Practice system
Criminal Defense, run as a system.
Charges, bail, discovery, plea negotiation, trial and sentencing: court-calendar-driven.
The court calendar and statutory speed clocks. Unlike every civil practice, delay can be a right being violated, and custody status changes the urgency of everything.
Criminal Defense · Matter cockpit
IllustrativeStage
Arrest & BailArraignmentDiscoveryMotionsPlea / TrialSentencingAppeal
Custody status
In custody
Speedy trial expires
38d
Charges
2 counts, felony
Speedy trial · 38dPlea offer expires · 6d
Computed: Sentencing Exposure
Aggregate min–max exposure by charge, labeled statutory exposure: not a prediction.
Posture
One question decides how the whole matter reads.
Who is the accused we represent?
What it tracks
The documents this practice actually produces.
Charging document
Bodycam & A/V discovery
Brady/Giglio material
Plea offer & agreement
Pre-sentence report
Computed
Sentencing Exposure
Aggregate min–max exposure by charge, labeled statutory exposure: not a prediction.
Opening checklist
What starts moving on day one.
- Conflicts incl. co-defendants and victims
- Custody status confirmed, visitation logistics
- Calendar arraignment and the speedy-trial clock
- Preservation demand: bodycam, 911, surveillance
- Discovery demand served
Questions
Before you book the call.
- Do you build a matter management system specifically for criminal defense practices?
- Yes. It runs on the same MATTER Method as everything else I build, configured for how criminal defense actually moves: The court calendar and statutory speed clocks. Unlike every civil practice, delay can be a right being violated, and custody status changes the urgency of everything.
- What does the system actually track for a criminal defense matter?
- Every stage from arrest & bail to appeal, the facts that matter most for this practice (custody status, speedy trial expires, charges), the document set the matter actually produces, and one computed read: sentencing exposure, aggregate min–max exposure by charge, labeled statutory exposure: not a prediction.
- Can I get this through MatterOS, or does it need a custom build?
- Both. It ships as a configured practice pack inside MatterOS for solo and small-firm workflows, or as a private, purpose-built system when a firm needs more control over data, integrations or workflow. Either way, we start with a short call to see which fits.
- Do you also handle litigation technology and expert witness work for these matters?
- Separately, yes, under the same practice. If a matter needs digital evidence structured or presented in a US courtroom rather than just tracked, that is the second half of what I do. See the Services page for how that engagement runs.
Bring me the criminal defense matter. I've probably built this before.