defectPrior testimonyDeposition · 118:4–12“Before May 4.”
Related exhibitdefect-email.eml · recorded linkFoundation still needed
A sponsoring witness is not yet recorded for the related exhibit.
The outline quotes only what the matter holds. Where proof is missing, it says so.
Illustration · fictional matter · no action has been taken Check the foundation.
Each proposed exhibit gets a foundation checklist from the rules of evidence. A checked item is counsel's assertion until the court rules.
BRON / Trial preparation02Proposed use
defect-email.eml
Proposed · not admittedFoundation to inspect
AuthenticationAttorney review neededSponsorRecorded link requiredPurposeState the proposition for this useThe email shows what Garcia sent. It does not show when Smith received or read the email. Counsel reviews its foundation, and the court decides admissibility.
Illustration · fictional matter · no action has been taken Prepare the binder.
The trial notebook exports as work product. An exhibit that cannot be printed keeps its page, with a note saying why.
BRON / Trial preparation03Trial notebook / work product
The binder, with a page
for what is missing.MarkedAttorney work product, prepared in anticipation of trial.
SavedNot as a matter document, so it cannot reach the client portal.
NumbersPrinted as registered. The binder never renumbers.
Binder contents to reviewdefect-email.emlProposed exhibitWitness outlineFrom the topics your team recordedUnavailable exhibitA page saying which exhibit, and whyTrial preparation is still being built. Instruction and motion scaffolds leave placeholders for counsel’s authority.
Illustration · fictional matter · no action has been taken
What this carries into the rest of the matter
- Exhibits proposed from documents coded hot and the evidence the matter cites.
- Designations from deposition transcripts, flagged when a corrected transcript affects them.
- Exhibit numbers, which hold once an exhibit is marked.
- A trial-day debrief, into a client-update draft, a time-entry draft using the duration you supply, and a task to reconcile the trial book. Your team reviews each result.
One decision in practice
An exhibit needs a witness to bring it in.
A matching name is not treated as the sponsoring witness until counsel links them.
The foundation checklist comes from the rules of evidence. Counsel checks each item.
Your next decision
Choose the examination and the foundation it needs. A checked item is counsel's assertion, not the court's ruling.