Litigation
Skills
Jury Instructions
Drafts complete proposed jury instruction sets for U.S. litigation, including preliminary charges, elements, burden of proof, evidence evaluation, an…
Legal Document Handling
Specialized instructions for reading, modifying, and filling PDF legal forms (e.g., California judicial council forms). Use this for any task involvi…
Legal Memorandum
Drafts U.S. internal legal memoranda using IRAC structure to analyze issues, synthesize authority, assess risks, and recommend strategy. Use when ask…
Legal Research Summary
Synthesizes U.S. statutes, case law, and regulatory guidance into attorney-ready litigation research summaries with counterarguments and strategic im…
legal-hold-anthropics
Issue, refresh, release, or report on legal holds — drafts the hold notice as .docx, updates legal_hold fields in _log.yaml, and calendars the next r…
Litigation Deadline Calendar
Calendar litigation and arbitration deadlines from a scheduling order. Parses a PDF scheduling order, identifies key dates, computes backward deadlin…
Motion for Attorneys' Fees
Drafts post-judgment motions for attorneys' fees using the lodestar method. Covers prevailing party analysis, rate justification, hours documentation…
Motion for Class Certification
Drafts a Motion for Class Certification under FRCP 23 or state equivalents, arguing numerosity, commonality, typicality, adequacy, predominance, and …
Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement
Drafts a Motion for Final Approval of Class Action Settlement under FRCP 23(e) or state equivalents, covering fairness analysis, notice compliance, f…
Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement
Drafts a Motion for Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement under Rule 23(e), covering settlement class certification, notice plan, claims ad…
Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Drafts a Motion for Preliminary Injunction applying the Winter four-factor test with jurisdiction-specific procedural compliance. Covers merits analy…
Motion for Stay Pending Appeal
Drafts a Motion for Stay Pending Appeal using the four-factor balancing test and supersedeas bond analysis. Use when drafting stay motions, bond requ…
Motion for Summary Judgment
Drafts a Motion for Summary Judgment package for personal injury litigation under FRCP 56 or state equivalent. Trigger when the user needs an MSJ, su…
Motion to Compel Discovery
Drafts filing-ready motions to compel discovery in civil litigation with deficiency matrix, declaration, memorandum, and proposed order. Covers inter…
Motion to Dismiss
Drafts FRCP 12(b) motions to dismiss for commercial litigation. Triggers on requests to draft motions to dismiss, 12(b)(6) motions, jurisdictional ch…
Motion to Extend Time to File Brief
Drafts appellate motions to extend time for filing briefs (opening, answering, or reply) in U.S. appellate courts. Demonstrates good cause through sp…
Notice of Appeal
Drafts a Notice of Appeal to initiate appellate review of a trial court judgment or order in US federal and state courts. Use when filing a notice of…
Notice of Appearance of Counsel
Drafts a Notice of Appearance of Counsel for federal or state court with caption formatting, bar admission verification, e-filing signatures, and cer…
Ohio Statewide Format — Civ. R. 10 + Per-Court Local Rules
Use when drafting any Ohio court filing — applies Ohio Civ. R. 10 caption + signature requirements, the common local-rule format conventions adopted …
Opt-Out Form
Drafts opt-out forms and notices of exclusion for class actions, settlements, arbitration clauses, and privacy programs. Covers party identification,…
Order and Judgment on Appeal
Drafts a U.S. appellate Order and Judgment memorializing disposition after review of a lower-court ruling. Covers captioning, jurisdictional recitals…
Order Certifying Class
Drafts a federal or state court order certifying a class action under Rule 23. Triggers when formalizing class certification after a granted motion, …
Party Deposition
Builds element-driven deposition outlines and witness preparation plans for U.S. party depositions (plaintiff or defendant), covering admissions unde…
Petition for Rehearing En Banc
Drafts a Petition for Rehearing En Banc under FRAP 35 or state equivalents. Guides threshold analysis for precedent conflicts and exceptional importa…
litigation legal skills for United States
Federal courts operating under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and fifty state systems each with their own procedural codes make U.S. litigation among the most procedurally demanding practice areas in the world — a motion deadline missed in the Northern District of California carries consequences no generic tool is calibrated to catch. The litigation legal skills for the United States in the ThomasMore catalog are built for that complexity, covering pleading standards after Twombly and Iqbal, discovery and e-discovery protocols, motion practice, appellate briefing, and settlement structuring across both federal and state venues.
Each skill is agent-ready, running over MCP or available as a download, so tasks like drafting a Rule 12(b)(6) motion, generating a deposition outline, or assembling a privilege log fit directly into how litigation teams already work. The ThomasMore catalog lets you filter by practice area, license, or author to surface the exact capability a pending matter needs. Authors maintain these skills as circuit splits develop and local rules are amended — the kind of procedural granularity that separates a useful tool from a risky one. If your docket spans multiple jurisdictions, use the filters above to narrow the collection to the federal circuit or state court system where your case is actually filed.