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.
Stage
Custody status
In custody
Speedy trial expires
38d
Charges
2 counts, felony
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.
Take it home
Don't want a build engagement yet? Take the blueprint.
Criminal Defense is one of the twenty-two packs inside Practice Pack Blueprints, the stages, vitals, deadline logic and document set for this practice, ready to install yourself. Two minutes on the readiness audit will tell you honestly whether that's enough, or whether this practice needs the full build.
Bring me the criminal defense matter. I've probably built this before.