Federal Litigation Drafting for Attorneys
Federal pleading, motion, discovery and appellate drafting under counsel’s direction. We identify the district or circuit, the judge’s requirements and the procedural posture before building the draft; national rules are the starting point, not the entire filing checklist. Membership from $1,500 a month.
Rule 12 briefing with the right record and ground
Federal Rule 12 distinguishes jurisdictional, service, venue and pleading defenses. The intake identifies the selected subsections, the operative pleading and the earlier motions or responses. The draft separates the standards and flags materials that may raise conversion issues under Rule 12(d). Counsel decides which arguments to assert and confirms preservation and waiver questions.
Discovery and summary judgment are evidence assignments
A motion to compel is built from the actual requests, responses and conference history. A summary judgment assignment starts with the evidence and the claims or defenses at issue. We connect the draft to a fact-and-source index and the court’s required statement format rather than treating either assignment as a generic memorandum.
Format depends on the court and the document
District-court memorandum limits come from the applicable local rules and orders; the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure do not supply one universal motion-brief page limit. For an ordinary federal appellate principal brief using the type-volume option, FRAP 32(a)(7)(B) permits 13,000 words, and a reply half that amount. Rule 32 also generally requires a proportionally spaced typeface of at least 14 points. Cross-appeals, special proceedings and court orders can change the applicable requirements.
Deadlines are confirmed, not inferred from an alert
Rule 12(a)(4)(A) generally gives 14 days after notice of the court’s action when a Rule 12 motion is denied or postponed until trial, unless the court sets a different time. That is not a rule for every dismissal ruling. Counsel supplies the operative deadline and confirms the effect of service, orders and other applicable rules before the drafting schedule is agreed.
Start with the controlling materials.
Scope the jurisdiction-specific work.
Can you draft for any federal district or circuit?
US civil litigation assignments are scoped to the identified court, subject to conflicts and availability. Supply the local rules, assigned judge and relevant orders so the required format and procedure can be confirmed.
Does the service include filing in CM/ECF?
No. Counsel of record reviews, signs, serves and files. Litigify does not request court credentials, appear on the docket or replace the firm’s calendaring system.
Do Litigify’s turnaround targets change a court deadline?
No. A service target is a production schedule. Counsel confirms the legal deadline and available review time; feasibility is agreed before an assignment begins.